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Obituary Lionel Hampton
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Lionel Hampton, jazz musician
Born: 20 April, 1908, in Louisville, Kentucky Died: 31 August,
2002, in Manhattan, New York, aged 94
JAZZ has lost another pioneer, another giant, another icon,
another lovely guy. Lionel Hampton was not only a virtuoso on the
vibraphone, but also a bandleader and showman whose exuberant,
irrepressible energy ensured that no Hampton concert would be
anything other than a swinging affair. In a career stretching six
decades, he ranked among the revered names in the music, and was one
of the first musicians to bridge the racial gap between blacks and
whites.
Along ...
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