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Adrian
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From 1920, Bass Clarinet,
from 1930 vibraphone.
Video: With
Adrian Rollini. Click
Video: Lionel
Hampton/Peter Appleyard vibes: Seven Comes Eleven. 70s. Click
The Young Vibes Masters.
Stefon
Harris, Vibe. Warren Wolf, Vibe. Chase Jordan, Vibe. Tribute for Lionel
Hampton and Milt Jackson.
Live
Concert from 2004, November 15. Click
After seeing the distinctive
marimbas designed by Clair Musser of the Deagan Company in the early 1930s,
Lionel Hampton requested that Deagan create a custom made vibraphone for
him to play. The stunning result was this uniquely designed instrument,
dubbed the "King George" Model, featuring all brass construction with heavy,
solid brass resonators which produce a distinctive, rich sound. Because
this vibraphone was specifically designed for Hampton, his name appears
on the Deagan plaque on the front panel of the instrument. Lionel Hampton
was pictured with this vibraphone on numerous occasions, especially while
playing with Benny Goodman.
Charles
P. Lowe
He
is the first xylophonist to record for Edison’s National Phonograph Company
beginning in 1896.
1898: Wax Cylinder. Dina
Jones
The
All Star Trio:
George
Hamilton Green (xylophone) and F. Wheeler Wadsworth (alto saxophone) were
the driving force
of
the ensemble that also included Victor Arden on piano.
1918:
Cylinders: Arabian
Nights - 1919:-Cleo
Adrian
Rollini was a child prodigy on piano; at age four he played a recital
at the Waldorf Astoria Hotel
(Park
Ave. and 50th Street) in New York. He led his own band at age 14 and began
playing with the California Ramblers
in
the early 1920s. The California Ramblers were one of the most recorded
bands of the 1920s. The band also featured
Red
Nichols, Jimmy and Tommy Dorsey. The California Ramblers played popular
tunes of the day with a Jazz influence.
While
in that band Rollini developed his distinctive style of bass saxophone
playing. He played in Red Nichols' Five
Pennies
and appeared on many of Red's recording sessions. He also worked with Frankie
Trumbauer and his Orchestra
and
recorded with Cliff Edwards and Bix Beiderbecke and his Gang.
In
1934 he put together some recording sessions that featured Jack Teagarden,
Bunny Berigan and Benny Goodman.
John
Altman remembers Adrian Rollini -
Duch
I Radio: 2007/03/18 Part 1 of 6. 03/25
part 2. Not available.
Whit the California
Ramblers: 1922-1926. Play Stumbling,
I Wish I Could Shimmy Like My Sister Kate, I Love Me (I'm Wild About
Myself)
Last
Night On The Back Porch (Iloved Her Best Of All), The Rosary, Kaintucky,
Lots O'Mama, Deep Sea Blues,
Copenhagen,
That's All There Is - There Ain't No More. (I Like Pie, I Like Cake)
I Like You Best Of All,
Dustin'
The Donkey, Tiger Rag, Deep Elm, Dixie Stomp, T.N.T.,San, Beale Street
Blues.
Durch
Radio: 2007. May 28. Part 3 of 6. Playlist
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Dutch
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Click on play, wait +/- 5 min. and go to 03.20. 2006-11-22:
History
of Jazz. 01.00: Lanin's Southern Serenaders:
Shake
it and break it. 02.15: Various Artists:
A
gift from the President. 03:20
Adrian Rollini: Golden Gate Orchestra.
04:35 Ace Harris: Chronological
1937/52.
05:45
Freddie Keppard: Complete set 1923/26. Play
Video:
St Louis Blues: Adrian Rollini 1937. Vibes. Play
1924-1930:
2002/11/14 Broadcast from WBIX Radio. 42min. Play-
Adrian
Rollini on Bass Saxophone.
1927-1930:
2002/11/28 Broadcast from WBIX Radio. 52min. Play-
Adrian
Rollini on Bass Saxophone.
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1927:
Adrian
Rollini, Bass Saxophone and Joe Venuti. Beatin'
the Dog -
1933:
Adrian Rollin Vibraphone/Joe Venuti's Four/Five/Six. Vibraphonia
1935: Nothing
But Notes -
1935:
Adrian
Rollini and his Tap Room Gang. Adrian
Rollini, Bass Saxophone, Vibraphone/Xylophone. Joe Marsala Clarinet/Alto
Saxophone.
