Results for "Les Hite"

Les Hite

Born: February 13, 1903

Martin Fabricius Trio: Under The Same Sky

by Chris May
May 4, 2019

The vibraphone has come a long way—technically and aesthetically—since Lionel Hampton used it in a short, improvised introduction to Louis Armstrong's “Confessin,'" recorded with Les Hite's band in 1930. Back then, it was regarded primarily as a percussion instrument, and it is still categorized as tuned-percussion in the classical music world. Hampton was the first musician ...