Slide Hampton
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- Person
- Gender
- Male
- Origin
- United States
- Active from
- 1932-04-21
- Active to
- 2021-11-18
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Slide Hampton is a jazz trombonist and arranger. He was born Locksley Wellington Hampton on April 21, 1932 in Jeannette, Pennsylvania, but largely spent his youth in Indianapolis. He has played with Lionel Hampton, Maynard Ferguson, and Woody Herman, and was musical director for singer Lloyd Price and is a two-time grammy winner. He leads a nine-trombone band called World of Trombones. On October 30, 1999, he played in a recording of several pieces arranged in a book of sheet music called "Easy
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- Instance of
- human
- Family name
- Hampton
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- Jeannette
- Place of death
- Orange
- Occupation
- musician
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Award
- NEA Jazz Masters
- Field of work
- jazz
- Genre
- classical music
- Instrument
- trombone
- Image
- SlideHampton.jpg
- Work location
- Paris
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- Slide Hampton
- date of birth
- 1932-04-21
- date of death
- 2021-11-18
- start of work period
- 2021-00-00
- birth name
- Locksley Wellington Hampton
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