Wingy
Manone, Trumpet/Vocals. Putney Dandridge, Piano/Vocals. Carmen Mastren,
Guitar. Sid Weiss String,Bass
Honeysuckle
Rose --Bouncin'
In Rhythm - Got
A Need For You - Weather
Man -
1936:
Adrian
Rollini Quintet. Adrian
Rollini Vibraphone/Xylophone, Bobby Hackett,
Cornet. Frank Victor, Guitar. Harry Clark, String Bass.
Buddy
Rich, Drums. Sonny Schuyler and The
Tune Twisters, Vocals. Josephine-You're
A Sweetheart -
1937:
Adrian Rollini on video:
In this film Mr Himber is filmed in three clips from 1937. In the last
clip the famous
Adrian
Rollini trio is featured together with the quartet of violinist Wladimir
Selinsky. Play Adrian
Rollini Trio. Adrian
Rollini Vibraphone/Xylophone. Frank Victor, Guitar. Haig Stephens/Harry
Clark, String Bass.
1939:
Stardust/Solidude-
Diga
Diga DooOye
NegroJazz
Me Blues -TIP!
Red Norvo 1908-1999, April
6.
Old
Newspapers -Biography,
photos, records. 1938: Paul Whiteman Orchestra.-
After
You've Gone
1946: Paul Whiteman Orchestra. After
You've Gone -
1948:
Woody Herman. Apple
Honey -
Big
Band Spotlight on Red Norvo Part 1. 58.15 min. Play
-(Broadcasts).
Big
Band Spotlight on Red Norvo Part 2. 58.25 min. Play
Red
Norvo the Inventor of the vibraphone. 45 min. broadcast with special
Guest in the studio,
Red Norvo. Listen
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1:
ST. LOUIS BLUES (NORVO/BAILEY). 2: CHINA BOY (BAILEY ALL-STARS). 3: REMEMBER
(NORVO BIG BAND)
4:
ROCKIN' CHAIR (BAILEY/NORVO). 5: AFTER YOU'RE GONE (GOODMAN QUINTET) 6:
GOTTA BE THIS OR THAT
(GOODMAN
QUINTET) 7: I SURRENDER, DEAR (WOODY HERMAN'S WOODCHOPPERS)
8:
I'LL REMEMBER APRIL (NORVO TRIO). 9: AIN'T MISBEHAVING (TEDDY WILSON
QUARTET).
Play
with Quicktime. Download
the Free Quicktime player Lionel
Hampton 1908 - 2002.
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Lionel Hampton: 20
songs part 120
songs part 2 The Man and his Music. 18
hours music from 1924 - 2002.
www.lionelhampton.nl 60 videos Lionel Hampton. Click
Under Hampton is Red Norvo.
Joe Roland 1920
A fine bop-oriented vibraphonist,
Joe Roland was best-known in jazz during the 1950's. He started off as
a clarinetist
and studied at the Institute
of Musical Art in New York during 1937-39. In 1940 Roland began playing
xylophone and a
few years later switched
to vibes, freelancing around New York. He was very open to the innovations
of bop and soon
had a modern combo of his
own. Roland was a member of the George Shearing Quintet (1951-53), worked
with
Howard McGhee and was with
Artie Shaw's Gramercy Five during 1953-54. He also worked with Mat Mathews
and
Aaron Sachs later in the
50's. As a leader, Joe Roland recorded two titles for Rainbow in 1949,
four numbers with a
string section for Savoy
in 1950, a fewtitles on the Seeco label (1953-54), nine songs for Savoy
(1954) and a full album
with his quintet (which
included Freddie Redd) for Bethlehem in 1955.
LP/ CD 1955. "Jollin
Joe Roland": Samples 1 min. WMP.
1. Easy Living. Play-
2. Stairway To The Steinway.
Play-
3. Soft Winds. Play-
4. Teach Me Tonight. Play 5. Robin. Play
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6. Sweet Lorraine. Play-
7. Goodbye, Byrd. Play 8. After You've Gone. Play 9. Anticipation. Play-
10. I Cover The Waterfront.
Play
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11. The Moon Got In My Eyes.
