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	Lionel Hampton
		Lionel Hampton (April 20, 1908 - August 31, 2002), was a bandleader, jazz percussionist and vibraphone virtuoso.
		Hampton's recording of "Flying Home" (1939) with the famous honking tenor sax solo by Jacquet, later refined and expanded by Cobb (1946), is considered by some to be the first rock and roll record.
		Lionel Hampton died of cardiac arrest at Mount Sinai Medical Center[?] in New York at about 06:15 AM, on August 31, 2002.
	www.ebroadcast.com.au /lookup/encyclopedia/li/Lionel_Hampton.html (456 words)

	PBS - JAZZ A Film By Ken Burns: Selected Artist Biography - Lionel Hampton
		Hampton performed in the Royal Festival Hall, London, in 1957, and played at the White House for President Carter in 1978; during the same year he formed his own record label, Who's Who in Jazz, to issue mainstream recordings.
		Hampton was honored as alumnus of the year by the University of Southern California in 1983.
		Hampton was not the first jazz musician to take up vibraphone (Red Norvo had preceded him in the late 1920s), but it was he who gave the instrument an identity in jazz, applying a wide range of attacks and generating remarkable swing on an instrument otherwise known for its bland, disembodied sound.
	www.pbs.org /jazz/biography/artist_id_hampton_lionel.htm (501 words)

	Lionel Hampton - Biography - AOL Music
		Lionel Hampton was the first jazz vibraphonist and was one of the jazz giants beginning in the mid-'30s.
		Lionel Hampton, after leaving Hite, had his own band in Los Angeles' Paradise Cafe, until one night in 1936 when Benny Goodman came into the club and discovered him.
		Hampton appeared and recorded with many all-star groups in the 1950s including reunions with Benny Goodman, meetings with the Oscar Peterson Trio, Stan Getz, Buddy DeFranco, and as part of a trio with Art Tatum and Buddy Rich.
	music.aol.com /artist/lionel-hampton/6654/biography (642 words)

	Lionel Hampton
		Lionel Hampton (1908-2002) was that pioneer for the vibes: essentially, a upgraded xylophone made of wooden keys instead of metal.
		Before Lionel Hampton transformed the world of jazz in the 1930s, America's fl and white musicians rarely shared a stage and the vibraphone routinely was dismissed as a tinny-sounding joke.
		Hampton clearly took Gladys' advice, for in 1936, when he was fronting a band in Los Angeles' Paradise nightclub, in walked Benny Goodman, the newly anointed King of Swing, who liked what he heard and stepped onto the stage.
	www.austinlindy.com /lionel_hampton.htm (1805 words)

	Lionel Hampton - Life & Legacy
		Lionel Hampton is one of the most extraordinary musicians of the 20th century and his artistic achievements symbolize the impact that jazz music has had on our culture in the 21st century.
		His father, Charles Hampton, a promising pianist and singer, was reported missing and later declared killed in World War I. Lionel and his mother, Gertrude, first moved to Birmingham, Alabama, to be with her family, then settled in Chicago.
		As a bandleader, he established the Lionel Hampton Orchestra that became known around the world for its tremendous energy, dazzling showmanship and first-class jazz musicianship.
	www.uidaho.edu /hampton/bio.html (821 words)

	Lionel Hampton - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Lionel Leo Hampton (April 20, 1908 – August 31, 2002), was a bandleader, jazz percussionist and vibraphone virtuoso.
		While Hampton worked for Goodman in New York, he recorded with several different small groups known as the Lionel Hampton Orchestra as well as assorted small groups within the Goodman band.
		Hampton was a member of Alpha Phi Alpha, the first intercollegiate Greek-letter fraternity established for African Americans.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Lionel_Hampton (619 words)

	Solid! -- Lionel Hampton
		Red Norvo introduced the instrument to jazz audiences in the 1920s, but it was Hampton who popularized the sound of what had once been considered only a novelty instrument and turned it into a jazz staple.
		Hampton moved to the West Coast but Hite was slow to organize, so Hampton began to work with local groups, including Paul Howard's Quality Serenaders, with whom he made his first recording in 1929.
		Hampton continued leading groups of various sizes, including a new orchestra, up through the 1990s, often playing for presidents and acting as goodwill ambassador for the United States.
	www.parabrisas.com /d_hamptonl.php (417 words)

	Lionel Hampton Biography : Oldies.com
		Hampton played in the boys band organized by the Defender, Chicago's leading fl newspaper, and by the end of the 20s had become a professional musician.
		The resulting dates, on which Hampton used musicians from whichever big bands happened to be in town, proved to be amongst the best small group recordings in jazz history and are classics of their kind.
		By the end of the 70s the first of the multi-million-dollar projects that the Hamptons had initiated was opened: eventually two apartment buildings, the Lionel Hampton Houses and the Gladys Hampton Houses, were providing accommodation for over 700 families in the middle and lower income groups.
	www.oldies.com /artist-biography/Lionel-Hampton.html (1257 words)

