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Video: Lionel Hampton in Belgium, 1958
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JazzWax by Marc Myers
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 drummer Gene Krupa and pianist Teddy Wilson. They were the first A-list integrated jazz ensemble. Here's Hampton in the Benny Goodman Quartet in 1937... In the 1940s, Hampton led a first-rate band that included future jazz stars such as Illinois Jacquet, Arnett ...
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Jazz Musician of the Day: Slide Hampton
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Michael Ricci
All About Jazz is celebrating Slide Hampton's birthday today!
Slide Hampton's distinguished career spans decades in the evolution of jazz. At the age of 12 he was already touring the Midwest with the Indianapolis-based Hampton Band, led by his father and comprising other members of his musical family. By 1952, at the age of 20, he was performing at Carnegie Hall with the Lionel Hampton Band. He then joined Maynard Ferguson's band, playing trombone and providing exciting charts on such ...
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Backgrounder: Hampton Hawes' All Night Session!
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JazzWax by Marc Myers
For me, Hampton Hawes's finest recordings were the three All Night Session! albums captured on the evening of November 12, 1956 and the early morning hours of November 13. The studio date for Contemporary Records featured Hawes (p), Jim Hall (g), Red Mitchell (b) and Bruz Freeman (d). According to Hawes in his autobiography, Raise Up Off Me: A Portrait of Hampton Hawes: “I got together a quartet, using Jim Hall on guitar. We recorded 12 tracks in one continuous ...
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Jazz Musician of the Day: Hampton Hawes
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Michael Ricci
All About Jazz is celebrating Hampton Hawes' birthday today!
Who Was Hampton Hawes? Although one rarely hears of Hampton Hawes today he was a significant presence on the jazz scene in the mid- 50s then again from the mid-60s on until his death in 1977. A direct descendant of bebop who had been variously classified as “West Coast" and “funk-jazz" or “rhythm school," Hawes transcended all these categories. He was famous for his prodigious right hand, his deep groove, his ...
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Hampton Hawes: 'Four!'
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JazzWax by Marc Myers
By the late 1950s in Los Angeles, golf had become as vital to a jazz musician's income as a working automobile. The sport was a social meeting ground, a place to get to know musicians off the bandstand. Several of the West Coast jazz musicians I've interviewed talked about the importance of the golf course in terms of work opportunities and camaraderie. This was especially true for black musicians, who were able to build friendships with white musicians who could ...
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Backgrounder: Lionel Hampton, 'Bossa Nova Jazz'
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JazzWax by Marc Myers
Bossa Nova Jazz: Lionel Hampton All Stars shouldn't work, but it does. Just looking at the album cover without hearing it leads you to assume that the bossa nova would be a stretch for a swinger and jump-blueser like Hampton. But its authenticity and sensuality exceeds expectations every time I put it on. It's really Bobby Plater's album. Recorded in September and October of 1963 for Hampton's own Glad Hamp label (and issued in Japan on Nippon Columbia), his all-stars ...
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Jazz Musician of the Day: Slide Hampton
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Michael Ricci
All About Jazz is celebrating Slide Hampton's birthday today!
Slide Hampton's distinguished career spans decades in the evolution of jazz. At the age of 12 he was already touring the Midwest with the Indianapolis-based Hampton Band, led by his father and comprising other members of his musical family. By 1952, at the age of 20, he was performing at Carnegie Hall with the Lionel Hampton Band. He then joined Maynard Ferguson's band, playing trombone and providing exciting charts on such ...
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The Django Announces March Schedule Including Women's History Month Celebration, Slide Hampton Octet, And More
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AMT Public Relations
The Django downtown Manhattan’s premier jazz club, commemorates Women’s History Month by hosting more than 20 leading female jazz artists on its stage during March from Lezlie Harrison (3/19) and Roxy Coss (3/25) to emerging artists Marianne Solivan (3/5) and Endea Owens (3/11), to name a few. A special tribute concert for trombonist Slide Hampton (1932-2021) is slated for March 8th featuring an Octet performing Hampton’s own orchestrations. The Django’s weekly Mingus residency continues every Monday with two sets: Mingus ...
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Slide Hampton (1932-2021)
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JazzWax by Marc Myers
Slide Hampton, a slide trombonist and a prolific leader, composer and arranger for many of the most significant big bands of the post-war era, including several led by Maynard Ferguson, died November 18. He was 89. Though not as well known to jazz fans as J.J. Johnson, Kai Winding, Urbie Green or Curtis Fuller, Hampton was an in-demand sideman, arranger and leader whose smooth, punchy playing and whip-cracking arrangements delivered drama and daring. Here are 10 favorite tracks—including 8 as ...
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Jazz Musician of the Day: Hampton Hawes
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Michael Ricci
All About Jazz is celebrating Hampton Hawes' birthday today!
Who Was Hampton Hawes? Although one rarely hears of Hampton Hawes today he was a significant presence on the jazz scene in the mid- 50s then again from the mid-60s on until his death in 1977. A direct descendant of bebop who had been variously classified as “West Coast" and “funk-jazz" or “rhythm school," Hawes transcended all these categories. He was famous for his prodigious right hand, his deep groove, his ...
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