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12. Street Of Dreams. Play-
Terry
Gibbs 1924
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1960: Late Night Radio Interview
on KRHM L.A. DJ Jeff Rogers, Joe Kennedy, Terry Gibbs, Al Porcino.
Part
4 - 5-
6
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Band: Opus
1 -
NPR
Radio, Review -Interview
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Lionel
Hampton/Peter Appleyard vibes: Video. Seven Comes Eleven. 70s. Play
Click on listen to all. Tangerine, Prelude to a
Kiss, Stompin' at the Savoy, Memories of You, Air Mail Special. 5 x 1 min.
Clickon
listen to all. You Stepped Out of a Dream,
Body and Soul, Take the "A" Train, Satin Doll, Caravan, 5 x 1min
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listen to all. Bio-
HOT
MALLETS: Listen
( Play with Quicktime. Download
the Free Quicktime player) 1:
FASCINATING RHYTHM (PETER APPLEYARD) 2:
MOONLIGHT BECOMES YOU (MILT JACKSON/BASIE)
3:
BOB WHITE (RED NORVO/MILDRED BAILEY)
4:
AFTER YOU'RE GONE (RED NORVO/BENNY GOODMAN)
5:
NICA'S DREAM (CAL TJADER) 6:
RAIN (PETE FOUNTAIN/FRANK FLYNN)
7:
IN A MIST (JOE VENUTO/SAUTER-FINEGAN)
8:
HOT MALLETTS (HAMPTON) 9:
MIDNIGHT SUN (HAMPTON) 10:
DIZZY SPELLS (HAMPTON/GOODMAN QUARTET)
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Teddy
Charles 1928.
Teddy
Charles and his Sextet. Discography-The
Compositions of Teddy Charles -
Teddy
Charles, Vibes. Hank Jones, Piano. Bob Brookmeyer, Trombone. Zoot Sims,
Tenorsax.
Art
Farmer, Trumpet. Addison Farmer, Bass. Ed Thipgen, drums.
Originally released as BETHLEHEM
LP (BCP #6032).
1959,
February 10.
1.
Air Mail Special. Samples 1 min. Realplayer. xx--
2.
Midnigt Sun. xx-
3.
On The Sunny Side Of The Street. xx-
4.
He's Gome Again. xx-
5.
Stompin' At The Savoy. xx-
6.
Flying Home. xx-
7.
Stardust. xx-
8.
Blue Hamp. Comp. Teddy Charles. - xx-
9.
Moonglow. xx-
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10.
On The Sunny Side Of The Street (Alt. Take 1). xx 11.
Stompin' At The Savoy (Alternate Take 14). xx-
12. Moonglow (Alternate Take 4). xx 13.
Blue Hamp (Alternake Take 5). -xx-
14. Jack The Bellboy. xx
-15. Jack The Bellboy (Alternake Take
3). xx
Victor Feldman 1934-1987. Victor Feldman, born in
Edgware, Middlesex, in April 1934, drummer, pianist, vibraphonist, composer,
arranger and leader, one
of the most outstanding jazz musicians this country.
VICTOR’S LATER YEARS
Of course, there was a novelty
aspect to someone so young being so talented, but he outlived the ‘child
prodigy’
tag to become one of the
most significant figures in the British modern jazz scene, recording prolifically
and joining
Ronnie Scott’s nine-piece
in 1954 on piano, vibraphone and conga drum. Scott Club director Pete King
recalls:
‘Victor was the complete
musician and it was no surprise that when he went to America he played
and recorded
with Woody Herman, Buddy
De Franco, Cannonball Adderley, Miles Davis, Peggy Lee and Benny Goodman.
Warren
Chiasson 1934
Website,
Bio, Disco Master vibraphonist Warren
Chiasson was born and raised in Nova Scotia and made his move to New York
in 1959.
A pioneer of the four-mallet
technique, his mastery of the instrument wasn't widely known - except by
fellow jazz musicians -
until a 1988 concert with
Benny Goodman at ~Carnegie Hall, a 50th anniversary celebration of the
historic 1938
Spirituals to Swing concerts
that record producer/jazz impresario John Hammond organized. On January
16, 1988,
Chiasson performed with
Benny Goodman.
