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News: Event

Giants of Jazz 11 Honors Slide Hampton on October 11

September 23, 2008

Giants of Jazz 11 Presented by The Baird What: Giants of Jazz 11, Honoring 2008 Jazz Master Honoree Slide Hampton Celebrating 11 years of a phenomenal jazz concerts! This one-night concert The New York Times hails as New Jerseys premier jazz festival will be held at the South Orange Middle School. This years Jazz Master Honoree ...

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News: Performance / Tour

Slide Hampton "A Musical Tribute to African-American Greatness" Free to the Public

January 15, 2008

THE UNITED STATES MILITARY ACADEMY AT WEST POINT presents “A Musical Tribute to African-American Greatness" Featuring Original Compositions by Special Musical Guest Slide Hampton On February 15th 2008 at the Eisenhower Hall Theatre, West Point, NY the Jazz Knights will present their yearly concert celebrating Black History month... this year ...

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Article: Album Review

Slide Hampton: Drum Suite

Read "Drum Suite" reviewed by Francis Lo Kee

by Francis Lo Kee
March 10, 2007

For Drum Suite, Slide Hampton set out to make an album to feature the drumming of Max Roach, but he accomplished much more: a display of why teamwork is at the essence of powerful jazz. Besides the framing of Roach's melodic and multi-dynamic drumming, the album succeeds in featuring the entire ensemble as part of a ...

Album

Drum Suite

By Slide Hampton

Label: Mosaic Records
Released: 2006
Track listing: Fump; Lover; Like Someone in Love; Gallery Groove; Our Waltz; It

Album

Slide Plays Jobim

By Slide Hampton

Label: Alleycat Productions
Released: 2005
Track listing: Stone Flower; Agua de Beber; Desafinado; Voce Vai Ver; Children

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Article: Album Review

Slide Hampton: Slide Plays Jobim

Read "Slide Plays Jobim" reviewed by Dr. Judith Schlesinger

by Dr. Judith Schlesinger
November 27, 2005

Slide Hampton Plays the Music of Antonio Carlos Jobim came out in 2002, but like many indie releases, it continues to be “discovered through chance and good fortune. I stumbled upon it after a series of happy coincidences, and as a confessed Jobimaniac, I was delighted to find a fresh approach to the material I know ...

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Article: Interview

Meet Yoko Miwa

by Ludwig vanTrikt
June 22, 2005

All About Jazz: For your American audience, please introduce yourself. Yoko Miwa: My name is Yoko Miwa. I am a jazz pianist born in Kobe, Japan, now living in Boston. I started taking piano lessons at the age of 4. My family was always very supportive of my interest in music. ...

Album

The Flip

By Hank Mobley

Label: Blue Note Records
Released: 2004
Track listing: The Flip; Feelin' Folksy; Snappin' Out; 18th Hole; Early Morning Stroll,

Album

Spirit of the Horn

By Slide Hampton

Label: MCG Jazz
Released: 2003
Track listing: Cherokee; All in Love Is Fair; A Flower Is a Lovesome Thing; Lament / Basin Street Blues, April in Paris, Lester Leaps In, Moment's Notice; Dolphin Dance; Walkin'-n-Rhythm; Maya; Blues for Eric.

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Article: Album Review

Slide Hampton and the World of Trombones: Spirit of the Horn

Read "Spirit of the Horn" reviewed by Jack Bowers

by Jack Bowers
March 2, 2003

I wish my friend Bill Swanson were alive to hear this. Bill loved the trombone, and would have greatly admired this picturesque performance by Slide Hampton’s World of Trombones in concert at the Manchester Craftsmen’s Guild in Pittsburgh. This is wall-to-wall ‘bones, as Slide leads a dozen of the country’s finest through their paces and welcomes ...