From the '20s until deep into the '90s, when he was in his 90s, Lionel Hampton wielded mallets in the service of jazz. Hampton's vibraphone helped drive swinging classics “Flying Home,” “Hamp's Boogie ...

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Unlike some musical biographies, this one places the music above the commentary. Vibraphonist Mike Mainieri and drummer Steve Smith share a narration that discusses the career of Lionel Hampton, and ...

The legend goes like this: In 1930, jazz drummer Lionel Hampton was performing a gig at the NBC studios. In those days, and for a long time to come, the sound that identified NBC was three notes ...

Sadly, Lionel Hampton's vital role in the rise of jazz, R&B and rock 'n' roll is all but forgotten. In 1936, Benny Goodman saw Hampton perform on vibes in Los Angeles and hired him for his trio with ...

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Tickets for the general public are on sale now for the 48th annual University of Idaho Lionel Hampton Jazz Festival. The festival runs February 25-28. Tickets are available for all evening concerts ...

From the University of Moscow: The University of Idaho Lionel Hampton Jazz Festival will celebrate its 47th year Feb. 19-22, 2014. Festival tickets go on sale to the general public Monday, Dec. 2.

PORT ANGELES — The Port Angeles High School jazz band placed second at the Lionel Hampton Jazz Festival. The event this past weekend was at the Lionel Hampton School of Music at the University of ...

The Lionel Hampton Jazz Festival took over the University of Idaho campus in Moscow this week, with nearly every building bustling with young musicians. These aspiring jazz musicians attend workshops ...

NEW YORK -- The remains of jazz great Lionel Hampton were carried in a white horse-drawn hearse through the streets of Harlem on Saturday, with trumpeter Wynton Marsalis blowing a dirge to lead the ...

You can read this quote by Lionel Hampton from his autobiography, Hamp (1989), in Bartlett’s Familiar Black Quotations. Read more quotes from Hampton here. Suggested Reading 50 Cent Just Revealed He ...