Slide Hampton Headlines Jam Session

[Lois Gilbert]

NEA Jazz Master 2005 Slide Hampton Headlines
Queens Jazz Series on May 20




Long Island City, NY‹master jazz trombonist, composer, arranger, and educator Slide Hampton will lead an improvisational jam session on May 20, 8:00 pm at the LaGuardia Performing Arts Center at LaGuardia Community College.

Slide Hampton will be joined by the center's popular house band. Aspiring musicians are invited to attend and join in the jam session while jazz aficionados can sit back and enjoy the music.

The performance begins at 8 p.m. in the college's Little Theatre at 47th Avenue and Van Dam Street, Long Island City. Tickets are $10. Discounts available for students with ID.

Mr. Hampton, known as the international ambassador of American classical music, master trombonist, composer, and arranger, has played and performed with the most prominent musicians of the 20th century. In recognition of his enormous and profound contribution to the jazz field, he is a NEA 2005 Jazz Masters Fellow, America¹s highest honor in Jazz.

His 50-year jazz career began at the age of 12 when he joined the Hampton Band, led by his father, Lionel. The young trombonist went on to play with bands led by Dizzy Gillespie, Art Blakely, Max Roach, Maynard Ferguson, Thad Jones, and Mel Lewis. Along with playing, he composed and arranged music for them.

In 1962, he led the Slide Hampton Octet with Booker Little, Freddie Hubbard, and George Coleman and toured in the U.S. and Europe and recorded on several labels. After traveling in Europe with Woodie Herman in 1968 he settled there and for the next 11 years performed in festivals, clubs, television, and radio with such expatriates as Kenny Clarke, Dexter Gordon, Art Farmer, Kenny Drew, and Benny Bailey.

Upon returning to the states in 1977, he formed the World of Trombones, a band of nine trombonists and a rhythm section, whose performances and recordings received critical acclaim. In 1990, he collaborated with Mr. Gillespie on his first original score for a feature film, ³The Winter in Lisbon.² And in 1998 he received a Grammy Award for Best Jazz Arrangement with a vocalist.

Most recently, he has served as musical advisor to the Carnegie Hall Jazz Band.

Call (718) 482-5151 for further information.

[Lazaro Vega]

Slide is Lionel Hampton's son?

[hornplayer]

Originally Posted by Lazaro Vega

Slide is Lionel Hampton's son?

I never heard that before, either!

[Valerie]

Originally Posted by Lazaro Vega

Slide is Lionel Hampton's son?

absolutely not! LOL!!

[Mike Schwartz]

Originally Posted by Valerie

absolutely not! LOL!!

In that case it would be news to him too;-)

Come to think of it, the publicist, or whoever put this announcement together took more than a few liberties, and put on the blinders so far as the facts go.

Slide played with Lionel Hampton in 1956 or so which would have had Slide in his 20's [born 1932]

"Carnegie Jazz Band" has been gone at least couple of years [most recent??}...in 2004 the Vanguard Jazz Orch. took on an entire CD of Slide's work as well as some tasty guest playing.

[Lazaro Vega]

Yes, that record was nominated for a Grammy Award.

I've been on a Booker Little kick lately and would love to hear Hampton's Octet (with Freddie, for that matter, too). Have you checked that stuff out?