In 1988 I was honored to
be invited to play the vibes in Hampton's place at Carnegie Hall
at the 50th anniversary re-creation
of the historic Benny Goodman
concert of 1938. Because of a prior touring commitment, Hampton was unable
to appear at
this event, which was sponsored
by the New Jersey Jazz Society. The concert took place on the exact day
of the original
concert (January 16th),
and Goodman's daughter, Benjie formally presented her father's clarinet
to Isaac Stern, who accepted
it on behalf of the hall.
I played in Hamp's style for this event and threw in some of his trademark
laughs in tribute.
Luminaries at this concert
included Doc Cheatham, Panama Francis, and others.
Of course, there will never
be another Lionel Hampton or another musical era with that kind of magic,
but thanks to recording
technology his contribution
will live forever. He was the ambassador of the vibes and it is because
of him that this unique
instrument is on the world
map today.
Thank you, Hamp.
1988:
From
the LP, 50th Anniversary Benny Goodman's 1938 Carnegie Hall Concert.
Warren
Chaisson, vibe, Bob Wilbur. clarinet, Mark Shane, piano, ,Dave Ratajczak,
drums.
Avalon-
Stompin'
at the Savoy -
From the 1938 concert.
The Quartet: Benny Goodman,
clarinet. Lionel Hampton, vibe. Teddy Wilson, piano, Gene Krupa, drums.
Avalon
(Follow).- Stompin'
at the Savoy -
From
"Blues N' Jazz" CD by B.B. King.
This
is a vibes solo I did on a B.B. King album called "Blues N' Jazz", which
won a Grammy Award
Teardrops
From My Eyes -
Warren Chiasson Trio, Featuring
Jimmy Garrison & Beaver Harris (Live at the Town Crier, East Islip,
NYG.
All
the things you Are --
Charlie Parker Tribute CD.
Hot
House -
Warren Chassion, Vibes.
Will Lee, bass. Randy Brecker, Michael Brecker, John Tropea, Lew Soloff,
Billy Hart on drums and
luminary Bob Dorough doing the vocals.
This is an original composition
of mine which is featured on my album, Quartessence and which will be reissued
soon.
Bedouin--
Bobby
Hutcherson 1941
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Bobby
Hutcherson was born January 27, 1941, in Los Angeles. He studied piano
with his aunt as a child, but didn't enjoy
the
formality of the training; still, he tinkered with it on his own, especially
since his family was already connected to jazz:
Dialogue:
Andrew Hill and Bobby Hutcherson.
No
pianist sounds like Andrew Hill, with his highly textured melodies and
surprising arrangements. When vibraphonist and
long-time
friend Bobby Hutcherson adds his touch, they rekindle an old flame on such
tunes as Blues on the Corner,"
"Judgement"
and "Get 'Em." Written by Joseph Hooper.
1965:
Bobby Hutcherson. Vibes & Marimba, Freddie Hubbard. Trumpet, Sam Rivers.
Tenor Sax, Soprano Sax, Bass Cl., Flute.
Andrew
Hill: Piano. Richard Davis. Bass. Joe Chambers: Drums.-Ghetto
Lights -WMP.
2001. Jazz
at the Lincoln Jazz Center Live
Gary Burton, 1943. Born in 1943 and raised
in Indiana, Gary Burton taught himself to play the vibraphone and, at the
age of 17, made his
recording debut in Nashville,
Tennessee, with guitarists Hank Garland and Chet Atkins. Two years later,
Burton left his studies
at Berklee College of Music to join George Shearing and subsequently Stan
Getz,
with whom he worked from
1964-1966.
15.50 min: Interview NPR
Radio. Play-
05.50 min: Summertime.
Play-
06.23
min. Navite Sense: Gary Burton and Chick Corea. Play-
Jay Hoggard 1954
Born September 28, 1954
in Washington, DC,Jay was raised in Mt. Vernon, New York in a religious
family.
At age 16, Jay began playing
the vibraphone. "One night I had a dream that I was playing the vibes.
Jay has performed in special
concert collaborations with vibraphone masters Lionel
Hampton, Milt Jackson,
Tito Puente and Bobby Hutcherson.
1994 Soundclips. WMP.
Harlem
Airshaft - Love
is the Answer - Ring
Shout - The
Wisdom of the Baobab Tree -
2002,
December 2. Video. Jay play Lionel
Hampton Standarts. (Great Concert) From Min.
