Hampton, Lionel

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Hampton, Lionel (1909-2002)

US jazz musician. He was a top bandleader of the 1940s and 1950s. Originally a drummer, Hampton introduced the vibraphone, an electronically vibrated percussion instrument, to jazz music. With the Benny Goodman band from 1936, he fronted his own big band 1941-65 and subsequently led small groups.

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