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Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 37. Chapters: American jazz vibraphonists, Lionel Hampton, Natalie Merchant, Cal Tjader, Arthur Lyman, Joe Locke, Bobby Hutcherson, Gary Burton, Milt Jackson, Bill Ware, Roy Ayers, Terry Gibbs, Red Norvo, Stefon Harris, Johnny Lytle, Mike Dillon, Emil Richards, Dave Pike, Buddy Montgomery, Luigi Waites, Jay Hoggard, Ches Smith, Gary McFarland, John Cocuzzi, Larry Bunker, Teddy Charles, Steve Nelson, Chuck Redd, Steve Raybine, George Masso, Joe Roland, Kevin Norton, Julius Wechter, Tommy Gwaltney, Walt Dickerson, Bobby Naughton, Gregg Bendian, Johnny Rae, David Friedman, Jerry Tachoir, Mike Mainieri, Stu Katz, Hal Russell, Bob Harrington. Excerpt: 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. Lionel Hampton was born in Louisville, Kentucky, in 1908, and was raised by his grandmother. Shortly after he was born, he and his mother moved to her hometown 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 started playing drums. Hampton was raised Roman 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 ...
