The Hottest New Group in Jazz


The Hottest New Group in Jazz, also known by its full title Lambert, Hendricks, & Ross!: "The Hottest New Group in Jazz" or alternatively considered self-titled, is the fourth album by Lambert, Hendricks & Ross, released in December 1959. The title is a quote from Downbeat magazine. The CD reissue combines the full original album with the group's two other Columbia albums: the 1961 LP Lambert, Hendricks & Ross Sing Ellington and the 1962 LP High Flying. The CD release additionally includes seven previously unreleased "rarities", recorded in 1962. On all these recordings, the group is backed up by the Ike Isaacs Trio.

Track listing

Original album

  1. "Charleston Alley" – 3:21
  2. "Moanin' – 2:37
  3. "Twisted" – 2:19
  4. "Bijou" – 3:19
  5. "Cloudburst" – 2:18
  6. "Centerpiece" – 2:29
  7. "Gimme That Wine" – 3:00
  8. "Sermonette" – 3:50
  9. "Summertime" – 1:46
  10. "Everybody's Boppin – 4:13

CD extras, disc one

  1. "Cotton Tail" – 2:57
  2. "All Too Soon" – 3:29
  3. "Happy Anatomy" – 1:20
  4. "Rocks in My Bed" – 3:11
  5. "Main Stem" – 2:56
  6. "I Don't Know What Kind of Blues I've Got" – 3:31
  7. "Things Ain't What They Used to Be" – 2:50
  8. "Midnight Indigo" – 2:35
  9. "What am I Here For?" – 3:01
  10. "In a Mellow Tone" – 3:31
  11. "Caravan" – 2:34

CD disc two

  1. "Come On Home" – 5:30
  2. "The New ABC" – 3:08
  3. "Farmer's Market" – 2:34
  4. "Cookin' at the Continental" – 3:08
  5. "With Malice Toward None" – 2:51
  6. "Hi-Fly" – 3:47
  7. "Home Cookin – 4:27
  8. "Halloween Spooks" – 2:19
  9. "Popity Pop" – 4:49
  10. "Blue" – 3:51
  11. "Mr. P.C." – 3:20
  12. "Walkin – 2:17
  13. "This Here " – 4:10
  14. "Swingin' Till the Girls Come Home" – 5:22
  15. "Twist City" – 2:25
  16. "Just a Little Bit of Twist" – 2:24
  17. "A Night in Tunisia" – 2:45
  18. "A Night in Tunisia" – 2:44

Personnel

Musicians

Production

  • Steve Berdowitz – reissue series
  • Curtis Brown – liner notes
  • Robert Constanzo – packaging manager
  • Will Friedwald – liner notes
  • Kevin Gore – reissue series
  • Don Hunstein – photography
  • Teo Macero – producer
  • Randall Martin – design
  • Nedra Olds-Neal – reissue producer
  • Seth Rothstein – production coordination, project director
  • Tony Sellari – art direction, reissue art director
  • Vernon Smith – photography
  • Irving Townsend – producer
  • Mark Wilder – digital mastering, digital remastering