HAMPTON, LIONEL

1908?–2002, African-American vibraphonist and bandleader, b. Louisville, Ky. When his family moved to Chicago c.1916, the young Hampton began playing drums in a newsboys' band. He moved to Los Angeles as a teenager and became a drummer in saxophonist Les Hite's band. Encouraged by Louis Armstrong, he soon learned the vibraphone and quickly became the instrument's leading jazz exponent, acclaimed early for his solos on Armstrong's 1930 recording of the now-classic "Memories of You." As a member of the Benny Goodman Quartet, Hampton toured from 1936 to 1940, when he formed a big band of his own. His ensemble included such luminaries as Clifford Brown, Betty Carter, and Quincy Jones in its ranks. Known for his harmonic and rhythmic sophistication and his dynamic showmanship, Hampton often moved from vibes to drums to two-fingered piano, leading his group not only in the performance of swing, but in bebop and rhythm and blues as well. He toured internationally into the 1990s, frequently leading small jazz groups.

See his autobiography (1989).

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books on: Hampton Lionel  - 204 results

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1.
Investing in People: The Human Capital Needs of Rural America
Book by Lionel J. Beaulieu, David Mulkey; Westview Press, 1995
Subjects: Human Capital--United States, Rural Development--United States, United States--Rural Conditions
...Utley 1984 . To carry out this policy, schools such as the Hampton Institute 2 in Virginia and Carlisle 3 in Pennsylvania were...wake of the late nineteenth century reforms that established Hampton and Carlisle, the Bureau of Indian Affairs BIA also developed...
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A Guide to Old American Houses, 1700-1900
Book by Henry Lionel Williams; A. S. Barnes, 1962
Subjects: Architecture, Domestic--United States--History
...Colonial type of house to which a Greek Revival porch has been added--a not uncommon practice in the 1830s and 1840s. 111. "Hampton," on the Santee River, South Carolina, is a Greek Revival plantation house that started life in 1735 as a small, 4-room...
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The Pre-Raphaelite Poets
Book by Lionel Stevenson; University of North Carolina Press, 1972
...the same stanza form. Whistler has reported an expedition about this time which Swinburne took with Rossetti and Meredith to Hampton Court: each poet undertook to write a poem during the short train journey from Waterloo Station, and Swinburne produced...
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The Biographical Encyclopedia of Jazz
Book by Leonard Feather, Ira Gitler; Oxford University Press, 1999
Subjects: Jazz--Bio-Bibliography, Jazz--Discography
...Griffin 86; Bopera House fr. 86; Lionel Hampton 87; Lou Donaldson 88-9; own...Birth; w. Taylor SN; FMP . HAMPTON, LIONEL LEO, vib, dms, pno, voc...for Reagan and Bush. Founded Lionel Hampton Development Corp., which developed...
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Jazz: A History
Book by Frank Tirro; W. W. Norton, 1993
Subjects: Jazz--History And Criticism
LIONEL HAMPTON Lionel Hampton played a completely different kind of instrument and functioned entirely within the stylistic limits of swing. Yet he, too, had an incredible talent for creative melodic continuity. Born in Kentucky in 1913, he...
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journal articles on: Hampton Lionel  - 50 results

