Lionel Hampton
Jazzswing era big bandearly vibraphone pioneerjazz bandleader
Lionel Leo Hampton (1908–2002), was a U.S. bandleader, jazz percussionist, and vibraphonist. Hampton was born on 20th April 1908 in Louisville, Kentucky, but moved to Chicago as a child, where he began his career as a drummer. He relocated to Los Angeles to play drums in Les Hite's band. They soon became the house band for Frank Sebastian's New Cotton Club, a popular L.A. jazz club. During a 1930 recording date in the NBC studios in L.A., Louis Armstrong discovered a vibraphone.
Influenced by: Louis Armstrong, Duke Ellington, Count Basie
- Active:
- 1930s-2002
- Scene:
- Los Angeles / Chicago jazz
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