Lionel Leo Hampton (April 20, 1908 – August 31, 2002) was an American jazz vibraphonist, percussionist, and bandleader. He worked with jazz musicians from...
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The Lionel Hampton School of Music is the music school at the University of Idaho in Moscow, Idaho. The school is named after jazz vibraphonist Lionel Hampton...
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"Sweets" Edison, Sweets at the Haig (Pacific Jazz, 1953) 1954: Lionel Hampton, Lionel Hampton Plays Love Songs (Verve, 1956) 1954: Roy Eldridge, Little Jazz...
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The Lionel Hampton Quintet is a 1954 album by Lionel Hampton accompanied by a quintet including clarinetist Buddy DeFranco. The album was reissued by Verve...
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"Midnight Sun" was originally an instrumental composed by Lionel Hampton and Sonny Burke in 1947 and is now considered a jazz standard. Subsequently, Johnny...
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revival. Jump blues evolved from the music of big bands such as those of Lionel Hampton and Lucky Millinder in the early 1940s which produced musicians such...
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composer, and arranger. He came to prominence with the big bands of Lionel Hampton and Dizzy Gillespie, more as a writer than a performer, before launching...
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jump blues composition written by Benny Goodman and Lionel Hampton with lyrics by Sid Robin. Hampton conceived the melody while playing in the Benny Goodman...
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Lionel Hampton Fine & Performing Arts School is a public magnet school for grades K–8 in southwestern Chicago, Illinois, United States. This school was...
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Hampton, Arkansas Hampton, Connecticut Hampton, Florida Hampton, Georgia Hampton, Illinois Hampton, Iowa Hampton, Kentucky Hampton, Maryland Hampton,...
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Momaday Craig Noel Roy Neuberger Les Paul Henry Z. Steinway George Tooker Lionel Hampton Jazz Festival (University of Idaho) Andrew Wyeth 2008 Stan Lee Richard...
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Tommy Dorsey, Woody Herman, Earl Hines, Bunny Berigan, Harry James, Lionel Hampton, Glenn Miller, Artie Shaw, Jimmie Lunceford, and Django Reinhardt. Swing...
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Brecker, George Benson, Joe Newman, Bobby Darin, Frank Foster, and Lionel Hampton. The double bassist Major Holley scats over the opening bars of the...
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Hot Jazz (RCA Victor LPV 544) Lionel Hampton and his Orchestra – 1948 (Weka (Swt) Jds 12–1) Lionel Hampton – Lionel Hampton in Concert (Cicala Jazz Live...
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Moscow Moscow The Lionel Hampton Jazz Festival is an annual jazz festival, the largest west of the Mississippi River, that takes place in April on the...
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Honorees: Selena, Grandmaster Flash & The Furious Five, Talking Heads, Lionel Hampton, Marilyn Horne, Salt-N-Pepa And More". GRAMMY.com. December 22, 2020...
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was popularized by Lionel Hampton, a jazz drummer from California. At one recording session with bandleader Louis Armstrong, Hampton was asked to play...
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musician and educator Lionel Victor Gunaratna (1893–1971), Sri Lankan Sinhala army officer, educationist, municipal councilor Lionel Hampton (1908–2002), American...
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Wes worked for vibraphonist Lionel Hampton from 1948 to 1950, Monk then worked for Hampton around 1952–1953, with Hampton insisting he play the Fender...
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Dorsey, Benny Goodman (with Al Hendrickson as cameo), Louis Armstrong, Lionel Hampton, and Benny Carter. Other notable musicians playing themselves in the...
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Janet Thurlow (section Lionel Hampton Orchestra)
playing piano and alto sax. In 1950, Lionel Hampton hired her to play with his band. Thurlow convinced Hampton to hire her friend Quincy Jones as a trumpeter...
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1949-50 Stan Getz, Stan Getz Plays Blues (VSP (Verve), 1966) Lionel Hampton, Lionel Hampton presents Gerry Mulligan (Who's Who in Jazz, 1977) John Hill...
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Indianapolis jazz band, The Duke Hampton Band. By 1952, at the age of 20, he was performing at Carnegie Hall with the Lionel Hampton Band. He played with the...
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started a record company. It published the work of Stéphane Grappelli, Lionel Hampton and Rhoda Scott, among others. In 1978, he sold 40% to Polygram Records...
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Chick Corea Featuring Lionel Hampton is an album first released in 1980 by American jazz pianist Chick Corea. The album contains three songs from 1971...
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bop, through Afro-Cuban, world fusion, to post bop. He recorded with Lionel Hampton in 1956 and played with saxophonist Roland Kirk in 1963. He also worked...
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opportunities. He played at the New Cotton Club in Los Angeles with Lionel Hampton on drums. The band drew the Hollywood crowd, which could still afford...
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suggesting the change from Ruth Jones, made before Lionel Hampton came to hear Dinah at the Garrick. Hampton's visit brought an offer, and Washington worked...
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tenor saxophonist, noted for his involvement in various groups such as Lionel Hampton Orchestra and Harry Connick, Jr.'s big band. He is seen as a "veteran"...
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Sortable table Date Artist Album title Label Notes 1953 Lionel Hampton Oh, Rock! Live Clifford Brown Clifford Brown Big Band in Paris Prestige QJ plays...
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