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Lionel Leo Hampton (April 20, 1908 – August 31, 2002), was a bandleader, jazz percussionist and vibraphone virtuoso. Hampton was born in Louisville, Kentucky.
“Hamp” ranks among the greatest names in jazz history and worked with a who’s who of jazz musicians, from Benny Goodman to Charlie Parker to Quincy Jones.
Hampton moved to Chicago as a child and began his career as a drummer. He relocated to Los Angeles to play drums in Les Hite’s band. They soon became the house band for Frank Sebastian’s New Cotton Club, a popular L.A. jazz club.
During a 1930 recording date in the NBC studios in L.A., Louis Armstrong discovered a vibraphone (which is similar to a xylophone, but with metal bars and a vibrato mechanism). He asked Hampton if he could play it. Hampton, who knew how to play the xylophone, tried it and they agreed to record a few records with Hamp on vibes. Hampton is credited with popularizing the vibraphone as a jazz instrument.
In the mid-30s, the Benny Goodman Orchestra came to Los Angeles to play the Palomar Ballroom. John Hammond brought Goodman to see Hampton play. Goodman asked Hampton to move to New York City and join Goodman, Teddy Wilson, and Gene Krupa—-who’d already formed a Benny Goodman Trio within the large band—-to expand into the Benny Goodman Quartet. The Trio and Quartet were among the first racially integrated bands to record and play before wide audiences; they were just as well received at Goodman’s famous 1938 Carnegie Hall concert as was the full Goodman band.
“Hamp” ranks among the greatest names in jazz history and worked with a who’s who of jazz musicians, from Benny Goodman to Charlie Parker to Quincy Jones.
Hampton moved to Chicago as a child and began his career as a drummer. He relocated to Los Angeles to play drums in Les Hite’s band. They soon became the house band for Frank Sebastian’s New Cotton Club, a popular L.A. jazz club.
During a 1930 recording date in the NBC studios in L.A., Louis Armstrong discovered a vibraphone (which is similar to a xylophone, but with metal bars and a vibrato mechanism). He asked Hampton if he could play it. Hampton, who knew how to play the xylophone, tried it and they agreed to record a few records with Hamp on vibes. Hampton is credited with popularizing the vibraphone as a jazz instrument.
In the mid-30s, the Benny Goodman Orchestra came to Los Angeles to play the Palomar Ballroom. John Hammond brought Goodman to see Hampton play. Goodman asked Hampton to move to New York City and join Goodman, Teddy Wilson, and Gene Krupa—-who’d already formed a Benny Goodman Trio within the large band—-to expand into the Benny Goodman Quartet. The Trio and Quartet were among the first racially integrated bands to record and play before wide audiences; they were just as well received at Goodman’s famous 1938 Carnegie Hall concert as was the full Goodman band.
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On the Sunny Side of the Street
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Midnight Sun
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Hamp's Boogie Woogie
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Ring Dem Bells
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How High The Moon
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I've Found a New Baby
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Memories of You
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TheAbbott wrote:
The vibraphone is a beautiful instrument.
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dante_portinari wrote:
Yes, it's really happy.
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patgoud wrote:
I've seen him in the end of the 80s in Düsseldorf. He was so brilliant. He had so much energy - that was great.
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H-VATH wrote:
so happy
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catscraddle wrote:
Habe ihn irgendwann zwischen 1985/1990 in der Düsseldorfer Tonhalle gesehen, als fast Erwachsener in einer Phase der Annäherung zu meinem Dad. Viele Jahre später – Lionel Hampton, genauso wie mein Vater sind schon ein paar Jahre to t– habe ich mich in die Musik von Roy Ayers verliebt. Die Legende sagt, er, Roy Ayers, habe im zarten Alter von 5 Jahren seine ersten Mallets von "Hamp" bekommen. Wie dem auch sei: Beider Musik ist absolut phantastisch Marcel
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LondonLouis wrote:
This version of Flying Home seems to lack some of the drive of the original. Having said that Hampton was one of the guys who moved the Big Bands into genuinely rocking outfits. Flying Home, with (Ike Quebec's (?)) solo was one of the earliest hits which featured a squealing sax. Not rated by the cognoscenti at the time, but Hampton was in the excitement business - and, boy, did he deliver.
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christaster wrote:
This is wonderful music. On the sunny side of the streets...
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yoscar wrote:
very niceee!!!
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SYL2Oh wrote:
Figure of middle-jazz, Lionel Hampton gives his music a jubilant charactere. Showman accomplished and virtuoso percussionist, he crossed modes keeping firmly in the direction of SWING ! ! !D
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adistu wrote:
shout for hampton! 'man was a great artist.
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RobertoNoce wrote:
Nada tiene que ver con Lionel Hampton!
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BeSp wrote:
i'm just wondering... wasn't lionel hampton a character in the famous john sinclair series novel? ..
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andruini wrote:
what's going on? why doesn't the hamp have a single comment?? he's pretty much the reason i love vibraphone in jazz now, thank you lionel.
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