How Hi the Fi

by Buck Clayton

How Hi the Fi cover art
  • Type: Album
  • Released: 1954
  • Label: Columbia
  • Country: United States
  • Length: 1:08:57
  • Community rating: 3.75/5 from 2 ratings

Album Notes & Community Reviews

Spearheaded by the renowned producer George Avakian, this album successfully captures the loose, spontaneous excitement of an after-hours swing session in pristine high-fidelity audio. The extended tracks allow veterans like Buck Clayton and Woody Herman substantial room to stretch out and trade spirited solos over a deeply propulsive rhythm section. It effectively bridged the gap between big band swing and the open-ended blowing sessions of the LP era.

Genres

Descriptors: instrumental, jamming, improvisation

Tracklist

  1. Flowin Through
  2. Can't Get You

Credits

  • Buck Clayton - primary artist, trumpet, written-by
  • Woody Herman - primary artist, clarinet
  • Lem Davis - alto saxophone
  • Charlie Fowlkes - baritone saxophone
  • Walter Page - bass
  • Jo Jones - drums
  • Freddie Green - guitar
  • Steve Jordan - guitar
  • Jimmy Jones - piano
  • Sir Charles Thompson - piano
  • Al Cohn - tenor saxophone
  • Julian Dash - tenor saxophone
  • Benny Powell - trombone
  • Trummy Young - trombone
  • Urbie Green - trombone
  • Joe Newman - trumpet
  • Joe Thomas - trumpet
  • Rodgers & Hart - written-by
  • Ben Homer - written-by
  • Bud Green - written-by
  • Les Brown - written-by
  • Bennie Moten - written-by
  • Buster Moten - written-by

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