Jazz musician Lionel Hampton:

A great jazz musician Lionel Hampton was. Lionel was a composer, actor, jazz vibraphonist and percussionist. He worked with other notable jazz musicians such as Charlie Parker, buddy rich, and Quincy Jones. Lionel grew up with his grandmother in the South before he moved to Chicago. In 1920 he started drums and xylophone. His first instrument was the drum Fife.



When he was a teenager, he played drums for the band Chicago Defender newsboy. When he lived in California, played for the blue blowers Dixieland. The first band that has recorded with the quality of Serenaders, was then left again with another band, play go Les Hite. It was here that he began to study the vibraphone. Louis Armstrong asked Lionel to play atmosphere on two songs. If the mood not a popular tool.



While still with the band Les Hite, was Lionel at the University of Southern California under music. He worked also with NAT Shilkrer Orchestra. In 1936, he was in the film pennies from heaven, with Bing Crosby. It was with Louis Armstrong, but hid himself wear a mask when he played on drums.



In 1936, he was lucky enough meet Benny Goodman, who came, lead him to observe. Benny asked from him his trio, gene Krupa, Benny, and Teddy Wilson. It was then renamed the Benny Goodman Quartet. The year before, Lionel worked with Billie Holiday with the Orchestra of Benny. This group of artists was one of the first integrated bands performed to openly in society.



Lionel with various groups while you still with Benny Goodman recorded, but in 1940 he left his own big band create. Lionel Orchestra was a success in the 1940s and 1950s. A solo by Illinois Jacquet started "Flying Home" recommended a new kind of music, R & B. The song was so popular that he is not a different version, called "Flying home, number two" with Arnett Cobb. Lionel of's music was a blend of jazz and R & B during this period. Some great jazz musicians who worked with him during this time were Johnny Griffin, Dinah Washington, Dizzy Gillespie and Charles Mingus.



Time on in 1960 and his was later diminished success. He did still shots of soft until 1950 1970 NAHM he with the record label, the who's who, but still not do as he could have.



The route of the College in the course seemed a little help. His band played regularly at jazz concert at the University of Idaho. In 1985 called the Lionel Hampton Jazz Festival. Two years later, they called the school of music of Lionel Hampton School of music. It was the only music school at a University which was named after a jazz musician. Lionel played, until he had a stroke in Paris in 1991. Although he stop so much had to do, was a performance at the Smithsonian National Museum of American history in 2001, not long before his death. Will never forget, this jazz legend.