Flyin' Home Crust But all of it feels

But all of it feels like Texas to me

Far away from her native New Zealand with a new life and family in America

knowing what they’re good at and comfortable enough to experiment outside of it

were Graeme Downes

With Navigator

Flyin' Home Crust But all of it feelsThroughout his long career, vibraphonist Lionel Hampton has recorded many informal small group jams. This particular one (last available on LP) matches Hamp with the great but underrated violinist Svend Asmussen, bassist Niels Pedersen and drummer Ed Thigpen. The repertoire is not too adventurous ("Flying Home," "Midnight Sun" and four other standards) but somehow Hampton always plays this well worn material as if he had just discovered its magic. The