	USATODAY.com - Jazz great Lionel Hampton dies at age 94 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		Hampton, a vibraphone virtuoso who died Saturday, broke a barrier that had kept fl and white musicians from performing together in public.
		Hampton's music was melodic and swinging, but audiences also responded to his electric personality — the big smile, energy and bounce that contributed to his style.
		Hampton also established a community development corporation which, with government support, built low- and middle-income housing in New York and Newark, N.J. One of his projects in Harlem is named for his wife, Gladys, who died in 1971 after a 35-year marriage.
	www.usatoday.com /life/music/news/2002-08-31-lionel-hampton_x.htm (938 words)

	CNN.com - 'Vibes' master Lionel Hampton dead - September 1, 2002
		Lionel Hampton's career, as photos in this interactive gallery indicate, drew him into the company of other great artists and several presidents.
		Hampton was a Republican and played for several presidents at the White House.
		Hampton left Hite's band and formed his own group, and made history again in 1936 when Benny Goodman asked him to turn his Trio into a quartet, the first racially integrated jazz group in the nation.
	archives.cnn.com /2002/SHOWBIZ/Music/08/31/obit.hampton/index.html (752 words)

	CNN - New York fire guts Lionel Hampton's home - Jan. 7, 1997
		Hampton, who is to be honored by President Clinton this week, lost all his belongings in the fire that "completely devastated" his apartment, said Hampton spokesman Bill Titone.
		Hampton, who is confined to a wheelchair, fled the apartment near Central Park with the help of two attendants.
		Hampton is to receive the National Medal of the Arts from Clinton at a Washington, D.C., ceremony on Thursday.
	www.cnn.com /US/9701/07/briefs.pm/fire.html?related (175 words)

	Gerry Mulligan by Craig Hanley - Lionel Hampton (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		Lionel Hampton plays on all the sessions, thereby adding his rhythmic assurance, infectious enthusiasm, and enormous generosity of spirit to the proceedings.
		Lionel Hampton has again shown that he is not only a master of the vibes but also of the art of achieving true collective spontaneity.
		Lionel Hampton and Gerry Mulligan, despite their differences in age, are two of a kind.
	www.gerrymulligan.info /m_hampton_lionel.html (4246 words)

	Review of Lionel Hampton Jazz Legend King of the Vibes DVD
		Lionel Hampton was the first drummer I had ever seen juggle sticks while, at the same time, swinging the life out of the drumset.
		Lionel was a true musical genius and I'm thrilled to finally see him get his due with this new DVD from Hudson Music called Lionel Hampton: Jazz Legend - King of the Vibes.
		Lionel Hampton was an active and energetic artist for all of his 94 years and, during that time, he played with a wide range of jazz artists from Louis Armstrong to Chick Corea.
	www.tigerbill.com /drumreviews/lionelhamptonjazzlegend.htm (488 words)

	Lionel Hampton - Search Results - MSN Encarta (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		Hampton, Lionel (1908–2002), American jazz musician, a leading bandleader of the 1940s and 1950s.
		Hampton, independent city in southeastern Virginia, a port on the waterway Hampton Roads opposite Norfolk.
		Hampton University, Hampton University, Graduate College, Hampton University, School of Nursing, Hampton University, School of Pharmacy, Hampton...
	ca.encarta.msn.com /Lionel_Hampton.html (97 words)

	PAS.org: News
		Although Lionel Hampton wasn't the first to play the vibraphone -- that honor goes to Red Norvo -- "Hamp" is generally credited as the one who brought vibes to the public's attention through a combination of musicianship and showmanship.
		Hampton was born on April 20, 1908 in Louisville, Kentucky.
		By 1995, Hampton was confined to a wheelchair as the result of two strokes, but he continued to perform, often playing with just a single mallet.
	www.pas.org /News/memoriam/Hampton_IM.cfm (1106 words)

	Lionel Hampton - Drum Solo Artist
		There is some confusion about the year of Lionel Hampton's birth, which has sometimes been given as 1908.
		For a quarter of a century the Lionel Hampton Jazz Club, the Mecca of Jazz in Paris, has contributed year after year to strengthen the reputation of the "Méridien Etoile" Hotel in Paris and throughout the world.
		In 1984, Moustache being aware of this, made an unforgettable opening night in obtaining the permission from the mythical "Lionel Hampton" to associate his name to the club.
	www.drumsoloartist.com /Site/Drummers2/Lionel_Hampton.html (652 words)

	Lionel Hampton Summary
		Hampton's band played a major role in the shaping of American jazz and was the launching pad for such stellar performers as Dinah Washington, Quincy Jones, and Charlie Parker.
		For awhile Hampton attended Holy Rosary Academy in Collins, Wisconsin, not far from Kenosha, where he was tutored on the drums by Sister Petra, one of the academy's Dominican nuns.
		Hampton's maternal uncle, Richard Morgan, was an avid jazz fan and friendly with a number of the leading jazz musicians of the period, many of whom attended parties at Morgan's home in Chicago.
	www.bookrags.com /Lionel_Hampton (2270 words)

