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Lionel Hampton
Actor
Born April 20, 1908Died August 31, 2002 (94 years)
Lionel Leo Hampton (April 20, 1908 – August 31, 2002) was an American jazz vibraphonist, pianist, percussionist, and bandleader. Hampton worked with jazz musicians from Teddy Wilson, Benny Goodman, and Buddy Rich, to Charlie Parker, Charles Mingus, and Quincy Jones. In 1992, he was inducted into the Alabama Jazz Hall of Fame, and he was awarded the National Medal of Arts in 1996.
Lionel Hampton was born in 1908 in Louisville, Kentucky, and was raised by his mother. Shortly after he was born, he and his mother moved to her hometown of Birmingham, Alabama. He spent his early childhood in Kenosha, Wisconsin, before he and his family moved to Chicago, Illinois, in 1916. As a youth, Hampton was a member of the Bud Billiken Club, an alternative to the Boy Scouts of America, which was off-limits because of racial segregation.
During the 1920s, while still a teenager, Hampton took xylophone lessons from Jimmy Bertrand and began to play drums. Hampton was raised Catholic, and started out playing fife and drum at the Holy Rosary Academy near Chicago.
Lionel Hampton began his career playing drums for the Chicago Defender Newsboys' Band (led by Major N. Clark Smith) while still a teenager in Chicago. While he lived in Chicago, Hampton saw Louis Armstrong at the Vendome, remembering that the entire audience went crazy after his first solo.
He moved to California in 1927 or 1928, playing drums for the Dixieland Blues-Blowers. He made his recording debut with The Quality Serenaders led by Paul Howard, then left for Culver City and drummed for the Les Hite band at Sebastian's Cotton Club. One of his trademarks as a drummer was his ability to do stunts with multiple pairs of sticks such as twirling and juggling without missing a beat.
During this period, he began practicing on the vibraphone. In 1930 Louis Armstrong came to California and hired the Les Hite band for performances and recordings. Armstrong was impressed with Hampton's playing after Hampton reproduced Armstrong's solo on the vibraphone and asked him to play behind him like that during vocal choruses. So began his career as a vibraphonist, popularizing the use of the instrument in the process. Invented ten years earlier, the vibraphone is essentially a xylophone with metal bars, a sustain pedal, and resonators equipped with electric-powered fans that add tremolo.
While working with the Les Hite band, Hampton also occasionally did some performing with Nat Shilkret and his orchestra. During the early 1930s, he studied music at the University of Southern California. In 1934 he led his own orchestra, and then appeared in the Bing Crosby film Pennies From Heaven (1936) alongside Louis Armstrong (wearing a mask in a scene while playing drums).
Also in November 1936, the Benny Goodman Orchestra came to Los Angeles to play the Palomar Ballroom. When John Hammond brought Goodman to see Hampton perform, Goodman invited him to join his trio, which soon became the Benny Goodman Quartet with pianist Teddy Wilson and drummer Gene Krupa completing the lineup. The Trio and Quartet were among the first racially integrated jazz groups to perform before audiences, and were a leading small group of the day. ...
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Lionel Hampton was born in 1908 in Louisville, Kentucky, and was raised by his mother. Shortly after he was born, he and his mother moved to her hometown of Birmingham, Alabama. He spent his early childhood in Kenosha, Wisconsin, before he and his family moved to Chicago, Illinois, in 1916. As a youth, Hampton was a member of the Bud Billiken Club, an alternative to the Boy Scouts of America, which was off-limits because of racial segregation.
During the 1920s, while still a teenager, Hampton took xylophone lessons from Jimmy Bertrand and began to play drums. Hampton was raised Catholic, and started out playing fife and drum at the Holy Rosary Academy near Chicago.
Lionel Hampton began his career playing drums for the Chicago Defender Newsboys' Band (led by Major N. Clark Smith) while still a teenager in Chicago. While he lived in Chicago, Hampton saw Louis Armstrong at the Vendome, remembering that the entire audience went crazy after his first solo.
He moved to California in 1927 or 1928, playing drums for the Dixieland Blues-Blowers. He made his recording debut with The Quality Serenaders led by Paul Howard, then left for Culver City and drummed for the Les Hite band at Sebastian's Cotton Club. One of his trademarks as a drummer was his ability to do stunts with multiple pairs of sticks such as twirling and juggling without missing a beat.
