Lionel Hampton News

Published: Thursday, December 3, 2009 at 1:00 a.m. Last Modified: Wednesday, December 2, 2009 at 9:34 a.m. If you could line up Benny Goodman, Lionel Hampton and Duke Ellington and demand they identify the best jazz violinist in the world, there's no doubt they'd agree: it's Svend Asmussen.

Once, as they were jamming, Duke Ellington 's drummer Sam Woodyard called out to Danish violinist Svend Asmussen, "Man, you play your ass off," to which The Fiddling Viking replied, with that charmingly naively innocent wit so typical of his homeland, "From now on then my name is only Mussen." There is just one Svend Asmussen and today, at the age ...

As a jazz musician, Byron Stripling has done it all. Stripling, featured artist at the Xavier Masters of Swing Series concert at 3 p.m. Sunday, Nov.

The UConn Jazz Lab Band took to the stage at von der Mehden Recital Hall Monday night to showcase their talents with some energetic music.

Q: Dear Jack, where was Crystal Palace located on Farish Street? Thanks. - Victoria Perkins of Jackson A: Crystal Palace was located in the historic Farish Street district.

Chico Hamilton Live Interview with Dave Schroeder at Barnes & Noble on Friday, October 23rd at 4:00 P.M. Chico Hamilton Live Interview with Dave Schroeder at Barnes & Noble on Friday, October 23rd at 4:00 p.m. Join us this Friday, October 23, for an in-store Barnes & Noble interview with Jazz legend Chico Hamilton Time: 4:00pm - 5:00pm Barnes and ...

Genre: Jazz guitar. Vignola has collaborated with Lionel Hampton and Madonna, and has covered Mozart and Black Sabbath on the same record.

According to Bob Masteller, the musician who happens to own the Jazz Corner nightclub in Hilton Head, vibraphonist Christian Tamburr is "a pure throwback to the swing of Lionel Hampton, the technique of Red Norvo, the coolness of Cal Tjader, all wrapped into one package." A native of Merritt Island, Fla., Tamburr - performing at the venerable Jazz ...

Ask trumpeter Joey Morant who he's worked with, and he'll reel off a list of jazz legends including Lionel Hampton , George Benson and Dizzy Gillespie .

Buried in an unmarked grave, guitarist Charlie Christian helped break the color barrier in the music industry in the 1930s and 40s along with the likes of Lionel Hampton and Teddy Wilson as a member of the Benny Goodman Sextet.

Free Movie Nights with "Lady Day," "The Duke," and Charlie "Bird" Parker! Make Tuesday the new Friday and join the BMCC Tribeca Performing Arts Center for the first 'Scenes Through the Cinema Lens" on October 20 at 7:30! An original retrospective focusing on the performing arts in film, this years series will highlight several of the great ...

SOURCE: All About Jazz Publicity This Sunday, September 27, join the Friends of Woodlawn for a walking tour of the final resting places of the Jazz Greats of Woodlawn Cemetery.

As you watch the joy etched across the face of Lionel Hampton as he melodically takes his solo on vibes, you are witnessing a bit of history.

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Never heard of Vern Sielert? That doesn't mean you shouldn't hear him. Sielert, a nationally recognized jazz trumpet player, will join Greeley's own Colorado Jazz Festival for the kickoff of the UNC Sunset Jazz Artist Concert Series.

The historic 18th and Vine District is getting a little more jazzed up with the a oeJohn Baker Jazz Film Collection.a John Baker was an avid film collector who began collecting records in the 1920's and films in 1943.

Snooky Young has been playing trumpet a long time, long enough to have been lead trumpeter with the Jimmie Lunceford band when it ruled Central Avenue.

Detroit already has a world-class symphony orchestra, but now the Detroit International Jazz Festival is launching a jazz orchestra that it hopes will grow into a similar flagship for the city's jazz legacy.

Jeff Baker began his career in front of a crowd of ten thousand, as one of the youngest vocalists to ever win the Lionel Hampton Jazz Festival ?Vocal Solo Competition?. Only 16 years old at the time, his first truly ?big? performance was backed by the Lionel Hampton Trio! In 1997, Baker accepted a scholarship from Willamette University to sing with ...

Bandleader Illinois Jacquet was recognized as the king of the tenor saxophone. During his long career, Jacquet played with everyone from Basie to Lionel Hampton and gained notoriety for his wild, honking solo in "Flying Home," which heralded a new approach to playing known as the "Texas tenor style."