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Lionel Hampton
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YouTube Lionel Hampton Videos
Lionel Hampton - Flying Home (1957) (03:17)
Watch Lionel Hampton and his band perform Flying Home Broadcast on American Television in 1957. Use this link to open my Jazz Giants library playlist. www.youtube.com The name of the show is in the intro to the video...
Benny Goodman & Lionel Hampton Stealin Apples (03:43)
Scene from 'A Song is Born' Novice Professor is BG
Drum Solos - Gene Krupa vs Lionel Hampton vs Chico Hamilton (01:15)
Drum Solos - Gene Krupa vs Lionel Hampton vs Chico Hamilton
Lionel Hampton " Hey-Ba-Ba-Re-Bop " (1945) (02:57)
www.youtube.com Written by Curley Hammer and Lionel Hampton in 1945, this is the Decca 78rpm version (18754-A) in all it's glory. Hear Lionel's big band blues swing in real time. For More "Great 78s" visit
Lionel Hampton - Cute (02:17)
Lionel Hampton playing "Cute", 1965. Composed by Neal Hefti and made famous by Count Basie.
Lionel Hampton Pictures
Lionel Hampton Biography
Lionel Leo Hampton (April 20, 1908 – August 31, 2002) was an American jazz vibraphonist, pianist, percussionist, bandleader and actor. Like Red Norvo, he was one of the first jazz vibraphone players. Hampton ranks among the great names in jazz history, having worked with a who's who of jazz musicians, from Benny Goodman and Buddy Rich to Charlie Parker and Quincy Jones. In 1992, he was inducted into the Alabama Jazz Hall of Fame.
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Lionel Hampton's Best Songs
- 1. Flying Home
- 2. On the Sunny Side of the Street
- 3. Midnight Sun
- 4. Hamp's Boogie Woogie
- 5. Ring Dem Bells
- 6. How High The Moon
- 7. I've Found A New Baby
- 8. Dinah
- 9. Jeepers Creepers
- 10. Memories Of You
Lionel Hampton Discography
Lionel Hampton albums.
- Jazz in Paris: Ring Dem Vibes - 10/04/2001 (Verve/US)
- The Lionel Hampton Story (disc 3: Hey! Ba-Ba-Re-Bop) - (Proper Records/GB)
- The Lionel Hampton Story (disc 1: Hot Mallets) - (Proper Records/GB)
- Hello, Dolly! - (Unlimited Classics Inc./US)
- My Man - 07/06/1994 (4 Star Records/XU)
- Outrageous - (Glad Hamp Records/US)
- You Better Know It!!! - (impulse!/US)
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