During this period, he began practicing on the vibraphone. In 1930 Louis Armstrong came to California and hired the Les Hite band for performances and recordings. Armstrong was impressed with Hampton's playing after Hampton reproduced Armstrong's solo on the vibraphone and asked him to play behind him like that during vocal choruses. So began his career as a vibraphonist, popularizing the use of the instrument in the process. Invented ten years earlier, the vibraphone is essentially a xylophone with metal bars, a sustain pedal, and resonators equipped with electric-powered fans that add tremolo.
While working with the Les Hite band, Hampton also occasionally did some performing with Nat Shilkret and his orchestra. During the early 1930s, he studied music at the University of Southern California. In 1934 he led his own orchestra, and then appeared in the Bing Crosby film Pennies From Heaven (1936) alongside Louis Armstrong (wearing a mask in a scene while playing drums).
Also in November 1936, the Benny Goodman Orchestra came to Los Angeles to play the Palomar Ballroom. When John Hammond brought Goodman to see Hampton perform, Goodman invited him to join his trio, which soon became the Benny Goodman Quartet with pianist Teddy Wilson and drummer Gene Krupa completing the lineup. The Trio and Quartet were among the first racially integrated jazz groups to perform before audiences, and were a leading small group of the day. ...
Source: Article "Lionel Hampton" from Wikipedia in English, licensed under CC-BY-SA 3.0.
Filmography
| 2022 | Souvenir d'Italie · as Self |
| 2020 | Jimmy Carter: Rock & Roll President · as Self |
| 2020 | |
| 2018 | Quincy · as Self |
| 2007 | Jazz Giants of the 20th Century · as Self |
| 2001 | Jazz (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1993 | Late Night with Conan O'Brien (TV Series) · as Self - Musical Guest |
| 1992 | The Kennedy Center Honors: A Celebration of the Performing Arts · as Self - Honoree |
| 1990 | Listen Up: The Lives of Quincy Jones · as Self |
| 1989 | The 10th Annual Black Achievement Awards · as Self - Performer |
| 1986 | Our World (TV Series) · as Self - Vibraphonist |
| 1985 | American Masters (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1982 | |
| 1982 | Late Night With David Letterman (TV Series) · as Self - Guest |
| 1982 | Jazz Greats · as Self |
| 1979 | No Maps on My Taps · as Self |
| 1978 | The Kennedy Center Honors (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1978 | Tony Brown's Journal (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1977 | All You Need Is Love: The Story of Popular Music (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1975 | Austin City Limits (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1974 | Dinah! (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1973 | The CBS Festival of Lively Arts for Young People (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1972 | The Music Shop (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1970 | Evening at Pops (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1969 | The David Frost Show (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1968 | The Rosey Grier Show (TV Series) · as Self - Guest |
| 1967 | The Joey Bishop Show (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1967 | Something Special (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1966 | The Jerry Lewis MDA Labor Day Telethon (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1964 | ABC's Nightlife (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1964 | The Hollywood Palace (TV Series) · as Self - Band Leader |
| 1963 | Missing Links (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1962 | The Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1962 | The Merv Griffin Show (TV Series) · as Self - Bandleader |
| 1962 | The Tonight Show (TV Series) · as Self - Musician |
| 1961 | The Mike Douglas Show (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1961 | Force of Impulse · as Self |
| 1961 | The New Steve Allen Show (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1960 | Here's Hollywood (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1959 | The Red Rowe Show (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1959 | Swing Into Spring! · as Self |
| 1957 | Mister Rock and Roll · as Himself |
| 1957 | The Jack Paar Tonight Show (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1956 | The Steve Allen Show (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1956 | Basin Street Revue · as Self |
| 1955 | Rock 'n' Roll Revue · as Self |
| 1955 | Musik, Musik und nur Musik · as Self |
| 1955 | Rhythm and Blues Revue · as Self |
| 1955 | Show Time at the Apollo (TV Series) · as Self - Orchestra Leader |
| 1953 | Tonight! (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1952 | Today (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1949 | Lionel Hampton and His Orchestra · as Self |
| 1948 | A Song Is Born · as Lionel Hampton |
| 1948 | The Ed Sullivan Show (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1948 | The Milton Berle Show (TV Series) · as Self - Guest |