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Doctoral Dissertations 2003-2004 *
Journal article; The Review of Metaphysics, Vol. 58, 2004
Subjects: Aviran, Tal M.--Research, Hampton, David R.--Research, Lorkorvic, Edvard--Research, Universities and colleges--Alberta, Universities and colleges--Officials and employees, University of Alberta--Officials and employees
...2004 *. University of Alberta (34) (27) (15) DAVID R. HAMPTON, "Defining Science for the Law of Evidence: A Comprehensive...Knowledge in Kants First Critique." Adviser: Stephen Engstrom. LIONEL SHAPIRO, "Norms, Revision, and Linguistic Practice: Three...
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Nisei Politics of Identity and American Popular Music in the 1930s and 1940s
Journal article by Susan Miyo Asai; Ethnic Studies Review, Vol. 32, 2009
...for the first time along with Lionel Hampton, Teddy Wilson, and other African...Tommy Dorsey, Jimmy Dorsey, Lionel Hampton, and Count Basie. Popular singers...bandleaders, Duke Ellington, Lionel Hampton, and Jimmy Lunceford, and singers...
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Movin' the Mountains: An Overview of Rhythm and Blues and Its Presence in Appalachia
Journal article by Jerry Zolten; Black Music Research Journal, Vol. 23, 2003
Subjects: African American music--Criticism and interpretation, African American music--History, African American music--Social aspects, African Americans--Criticism and interpretation, African Americans--History, African Americans--Music, African Americans--Social aspects, Appalachian region--History, Appalachian region--Social aspects, Rhythm and blues music--Criticism and interpretation, Rhythm and blues music--History, Rhythm and blues music--Social aspects
...Crows; instrumental combos of Lionel Hampton, Jack McVea, Buddy Johnson...American gospel. Vibraphonist Lionel Hampton, veteran of the Benny Goodman...of leaders like Count Basle, Lionel Hampton, and others. While the gospel...
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Major N. Clark Smith in Chicago
Journal article by Marian M. Ohman; Journal of the Illinois State Historical Society, Vol. 96, 2003
...member of the renowned touring Hampton Institute Quartet.49 A few years...musicians, most famous perhaps, Lionel Hampton. At the time, Hampton was attending...arranger for Earl Hines), and Lionel Hampton (drummer with Louis Armstrong...
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When the Movies Played Downtown: the Exhibition System of the San Francisco Theater Row, 1945-1970
Journal article by Dennis P. Kelly; Journal of Film and Video, Vol. 54, 2002
Subjects: History, Motion pictures, San Francisco California, Theaters & cinemas
...Lena Home, Nat "King" Cole, Count Basie, and Lionel Hampton performed there in 1945; Frank Sinatra, Count Basie...Kenton in 1948; Red Skelton and Eddie Fisher in 1949; Lionel Hampton (again) in 1950. The second, vaudeville-like...
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magazine articles on: Hampton Lionel  - 145 results

