E! Terrell performance scheduled for Thursday Oct 23, 2009
Stripling, who currently serves as artistic director of the Columbus Jazz Orchestra, has an extensive resume including stints with Lionel Hampton, the Count Basie Orchestra, performances with more than 50 orchestras and pops orchestras, television appearances and recordings. Byron Stripling is a trumpeter and singer in the mold of Louis Armstrong. (Terrell Tribune, TX)
Music: the week ahead Sep 17, 2009
LANCE BRYANT & THE LYRICALIA STRING QUARTET The tenor saxophonist, for seven years the orchestral director and principal arranger for the Lionel Hampton Orchestra, performs original arrangements of jazz, gospel, and classical pieces with a string quartet composed of violinists Andrew Eng and Miguel Garcia-Bender, violist David Koonce, and cellist Junko Simons. 8 p.m. Sept.19. (Boston Globe)
BrighterOutlookIdaho athletics get facelift with facility upgrades Sep 16, 2009
"We could use this for basketball, we could use it for (the Lionel Hampton) Jazz Fest, along with a lot of other events.". Other upgrades won't be as flashy. (Burley South Idaho Press, ID)
Entertainer Spotlight on Mike Hill (75) Sep 10, 2009
He won the highest honors at regional, provincial, national and international levels and received the Best Bass Accompaniment award at the 1998 International Lionel Hampton Jazz Festival competing with over 20,000 participants. He attended Capilano College in North Vancouver to further his jazz studies. (Desert Entertainer, CA)
Jason Marsalis discusses the vibraphone and his family Aug 25, 2009
But the first vibraphonist that I really studied was Lionel Hampton. My swing and approach to rhythm are really based on Lionel Hampton. (Boston Globe)
UGA announces Thursday Scholarship Series Aug 16, 2009
Oct. 8: Flying Home: A Salute to the Music of Lionel Hampton - Lionel Hampton, one of the first jazz vibraphone players, is ranked as one of the great names in jazz history. His music will be performed by Tony McCutchen, vibes, Steve Dancz, piano and the UGA Jazz Ensemble. (Athens Banner-Herald)
Freddy Cole’s rep and repertoire keep expanding Aug 14, 2009
He earned valuable road experience as a pianist with Bostic and Lionel Hampton, but always knew he wanted to sing as well. But just as he was coming into his own, the bottom fell out of the jazz market when the Beatles spearheaded the British Invasion. (Boston Globe)
Herb Pomeroy tribute in Gloucester Aug 8, 2009
The swing and bebop jazz trumpeter played with Charlie Parker, Lionel Hampton, and his own jazz bands for more than 50 years, and taught at the Berklee College of Music. Pomeroy died in 2007. (Boston Globe)
Jazz trumpeter Eddie Preston dies Jun 26, 2009
According to news accounts at the time, the Texas-born Preston recounted his 50-plus year career there in 2006, playing with big bands as early as 1945, then working with Lionel Hampton, Charles, Louis Jordan, and Ellington. "We had so many favorite memories," said Annette Preston softly. (Daytona Beach News Journal -- Local)
Matisyahu & Claypool Jun 1, 2009
And his band Mike Dillon on vibraphone (playing the coolest since Lionel Hampton), Paolo Baldi on drums and Sam Bass on distorted cello keeps up with all sides of Claypool. Les Claypool plays Pompano Beach Amphitheater. (The Palm Beach Post)
Jonathan Mann performs Sunday in Fulton (3) Jun 1, 2009
He is currently assistant professor of piano at the University of Idaho s Lionel Hampton School of Music. Mann received his bachelor s and master s degrees in piano performance under Dr. Karen Shaw from Indiana University, Bloomington, where he served as associate instructor and faculty member of the Young Pianist s Program. (Oswego Palladium-Times, NY)
Benny Goodman's music still swings May 27, 2009
Those dazzling trio, quartet and sextet recordings Goodman made from the mid-1930s to early '40s shined a light on - and were lit up by - some of the greatest young African American jazz artists of the period: pianist Teddy Wilson, vibraphonist Lionel Hampton and the pioneering electric guitarist Charlie Christian, who died of tuberculosis in '42 at the age of 25. Goodman wasn't the first bandleader to have an interracial group - the late critic Leonard Feather credits Benny Carter with that -... (San Francisco Chronicle)
