Transition (Buddy Rich Lionel Hampton album)

Transition
Studio album by Buddy Rich / Lionel Hampton
Released	1974
Recorded	1974
Genre	Jazz
Length	37:07
Label	Groove Merchant
Producer	Sonny Lester
Buddy Rich chronology
Very Live at Buddy's Place (1974) Transition (1974) The Last Blues Album, Vol. 1 (1974)
Lionel Hampton chronology
Stop, I Don't Need No Sympathy (1974) Transition (1974) The Works (1975)

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Transition is a jazz album recorded by Buddy Rich and Lionel Hampton and released on the Groove Merchant Record label in 1974.

Track listing

LP side A

1. "Avalon" (Al Jolson, Billy Rose) – 3:31
2. "Airmail Special" (Benny Goodman, Jimmy Mundy, Charlie Christian) – 6:07
3. "Ham Hock Blues" – 5:34
4. "Ring dem Bells" (Duke Ellington, Irving Mills) – 4:15

LP side B

1. "E.G." – 8:24
2. "Fum" – 9:20

Personnel

• Buddy Rich – drums
• Lionel Hampton – vibraphone
• Teddy Wilson – piano (except "E.G." and "Fum")
• Zoot Sims – tenor saxophone (except "E.G.")
• George Duvivier – bass (except "E.G." and "Fum")
• Sal Nistico – tenor saxophone – (on "E.G." and "Fum")
• Jack Wilkins – guitar (on "E.G." and "Fum")
• Kenny Barron – piano (on "E.G." and "Fum")
• Joe Romano – soprano saxophone (on "E.G." and "Fum")
• Anthony Jackson – bass (on "E.G." and "Fum")
• Bob Cranshaw – bass (on "E.G." and "Fum")
• Stanley Kay – percussion (on "E.G." and "Fum")
• Ted Sommer – percussion (on "E.G." and "Fum")

References

• Groove Merchant GM 3302
• Transition at discogs.com