Jazz great Lionel Hampton, whose signature vibraphone solos and dazzling smile were part of the American music scene for six decades, died yesterday at the age of 94. Hampton, who had been battling a ...

The legend goes like this: In 1930, jazz drummer Lionel Hampton was performing a gig at the NBC studios. In those days, and for a long time to come, the sound that identified NBC was three notes ...

NEW YORK (CNN) --Jazz legend Lionel Hampton, who took the vibraphone from the world of radio broadcasts to an improvisational jazz instrument, died Saturday leaving behind a legacy that will echo in ...

New Orleans is a city that pays homage to its music legends, and now one of its leading museums is honoring a jazz icon in photographs and artifacts. The Ogden Museum of Southern Art presents "Lionel ...

Straight out of the gate, the first three tracks of Centennial Celebration show why Art Tatum is still the greatest and why the artful, entertaining and impressive Lionel Hampton enjoyed a ...

A document of interest from Hamp's evidently very successful '93 European tour features his as-billed "Golden Men of Jazz octet. The soloist close-ups put the viewer beyond being in the front row - it ...

MUSICIANS are often asked to name a favourite player or tune which have had a lasting effect on their life and career. I have never made any secret that drummer Gene Krupa had the most influence on my ...

New York - Lionel Hampton, who died on Saturday at 94, was one of America's jazz legends, pioneering and popularising the vibraphone and teaming up with a long list of jazz greats over a musical ...

New Orleans jazz vocalist Stephanie Jordan and vibraphonist Jason Marsalis are scheduled to perform with the Lionel Hampton Big Band on Saturday, April 19, 2008 at the Ogden Museum of Southern ...

The Lionel Hampton International Jazz Festival in Moscow, Idaho, got underway Wednesday, with hundreds of jazz students from more than a dozen Puget Sound middle and high schools converging at the ...

Vibraphonist Lionel Hampton (1908–2002) was one of the most influential figures in the history of jazz. He made the vibes a vital voice in the arsenal of jazz instruments, and gained international ...