Flying Home
is in the album,
The Encyclopedia of Jazz on Records - 1940s
featuring
Lionel Hampton Orchestra
Track 11
Genre: Jazz
Recorded on Dec 26, 1941
Performed by:
Karl George, Joe Newman, Ernie Royal (tp);
Fred Beckett, Sonny Craven, Harry Sloan (tb);
Marshall Royal (cl);
Ray Perry (as);
Dexter Gordon, Illinois Jacquet (ts);
Jack McVea (bs);
Milt Buckner (pn);
Irving Ashby (gu);
Vernon Alley (ba);
George Jenkins (dm);
Lionel Hampton (vb)
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Used in:
A Song Is Born (movie)
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Song Comments: |
This is the Lionel Hampton Orchestra theme song. |
Recording Comments:
This recording of Flying Home starts off with a short intro by Hamp, followed by the first riff chorus played by the saxophones. This chorus consists of an 8-count riff repeated three times, followed by an 8-count resolution. If you were asked how Flying Home goes, this is the section you would most likely hum. But if you listen to the song carefully, you will realize that this melody never shows up again after the first two choruses. That is very different than the AABA structure we are most familiar with, where the melody is repeated during the song, or at least at the beginning and end. If we map out Flying Home, it looks something like this, with each line being 4 8-counts or 32 beats:
Intro (2 8-counts): Lionel Hampton over rhythm section
A: Saxophone riff chorus (the Flying Home melod)
A: Saxophone riff chorus repeats
B: Hampton solos (no background riffs)
B: Hampton solos over new saxophone riffs
C: Illinois Jacquet solos over trombone riffs
C: Illinois Jacquet solos over trombone riffs
C: Illinois Jacquet solos (no background riffs)
C: Illinois Jacquet solos over the same trombone riffs
D: Illinois Jacquet solos over new trombone riffs, single note repeated riff for Jacquet
D: Illinois Jacquet solos over trombone riffs, single note riff
D: Illinois Jacquet solos (no background riffs)
D: Illinois Jacquet solos over new trombone riffs
Interlude (8-counts): Vibraphone
E: All band riffs. Listen to each section repeating their own unique riffs
E: All band riffs. Same riffs as before
F: Hampton trades back and forth with trumpet (no background riffs)
E: All band riffs. Same riffs as before
F: Hampton trades back and forth with trumpet (no background riffs)
G: Shout chorus
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Music by: Lionel Hampton, Benny Goodman, Eddie DeLange
Composed in 1939
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