American trombonist (1932?2021)
Slide Hampton
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Slide Hampton at a concert in August 1978
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Birth name
| Locksley Wellington Hampton
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Born
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1932-04-21
)
April 21, 1932
Jeannette, Pennsylvania
, U.S.
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Died
| November 18, 2021
(2021-11-18)
(aged 89)
Orange, New Jersey
, U.S.
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Genres
| Jazz
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Occupation(s)
| Musician
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Instrument(s)
| Trombone, tuba, flugelhorn
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Years active
| 1950s?2021
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Labels
| MCG Jazz
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Atlantic
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Epic
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Website
| www
.slidehampton
.com
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Musical artist
Locksley Wellington Hampton
(April 21, 1932 ? November 18, 2021) was an American
jazz trombonist
, composer and arranger.
[1]
As his nickname implies, Hampton's main instrument was
slide trombone
, but he also occasionally played
tuba
and
flugelhorn
.
Biography
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Early life and career
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Locksley Wellington Hampton was born on April 21, 1932, in
Jeannette, Pennsylvania
.
[2]
Laura and Clarke "Deacon" Hampton raised 12 children, taught them how to play musical instruments and set out with them as a family band. The family first came to
Indianapolis
in 1938. The Hamptons were a very musical family in which mother, father, eight brothers, and four sisters, all played instruments.
[3]
His sisters included
Dawn Hampton
and
Virtue Hampton Whitted
. Slide Hampton is one of the few left-handed trombone players. As a child, Hampton was given the trombone set up to play left-handed, or backwards; and as no one ever dissuaded him, he continued to play this way.
[4]
[5]
At the age of 12, Slide played in his family's
Indianapolis
jazz band, The Duke Hampton Band. By 1952, at the age of 20, he was performing at
Carnegie Hall
with the
Lionel Hampton
Band. He played with the
Buddy Johnson
's
R&B
band from 1955 to 1956, then became a member of
Maynard Ferguson
's band (1957?1959), where he played and arranged, providing excitement on such popular tunes as "The Fugue," "Three Little Foxes" and "Slide's Derangement." While with the Ferguson band he composed and arranged memorable charts such as "Frame For the Blues," "Go East Young Man," "Newport," Sometimes I Feel Lika A Motherless Child," "Ole" and "'Round Midnight." In 1958, he recorded with trombone masters on the classic release of
Melba Liston
,
Melba Liston and Her 'Bones
. As his reputation grew, he soon began working with bands led by
Art Blakey
,
Tadd Dameron
,
Barry Harris
,
Thad Jones
,
Mel Lewis
, and
Max Roach
, contributing both original compositions and arrangements. In 1962, he formed the Slide Hampton Octet, with horn players
Freddie Hubbard
, and
George Coleman
. The band toured the U.S. and Europe and recorded on several labels.
From 1968
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In 1968, he toured with
Woody Herman
's orchestra, settling in Europe where he remained until 1977. He taught at
Harvard
, artist-in-residence in 1981,
[6]
the
University of Massachusetts Amherst
,
De Paul University
, and
Indiana State University
. During this period he led World of Trombones, his own nine-trombone, three-rhythm band; co-led Continuum, a quintet with
Jimmy Heath
that plays the music of
Tadd Dameron
; and freelanced as a writer and a player. In 1986 Hampton appeared in "Play It Again, Vanessa," an episode of
The Cosby Show
.
[7]
He also played the trombone in
Diana Ross Live! The Lady Sings... Jazz & Blues: Stolen Moments
(1992), DVD.
[8]
On June 4, 2006, Hampton and long time manager and writing partner Anthony-charles:Bey promoted his first self funded concert at The Tribeca PAC in New York City (a tribute to
Antonio Carlos Jobim
) and debuted the Slide Hampton™ Ultra-Big Band. The concert was the first of many planned for the near future.
[9]
In 2009, Hampton completed four new compositions collectively titled "A Tribute to African-American Greatness". The songs honored
Nelson Mandela
,
Oprah Winfrey
,
Tiger Woods
,
Venus Williams
,
Serena Williams
and
Barack Obama
. The songs contained accompanying lyrics written by Hampton and manager/writing partner Anthony-charles:Bey, arrangements honoring
Thelonious Monk
,
Thad Jones
,
Eddie Harris
,
Dexter Gordon
and
Gil Evans
round out the program. He completed two new Big Band arrangements ? "In Case of Emergency" and "The Drum Song" (both Hampton originals). These two songs (and others) will be available exclusively to universities and other educational institutions through Slide Hampton™ Musique/Music Publishing-in-trust.
Hampton was a resident of
Orange, New Jersey
.
[10]
He died on November 18, 2021, at the age of 89.
[11]
Awards and honors
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In 1998, he won a
Grammy Award
for "Best Jazz Arrangement Accompanying Vocalist(s)", as arranger for "
Cotton Tail
" performed by
Dee Dee Bridgewater
. He was also a Grammy winner in 2005
[12]
for "Best Large Jazz Ensemble Album,"
The Way: Music of Slide Hampton
,
The Vanguard Jazz Orchestra
(
Planet Arts
), and received another nomination in 2006 for his arrangement of "Stardust" for the Dizzy Gillespie All-Star Big Band.
In 2005 Hampton was honored at the jazz festival in
Indianapolis
. There the Indianapolis Jazz Foundation inducted him into their Hall of Fame.
[13]
In 2005, the
National Endowment for the Arts
honored Slide Hampton with its highest honor in jazz, the
NEA Jazz Masters
Award.