	Lionel Hampton
		For nearly 20 years, Lionel Hampton and the University of Idaho have partnered to showcase America's jazz music tradition and promote music education.
		The Lionel Hampton School of Music is the only such school named after a jazz musician.
		Hampton and his band were one of the finest I've ever heard.
	www.tuxjunction.net /lionelhampton.htm (370 words)

	Lionel Hampton School of Music
		Internationally acclaimed giant of the jazz world, and the undisputed "King of the Vibraphone" for well over half a century, Lionel Hampton began his phenomenal musical career at an early age when a student at the Holy Rosary Academy in Kenosha, Wisconsin, where he studied under the strict supervision of the Dominican Sisters.
		Lionel, who was well schooled in his keyboard studies, picked up the mallets and played.
		Reminiscing recently about his lifetime of honors and recognitions, Hampton held that the highlight of his career took place when the Music School of the University of Idaho was named the Lionel Hampton School of Music in 1987, becoming the first university music school to be named in honor of a jazz musician.
	www.class.uidaho.edu /college/units/music/hamp-bio.htm (621 words)

	jazzbrat.com - Lionel Hampton
		Lionel Hampton has had a longer musical career than most people have had lives.
		Hampton's father, Charles, was a pianist and singer who went missing in action during World War I. His mother, Gertrude, moved the rest of the family to Alabama, then settled in Chicago in 1916.
		Hampton suffered two strokes in 1995, and died of heart failure in 2002 at the age of ninety-four.
	www.jazzbrat.com /templates/jpage.php?u_pageid=31 (475 words)

	Telarc International: Lionel Hampton
		Lionel Hampton has two distinguishing trademarks: a perpetual grin that lights up his face during each performance and a set of vibes that makes his music unique in every sense of the word.
		For over 60 years Lionel Hampton has helped create musical history as a composer-conductor-entertainer, establishing himself as a jazz superstar throughout the world.
		He recently established the Lionel Hampton Ear Research Foundation, as well as the Lionel Hampton Endowment Fund, which awards scholarship funds to such schools as the University of Southern California, and the University of Idaho, among others.
	www.telarc.com /biography/bios.asp?aid=40 (334 words)

	Lionel Hampton - Life & Legacy
		"Lionel was a dear friend of Barbara's and mine for over 40 years.
		That heritage is something we as a nation need to preserve and cherish for generations to come.
		All photographs courtesy of the Lionel Hampton Jazz Festival and
	www.uidaho.edu /hampton (90 words)

	Lionel Hampton
		Lionel Hampton is now 91 years young and is one of the last jazz pioneers still performing.
		As I was getting ready to perform at the Lionel Hampton Jazz Festival in Moscow, Idaho in Feb. '97, the musical director, Dr. Lynn Skinner, informed me about Lionel's recent fire in his NYC apartment.
		Lionel lost almost all his musical memorabilia, including his vibes and piano.
	www.jimmartinez.com /html/lionel.html (320 words)

	Ella Fitzgerald: Carnegie Hall: Lionel Hampton
		Lionel Hampton, the reigning King of the Vibraphone, began his musical career as a drummer.
		At that time Goodman had a trio with in the big band and with the addition of Lionel Hampton it became the Benny Goodman Quartet.
		They made history not only for their brilliant music, but because they were the first racially integrated group of jazz musicians in the nation.
	museum.media.org /ella/carnegie/artists/hampton.html (305 words)

	CD Baby: LIONEL HAMPTON FEATURING SYLVIA BENNETT: There Will Never Be Another You
		Never before heard Lionel Hampton recording with a modern pop jazz flavor includes a documentary style DVD with never before seen video of this late great legendary jazz musician.
		Lionel Hampton "discovered" Sylvia Bennett at an audition in Miami arranged by mutual acquaintances in the early 1980's.
		This work honors Lionel Hampton and allows his old and new fans to experience his brilliance as an artist and innovator.
	cdbaby.com /cd/lionel (851 words)

	Lionel Hampton - The Complete Lionel Hampton Quartets And Quintets With Oscar Peterson On Verve - Verve Records (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		Lionel Hampton and Oscar Peterson had never worked together before September of 1953, but over the next year these two masters of swing made up for lost time in grand style.
		Their quartet and quintet sessions of 1953 and 1954 resulted in some of the most memorable small-group recordings in Hampton's long and illustrious career - and in all of jazz.
		Lionel Hampton was perfectly matched on these exciting sessions by the virtuoso talents of Oscar Peter and Buddy Rich.
	www.vervemusicgroup.com /verve/product.asp?pid=9729 (342 words)

	Out of Sight Music:
		Hampton and Bennett were a perfect fit, their second album together is remarkable, and it's a shame they didn't record together more often."
		A Grammy nominated jazz artist, Lionel Hampton is known for his legendary skills on the vibraphone.
		Honoring Hampton, the album is a pop composition destined to appeal to jazz and pop audiences everywhere.
	www.lionelhampton.biz (310 words)

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