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Lionel Hampton
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Lionel Hampton
Known For
Acting
Birthday
1908-04-20,Louisville, Kentucky, USA
Gender
Male
Biography
Lionel Leo Hampton (April 20, 1908 – August 31, 2002) was an American jazz vibraphonist, pianist, percussionist, and bandleader. Hampton worked with jazz musicians from Teddy Wilson, Benny Goodman, and Buddy Rich, to Charlie Parker, Charles Mingus, and Quincy Jones. In 1992, he was inducted into the Alabama Jazz Hall of Fame, and he was awarded the National Medal of Arts in 1996. Lionel Hampton was born in 1908 in Louisville, Kentucky, and was raised by his mother. Shortly after he was born, he and his mother moved to her hometown of Birmingham, Alabama. He spent his early childhood in Kenosha, Wisconsin, before he and his family moved to Chicago, Illinois, in 1916. As a youth, Hampton was a member of the Bud Billiken Club, an alternative to the Boy Scouts of America, which was off-limits because of racial segregation. During the 1920s, while still a teenager, Hampton took xylophone lessons from Jimmy Bertrand and began to play drums. Hampton was raised Catholic, and started out playing fife and drum at the Holy Rosary Academy near Chicago. Lionel Hampton began his career playing drums for the Chicago Defender Newsboys' Band (led by Major N. Clark Smith) while still a teenager in Chicago. While he lived in Chicago, Hampton saw Louis Armstrong at the Vendome, remembering that the entire audience went crazy after his first solo. He moved to California in 1927 or 1928, playing drums for the Dixieland Blues-Blowers. He made his recording debut with The Quality Serenaders led by Paul Howard, then left for Culver City and drummed for the Les Hite band at Sebastian's Cotton Club. One of his trademarks as a drummer was his ability to do stunts with multiple pairs of sticks such as twirling and juggling without missing a beat. During this period, he began practicing on the vibraphone. In 1930 Louis Armstrong came to California and hired the Les Hite band for performances and recordings. Armstrong was impressed with Hampton's playing after Hampton reproduced Armstrong's solo on the vibraphone and asked him to play behind him like that during vocal choruses. So began his career as a vibraphonist, popularizing the use of the instrument in the process. Invented ten years earlier, the vibraphone is essentially a xylophone with metal bars, a sustain pedal, and resonators equipped with electric-powered fans that add tremolo. While working with the Les Hite band, Hampton also occasionally did some performing with Nat Shilkret and his orchestra. During the early 1930s, he studied music at the University of Southern California. In 1934 he led his own orchestra, and then appeared in the Bing Crosby film Pennies From Heaven (1936) alongside Louis Armstrong (wearing a mask in a scene while playing drums). Also in November 1936, the Benny Goodman Orchestra came to Los Angeles to play the Palomar Ballroom. When John Hammond brought Goodman to see Hampton perform, Goodman invited him to join his trio, which soon became the Benny Goodman Quartet with pianist Teddy Wilson and drummer Gene Krupa completing the lineup. The Trio and Quartet were among the first racially integrated jazz groups to perform before audiences, and were a leading small group of the day. ... Source: Article "Lionel Hampton" from Wikipedia in English, licensed under CC-BY-SA 3.0.

Filmography

6.4

A Song Is Born
1948-10-19

Mister Rock and Roll

6

Mister Rock and Roll
1957-10-16

Jazz Icons: Lionel Hampton Live in '58

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Jazz Icons: Lionel Hampton Live in '58
2008-01-01

No Maps on My Taps

7

No Maps on My Taps
1979-10-31

Rhythm and Blues Revue

6.75

Rhythm and Blues Revue
1955-01-01

America By Night

4.667

America By Night
1957-07-28

The Glenn Miller Story

7

The Glenn Miller Story
1954-01-04

The Benny Goodman Story

6.433

The Benny Goodman Story
1956-02-02

Lionel Hampton and His Orchestra

8

Lionel Hampton and His Orchestra
1949-12-07

...But Then, She's Betty Carter

6.5

...But Then, She's Betty Carter
1980-01-01

The Real Malcolm X

8

The Real Malcolm X
1992-11-18

Lionel Hampton All Star Big Band @ Berliner Jazztage 1979

0

Lionel Hampton All Star Big Band @ Berliner Jazztage 1979
1979-11-03

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Bei Bio
1983-03-10

The Merv Griffin Show

6.6

The Merv Griffin Show
1962-10-01

Austin City Limits

6.342

Austin City Limits
1975-01-01

The Steve Allen Show

6.167

The Steve Allen Show
1956-06-24

The Barbara McNair Show

0

The Barbara McNair Show
1969-09-13

The Kennedy Center Honors

7.4

The Kennedy Center Honors
1978-12-28

The Ed Sullivan Show

6.848

The Ed Sullivan Show
1948-06-20

The Ed Sullivan Show

6.848

The Ed Sullivan Show
1948-06-20

8

Musikladen
1972-12-13

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The Big Party
1959-10-08

Le Grand Échiquier

8

Le Grand Échiquier
1972-01-12

The Merv Griffin Show

6.6

The Merv Griffin Show
1962-10-01

The Mike Douglas Show

5.8

The Mike Douglas Show
1961-12-11

Late Night with Conan O'Brien

7.3

Late Night with Conan O'Brien
1993-09-13