A Facelift Planned For The Historic Howard Theatre May 15, 2009
James Brown, Lionel Hampton, Marvin Gaye all performed regularly at the Howard, the theater is part of the "Save our America's Treasures" program as one of the 500 treasures in the country. Meanwhile, Blues Guitar Player Bobby Parker is looking forward to the sounds of jazz coming back to the Shaw neighborhood. (W-USA News, DC)
New on DVD: Streisand, 'Stranded' and a thriller May 1, 2009
But jazz lovers, rejoice: Here are Louis Armstrong, Benny Goodman, Tommy Dorsey, Lionel Hampton and more. Bride Wars (* 1/2; 2009, Fox, PG, $30; Blu-ray, $40): Life-long best pals (Anne Hathaway, Kate Hudson) turn mortal enemies when their dream weddings conflict and neither will budge. (USA Today -- Life)
Entertainer Spotlight on Tracy Moss (14) Mar 27, 2009
She was a prot;g; of Lionel Hampton, the King of the Vibes. As a television commercial model, she was a housewife for Fab detergent, a girl in a bikini on the beach for Gleem toothpaste, Miss Ultra Brite and in ads for Maybelline and Mennen aftershave. (Desert Entertainer, CA)
Exploring what makes the timekeepers tick Feb 24, 2009
" If Moon felt underappreciated, he's probably not alone. Relegated to the back of the stage, obscured by kits of things to bash, brush and beat, percussion aces don't always get the spotlight they deserve. That the drummer is the hockey goalkeeper of the music world vital but often overshadowed by more noticeable teammates is the comparison often made. But, there are exceptions. There are eminent whackers who, by dint of oversize personalities or sublime ability, earn spotlights. These are the... (Globe and Mail -- Entertainment)
Big band, jazz drummer Louie Bellson dies at age 84 Feb 17, 2009
Over the years, Bellson performed with such greats as Harry James, Woody Herman, Sarah Vaughan, Ella Fitzgerald, Oscar Peterson, Dizzy Gillespie, Louie Armstrong, Lionel Hampton, James Brown, Sammy Davis Jr., Tony Bennett, Mel Torme and Joe Williams. Just a year ago, he issued his latest CD, "Louie Expedition 2," and he was still touring last fall. (Honolulu Advertiser)
Tucson newsman and politician Steve Emerine dies Feb 14, 2009
"I'm sure he's up there now swinging with the best of them - Benny Goodman, Lionel Hampton." Emerine wanted to have a jazz funeral, and his family is trying to accommodate his wishes, she said. Being president of the jazz society "was the most wonderful thing in the world to him," she added. (FOX 11, AZ)
> Madrid Building used to house 1920s era ballroom, now its home to businesses Feb 14, 2009
No trace remains of the place where jazz vibraphonist Lionel Hampton broke attendance records in 1944. The tenant who eventually occupies the space probably won t choose to emulate the golden walls and romantic Spanish atmosphere that newspaper clippings say distinguished the ballroom, which was turned into a nightclub in the mid-1930s. (Louisville Business First, KY)
• Events calendar Feb 13, 2009
Lionel Hampton International Jazz Festival FEB. 25-28 at University of Idaho, with a tribute to world rhythms of jazz and honoring bassist Ray Brown. Featured concerts: FEB. 25, "Latin Rhythms Meet Dizzy Gillespie," with Gillespie, Jon Faddis and an all-star band, vocalist Jackie Ryan, and Jose Rizo; FEB. 26, "Island Fever - Grooves From Brazil and the Caribbean," with Monty Alexander's Jazz and Roots, Kenny Barron's Canta Brazil with Trio da Paz and flutist Anne Drummond, and Anthony Wilson and... (Burley South Idaho Press, ID)
SE fests for Jan. 16-18, beyond Feb 7, 2009
Wilmington The 29th annual North Carolina Jazz Festival, Feb. 5-7, opens with "Lionel, Red and Bunny A Tribute to Lionel Hampton, Red Norvo and Bunny Berigan.". Morehead City The Carolina Chocolate Festival, Feb. 6-8, is a weekend of chocolate sampling and cooking competitions, live entertainment and restaurant specials. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution)