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University of Idaho Stays on Beat with Lionel Hampton
Magazine article; The New Crisis, Vol. 108, March 2001
Subjects: Colleges & universities, Hampton, Lionel, Jazz, Music festivals, University of Idaho
...University of Idaho Stays on Beat with Lionel Hampton This story of "firsts" began...to jazz since 1967. In 1984, Lionel Hampton made an appearance at the festival...that our festival be named the Lionel Hampton Jazz Festival," said Skinner...
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Lionel Hampton Gives Collection to University of Idaho
Magazine article; Black Issues in Higher Education, Vol. 15, March 5, 1998
Lionel Hampton Gives Collection to University of Idaho...of the schools annual jazz festival, Lionel Hampton. Music Professor Lynn Skinner is working...1987, the department was renamed the Lionel Hampton School of Music. This year. the Lionel...
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The Complete Lionel Hampton Victor Sessions 1937-1941
Magazine article by Stuart Kremsky; IAJRC Journal, Vol. 41, August 2008
The Complete Lionel Hampton Victor Sessions 1937-1941 by Stuart Kremsky The Complete Lionel Hampton Victor Sessions 1937-1941 Mosaic MD5-238 Disc 1 (69:12...
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Arts Endowment Honors Jazz Fest
Magazine article by Dan Scheuerman; Humanities, Vol. 29, January 2008
Subjects: Hampton, Lionel, Jazz, Musicians & conductors
...Arts Endowment Honors Jazz Fest by Dan Scheuerman The Lionel Hampton International Jazz Festival was awarded a Presidential...and for the centennial of its namesake, vibraphonist Lionel Hampton. First launched in 1967 by the University of Idaho...
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The Survivors
Magazine article; Ebony, Vol. 46, November 1990
Subjects: African American entertainers--Appreciation, African American historians--Biography, African American judges--Biography, African Americans in business--Biography, Anderson, Marian--Biography, Calloway, Cab--Biography, Davis, Miles--Biography, Eckstine, Billy--Biography, Fitzgerald, Ella--Biography, Franklin, John Hope--Biography, Gaston, Arthur George--Biography, Gillespie, Dizzy--Biography, Hampton, Lionel--Biography, Horne, Lena--Biography, Marshall, Thurgood--Biography, United States. Supreme Court--Officials and employees
...bandleader and vibes virtuoso Lionel Hampton, singer-actress Lena Horne...vibraharpist and drummer, PHOTO : Lionel Hampton was born on April 20, 1907...houses until 1940 when PHOTO : Hampton formed his own band. Since then...
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A Jazzy Birthday Party for Hampton
Newspaper article by Ann Geracimos; The Washington Times, July 27, 1998
Subjects: Hampton, Lionel
...Hampton by Ann Geracimos For a Republican, Lionel Hampton sure knows how to charm the Democrats...bottled in his name - a "Champagne Cuvee Lionel Hampton by Vertus, because they love Lionel Hampton in France and all over Europe," Mr. Leshin...
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Jazz Fans Feel Lothar's Vibe
Newspaper article; Sunshine Coast Daily (Maroochydore, Australia), September 5, 2009
Subjects: Musicians
...shared the stage with the king, Lionel Hampton. Schildhorst, by then an orchestra...rank and file jazz stalwart, says Hampton lived up his reputation as one of the great gentlemen of jazz. Hampton, of course, was one of the most...
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Molina and Co. Offer Something New
Newspaper article; The Register-Guard (Eugene, OR), April 29, 2005
Subjects: Young, Neil
...Orchestra, following that with a six-year stint with Lionel Hampton. He leads his own group and co-leads Full House...Rotondi has played with the Ray Charles Orchestra and Lionel Hampton. He will play with Swing Shift tonight. Jason Molinas...
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Chorus of Praise for Taylor
Newspaper article; The Washington Times, January 19, 2002
Subjects: Osgood, Charles
...place over many older competitors in the International Lionel Hampton Jazz Piano Competition, part of the February 2001 Lionel Hampton Jazz Festival. The wide circle of friends of jazz...
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He's Got the Rhythm of Life
Newspaper article by Ann Geracimos; The Washington Times, December 1, 2001
...in Paris studying composition with the renowned Nadia Boulanger. Lionel Hampton and Count Basie were among his mentors, and by his mid-30s he was...With him are Dionne Warwick, Stevie Wonder, Michael Jackson and Lionel Richie.
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encyclopedia articles on: Hampton Lionel  - 4 results

 
 
1.
Hampton, Lionel
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
HAMPTON, LIONEL 1908? 2002, African-American vibraphonist...moved to Chicago c.1916, the young Hampton began playing drums in a newsboys band...member of the Benny Goodman Quartet, Hampton toured from 1936 to 1940, when he formed...
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Goodman, Benny
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...orchestra. In 1935 he formed the Benny Goodman trio with Gene Krupa and Teddy Wilson; it became a quartet in 1936 when Lionel Hampton joined it. Performing for radio, motion pictures, and records, Goodmans orchestra became nationally famous. After...
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Jones, Quincy
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...studied briefly at Bostons Berklee College of Music (then called Schillinger House). After 1951 he played with Lionel Hampton and Dizzy Gillespie and was also an arranger for such jazz greats as Duke Ellington , Tommy Dorsey , Count Basie...
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Mingus, Charles
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...improvisations, loose rhythms, and high energy. At various times in his career he played with Louis Armstrong, Lionel Hampton, Red Norvo, Charlie Parker, and Duke Ellington, to whom he dedicated his Open Letter to Duke. He organized his...


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