Feb. 26—For its 54th year of existence, the University of Idaho's Lionel Hampton Jazz Festival's first day was more retrospective than usual. Thursday evening, after a full slate of virtual workshops ...

Jazz ambassadors are hard to come by. The first was Louis Armstrong, whose personality was so big and warm it couldn't help spilling out on everyone close to him. Then there was Dizzy Gillespie, the ...

When Lionel Hampton was signed by Victor 1937, he was given something very special by recording director Eli Oberstein; an open invitation to record whenever and with whomever he wanted. And whenever ...

Lionel Hampton, the irrepressible bandleader who played with an infectious joy that captivated fans around the world and, in the process, gave the vibraphone a lasting place on the jazz bandstand, ...

The first person to record a solo on the vibraphone, Lionel Hampton was a master balladeer. Among its many gems, Essential Masters of Jazz has... Lionel Hampton: 'Essential Masters of Jazz: Lionel ...

At the time of this interview Lionel Hampton (1908 – 2002), vibraphonist, band leader and composer, had been a working musician for 62 years when he spoke with Ross Reynolds. Hampton introduced the ...

Tickets for the general public are on sale now for the 48th annual University of Idaho Lionel Hampton Jazz Festival. The festival runs February 25-28. Tickets are available for all evening concerts ...

NEW YORK– Lionel Hampton, an American jazz icon who pioneered the vibraphone as a jazz instrument and whose musical career spanned six decades beginning in the late 1920s, died Saturday morning of ...

NEW YORK — There was more than musical magic on stage that day in 1936 when Lionel Hampton joined Benny Goodman in a Manhattan ballroom — it was a breakthrough in American race relations. Hampton, a ...

From the University of Moscow: The University of Idaho Lionel Hampton Jazz Festival will celebrate its 47th year Feb. 19-22, 2014. Festival tickets go on sale to the general public Monday, Dec. 2.

In its 52 years, the Lionel Hampton Jazz Festival has been through a fair share of changes. The festival was established at the University of Idaho in 1967 as the UI Jazz Festival, changing names to ...

Lionel Hampton takes the stage in Belgium in this concert film from 1958 that showcases the multitalented jazz musicians dazzling skills on drums piano vibes vocals and even dancing Backed by a ...