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Lionel Hampton

MUSICIAN

Jazz vibraphonist, bandleader, composer, and educator who has played with artists like Charlie Parker. He was an Alabama Jazz Hall of Fame inductee in 1992. He was a member of the Bud Billiken Club, which was the racially egalitarian ve

  • When was
    Lionel Hampton born?

    Lionel Hampton was born on Monday, April 20, 1908

  • Where was
    Lionel Hampton born?

    Lionel Hampton was born in Louisville, KY

  • How old is
    Lionel Hampton?

    Lionel Hampton is 117

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  • Black and white players hadn't appeared together in public before Teddy Wilson and I began working with B.G.
  • That was a big deal at the time, because no blacks were integrated with whites in anything - not in sports, basketball, football, nothing.

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