King Of Vibes: Lionel 'HAMP' Hampton To Be Honored At Lincoln Center

From: The New York Beacon | Date: September 30, 1998 | Copyright information

New York Beacon, The
09-30-1998
King Of Vibes: Lionel `HAMP' Hampton To Be Honored At Lincoln Center

Mr. Lionel Hampton, the reigning King of the Vibraphone for more than a half a century, began his musical career as a drummer. Born in Birmingham, Alabama in 1908, he spent most of his childhood in Kenosha, Wisconsin, where he first studied music under very strict Dominican nuns. His idols then included Louis Armstrong and a drummer named Jimmy Bertrand, who tossed his sticks in the air as lights blinks from inside his bass drum (a Style "Hamp" still uses today in some of his performances).

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