[14]
Discography
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As leader
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Year
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Title
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Label
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Notes
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1959
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Slide Hampton and His Horn of Plenty
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Strand
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1960
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Sister Salvation
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Atlantic
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1960
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Somethin' Sanctified
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Atlantic
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1961
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Two Sides of Slide Hampton
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Charlie Parker
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1962
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Jazz with a Twist
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Atlantic
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1962
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Drum Suite
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Epic
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1962
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Explosion! The Sound of Slide Hampton
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Atlantic
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1962
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Exodus
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Philips
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1965
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Harold Betters Meets Slide Hampton
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Gateway
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1968
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Mellow-dy
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LRC
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Released in 1992
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1968
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Slide Hampton Big Band
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Barclay
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1968
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Back to Jazz
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EMI
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1969
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The Fabulous Slide Hampton Quartet
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Pathe
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1969
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A Day in Copenhagen
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MPS
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With
Dexter Gordon
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1970
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Umea Big Band & Slide Hampton in Montreux
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Gazell
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With Umea Big Band
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1971
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Trombone Workshop
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MPS
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With
Albert Mangelsdorff
,
Ake Persson
&
Jiggs Whigham
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1972
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Life Music
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Carosello
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1972
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Jazz a Confronto 18
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Horo
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With
Dusko Goykovich
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1972
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Euro Jazz
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Supraphon
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With Vaclav Zahradnik
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1974
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Give Me a Double
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MPS
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With Joe Haider
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1979
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World of Trombones
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West 54
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1984
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Art Farmer & Slide Hampton in Concert
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Enja
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With
Art Farmer
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1984
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Cees Slinger-Slide Hampton Quintet in Concert
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Vara Jazz
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With Cees Slinger
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1985
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Roots
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Criss Cross
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With
Clifford Jordan
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1993
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Dedicated to Diz
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Telarc
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1997
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Jazz Matinee
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Hanssler Classic
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With SWR Big Band
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1998
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Inclusion
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Twin
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2002
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Slide Plays Jobim
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Alleycat Productions
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2002
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Spirit of the Horn
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MCG Jazz
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2002
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Americans Swinging in Paris
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EMI
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2005
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Mellow-Dy
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LRC Ltd.
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2006
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The Cloister Suite
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Gryphon
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2008
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The Whit Williams "Now's The Time" Big Band
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MAMA
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2011
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Two Sides of Slide Hampton
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Hallmark
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2011
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Essential Jazz Masters
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Stardust
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2012
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Happy Point
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Jazz Room
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2012
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Explosion!
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Hallmark
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2013
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Charlie Parker Records: The Complete Collection, Vol. 5
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Universal Remasterings
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2014
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Drum Suite Parts I, II, II, IV & V (Bonus Track Version)
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The Jazz Corner
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2016
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Complete Studio Recordings by the Slide Hampton Octet (Bonus Track Version)
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Jazz Lovers
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2016
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Sister Salvation + Explosion! (Bonus Track Version)
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Treasury Jazz
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As arranger
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With
Junior Cook
With
Maynard Ferguson
With
Dexter Gordon
With
J. J. Johnson
With
Melba Liston
As sideman
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With
Nat Adderley
With
Art Blakey
- Killer Joe
(Union Jazz, 1981) ? with George Kawaguchi
With
Robin Eubanks
With
Maynard Ferguson
With
Art Farmer
With
Curtis Fuller
With
Dizzy Gillespie
With
Bill Hardman
With
Barry Harris
With
Louis Hayes
With
Philly Joe Jones
- Advance!
(Galaxy, 1978) as arranger and performer
- Drum Song
(Galaxy, 1978 [1985]) as arranger and performer
With
Sam Jones
With
Hank Mobley
With
Charles Mingus
With
Mark Murphy
With
Oliver Nelson
With
Claudio Roditi
With
Rob Schneiderman
With
Woody Shaw
With
McCoy Tyner
With
Randy Weston
References
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- ^
Larkin, Colin.
The Guinness Encyclopedia of Popular Music,
Guinness, page 1818, (1995) ?
ISBN
1-56159-176-9
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Risen, Clay (November 24, 2021).
"Slide Hampton, Celebrated Trombonist, Composer and Arranger, Dies at 89"
.
The New York Times
.
ISSN
0362-4331
. Retrieved
November 25,
2021
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"The Hampton Sisters"
.
Home.indy.net
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Bernotas, Bob (April 8, 2000).
"An Interview with Slide Hampton"
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Trombone.org
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"Slide Hampton (Part 1) ? WXXI Jazz Interview"
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YouTube
. June 19, 2008.
Archived
from the original on December 22, 2021
. Retrieved
April 1,
2012
.
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"Harvard Jazz Band, 1981"
.
People.fas.harvard.edu
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"Play It Again, Russell"
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IMDb.com
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"Diana Ross Live! The Lady Sings... Jazz & Blues: Stolen Moments (1992)"
.
IMDb.com
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"Jazz Monthly.com Interview with slide hampton"
.
Jazzmonthly.com
.
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Stewart, Zan,
"The State of Jazz: Meet 40 More Jersey Greats"
,
The Star-Ledger
, September 28, 2003, backed up by the
Internet Archive
as of September 27, 2008. Accessed September 15, 2017. "Slide Hampton -- A resident of East Orange, Hampton is one of the premier trombonists and arrangers in modern jazz."
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"Slide Hampton, trombonist who also made a lasting impression as a master arranger, is dead at 89"
.
wbgo.org
. November 22, 2021
. Retrieved
November 22,
2021
.
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"Awards"
.
Los Angeles Times
.
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Indianapolis Jazz Foundation honors Slide Hampton
Archived
August 10, 2002, at
archive.today
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"Slide Hampton / Trombonist, Arranger, Composer, Educator / 2005 NEA Jazz Master"
.
National Endowment for the Arts
. Retrieved
November 25,
2021
.
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