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Lionel Hampton
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Lionel Leo Hampton was an American jazz vibraphonist, drummer, percussionist, and bandleader. Hampton worked with jazz musicians from Teddy Wilson, Benny Goodman, and Buddy Rich, to Charlie Parker, Charles Mingus, and Quincy Jones.
Lionel Hampton
Lionel Hampton
Lionel Hampton at the Aquarium, New York, c. June 1946 (photograph: William Gottlieb)
Lionel Hampton at the Aquarium, New York, c. June 1946 (photograph: William Gottlieb)
Lionel Hampton during a concert in Aachen (Germany) on May 19, 1977
Lionel Hampton during a concert in Aachen (Germany) on May 19, 1977
Hampton in 1997
Hampton in 1997
Vibraphone
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The vibraphone is a percussion instrument in the metallophone family. It consists of tuned metal bars and is typically played by using mallets to strike the bars. A person who plays the vibraphone is called a vibraphonist, vibraharpist, or vibist.
A Musser vibraphone
A Musser vibraphone
A 1928 ad for the Deagan vibraharp.
A 1928 ad for the Deagan vibraharp.
Lionel Hampton playing the vibraphone in 1946.
Lionel Hampton playing the vibraphone in 1946.
An overhead view of a 3 octave vibraphone with different mallets of varying hardness.
An overhead view of a 3 octave vibraphone with different mallets of varying hardness.