Slide Hampton Arrangements
Jamileh A. Jemison
My name is Jamileh and I am wondering who Slide Hampton's arranger is OR
if he does it himself does he sell them. His group did a recording of
"Angel Eyes" which I think is absolutely fantastic. And rather than
illegally transcribe the thing I would like to see if a way can be found
to get my paws on it for my big band through regular channels. The tune,
like I said, is "Angel Eyes." If by chance you have heard tis cut and
know for starters what ALBUM it is off of please let me know (I taped it
off the radio originally and have not been able to find a recording of it
anywhere). If anyone has any hint where to start on this one (yes I've
already tried looking up arrangements under his name in catalogs) drop me
a line ja...@cornell.edu
Thanx,
JJ
Carl Dershem
: I know there has got to be another Slide Hampton fan out there somewhere.
: My name is Jamileh and I am wondering who Slide Hampton's arranger is OR
: if he does it himself does he sell them.
Slide is a world-class arranger, and has done charts for Kenton, Herman,
Basie and numerous other bands out there, not just his own. You can find
Hampton arrangements with most of the major publishing houses (Kendor,
Penders, etc.)
Marc Sabatella
> It's a shame that more isn't out there, as I think that Slide is one
> of the greatest. I've played many of his octet arrangements and am
> always blown away by how he manages to make six horns sound like
> sixteen.
I've also played some of his small group arrangements and he does get a nice
full sound. The arrangements I've played appaeared to be handwritten
photcopies and were supposedly given to the university (UNC - University of
Northern Colorado) by Slide.
> There's nothing illegal about transcribing, by the way. If you perform
> it for profit or sell your transcription, I think that's a different
> story. But for your own use, I don't think anyone would have a
> problem.
There's a different between no one having a problem with something and it being
legal. Consider, for example, the issue of mattress tags (pet peeve: no one
seems to realize that the tags also say they are not to be removed *except by
the consumer* - meaning store owners cannot remove them in an effort to lie
about the contents of the mattress; this makes at least some amount of sense,
but of course most people don't realize this, and continue to point to the law
against removing mattress tags as being much more pointless than it actually
is).
Anyhow, I suspect his comments came from my remarks in this forum about
transcribing of copyrighted works being illegal, which, according to my
understanding of copyright law, it is. The exclusive right to prepare
derivative works or adaptations is distinct from the exclusive right to
distribute such works, so even if you don't sell your transcription (thus
violating the stributive right), you have still violated the adaptive right.
However, I also observed that no one in their right mind would actually sue
about someone transcribing something for their own use, as the damages would
amount to only pennies. In fact, many composers actively encourage you to
transcribe their tunes. So when I observe that it appears to be technically
illegal, this is one case where I have no qualms whatsoever about violating the
law.
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John Clayton Foster
This is a little off topic but Slide is doing a tribute
to bird right now. He is on tour with a 12 piece band
playing Bird tunes, tunes popularized by Bird and some
origionals inspired by Bird (and "Round Midnight ???).
The show was great. Slide is quite the showman. He did
about as much section playing as soloing. The band sounded
great, Slide sounded great and the concert was alot of fun.
I met him back stage and he said that he thought they were
heading for Maine or somewhere in the northeast. If you
like bands, Bird and happen to live up there I would definately
check them out.
John
Marc Sabatella
> This is a little off topic but Slide is doing a tribute
> to bird right now. He is on tour with a 12 piece band
> playing Bird tunes, tunes popularized by Bird and some
> origionals inspired by Bird (and "Round Midnight ???).
I suspect it was already popular, but Bird certainly recorded "RM".
Dana Hall
Well, maybe you can answer this for me. I was transcribing an arrangement
of a standard last night and was wondering what the legal ramifications of
recording this particular arrangement would be. Is there double concerns
here: one for composer and one for the arranger? Incidently, it was Eddie
Harris' arrangment of "Love for Sale" from his recording THE IN SOUND that
I was working on. So as an example, if I wanted to record this
arrangement, would Eddie have some legal interest?
Dana Hall
Jamileh A. Jemison
is sort of a multi part question. 1) Has anybody heard the Slide Hampton
group play "Angel Eyes" I got my recording of it off the radio and have
been sadly unable to track it down on disk or vinyl or anything in
between. 2) Does Slide Hampton do his own arranging or might this
particular arrangement of "Angel Eyes" be floating around somewhere? I'm
president of the jazz ensembles here at my university and this is an
arrangement I would LOVE to hear us do. Anyone with any prosepcts please
drop me a note. Thanks
tonyp...@gmail.com
> I know there has got to be another Slide Hampton fan out there somewhere.
>
>
> My name is Jamileh and I am wondering who Slide Hampton's arranger is OR
> "Angel Eyes" which I think is absolutely fantastic. And rather than
> illegally transcribe the thing I would like to see if a way can be found
> to get my paws on it for my big band through regular channels. The tune,
> like I said, is "Angel Eyes." If by chance you have heard tis cut and
> know for starters what ALBUM it is off of please let me know (I taped it
> off the radio originally and have not been able to find a recording of it
> anywhere). If anyone has any hint where to start on this one (yes I've
> already tried looking up arrangements under his name in catalogs) drop me
> a line ja...@cornell.edu
>
> Thanx,
> JJ