15. 50
min. Jay play Hamp Chuck Redd 1959 Vibe,
Drums, Leader.
2002 Concert: Video 59 min.
Play-
Jean-Louis
Bompoint has received the First Price of Best Documentary at the
INTERNATIONAL
JAZZ FILM FESTIVAL JAZZ CORTO 2004
1st
Edition Galapagar - Spain for his film about the great
Jazzman
Lionel HAMPTON titled “FOR THE LOVE OF HAMP” Shot
in New-York during Lionel Hampton's 90th birthday party. Blue Note
Jazz Club 1998.
John Cocuzzi 1964 Vibe,
Piano, Drums, Vocal, Leader.
Photo: John at the Netherlands
(Zaandam). John's Website. Website
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John Cocuzzi was born at
Andrews Air Force Base, just outside Washington DC, on October 26, 1964.
He graduated from Springbrook
High school in 1982, and went directly to Montgomery Junior College in
Rockville,
Maryland as an applied percussion
major. In college, he was fortunate to study arranging with Bill Potts
who did
arrangements for the Buddy
Rich big band and the award-winning "Jazz Soul of Porgy and Bess". In a
short time,
John established himself
in the Washington DC area for his dynamic style on vibes, drums and piano.
For the past 14 years, John
has performed at the 219 Restaraunt, in historic Old Town Alexandria, Virginia
every
Tuesday and Wednesday night.
In 1992, he was featured on the National Public Radio program,
"Riverwalk - Live At the
Landing" with the Jim Cullum jazz band. He currently has 2 shows running
on the
BET Jazz Network/ The Jazz
Central Show. Over the last 10 years, festival performances include the
Atlanta Jazz Party,
the San Diego Swinging Jazz
Festival, the West Texas Jazz Society, events for the New Jersey Jazz Society
and many
festivals in Holland and
Belgium. During that time, John has performed with Bucky and John Pizzarelli,
Russell Malone,
Howard Alden, Warren and
Allan Vache', Den Peplowski, Chuck Hedges, Bob Wilbur, Ed Polcer, Snooky
Young,
Milt Hinton, Joe Ascione,
Louis Bellson, Mark Shane, Johnny Varro, Dick Hyman and a host of other
world-class musicians.
Samples Frank's CD : Benny's
Bugle: Play-
Black
and Blue: Play-
02.56
min: Steve Jordan Trio. Soft Swingin' Jazz: Play
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02.24
min: Steve Jordan Trio. As time Goes By. Play-
63.49
min: Video. :
John
Cocuzzi (a la Hampton), vibes. Chuck Redd, vibes. Steve
Wolf, Bruce Swain,and Frank Cocuzzi. + Saxplayer.
Incl.
a great tribute for Lionel Hampton and Milt
Buckner with Hey! Ba Ba Rebop and Flying Home.
Play
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The New Generation:
Stefon
Harris, Vibe. Warren Wolf, Vibe. Chase Jordan, Vibe. Tribute for Lionel
Hampton and Milt Jackson.
Live Concert from 2004, November 15.Click
Stefon Harris 1973, March
23.
Stefon began playing music
at the age of six. A native of Albany, New York, he read music before entering
elementary
school and played nearly
twenty different instruments, from string bass to trombone, by the time
he reached the eighth
grade. Mr. Harris went on
to the Eastman School of Music before receiving a full merit scholarship
to attend the
Manhattan School of Music,
where he earned a B.A. in Classical Percussion and later an M.A. in Jazz
Performance.
Mr. Harris, a 1997 Martin
E. Segal Award Winner, premiered the “Mattus Concerto for Percussion” under
the direction
of New York Philharmonic
Music Director Kurt Masur. Mr. Harris has recorded and/or performed with
such great musicians
as Joe Henderson, Hank Jones,
Wynton Marsalis, Lionel Hampton, Cassandra
Wilson, Shirley Scott, Bobby Watson,
and Tony Williams, among
others. He has released two albums as a leader, A Cloud of Red Dust and
Black Action Figure,
and is in high demand as
a sideman. He has performed frequently with the Lincoln Center Jazz Orchestra,
and traveled on its "All
Jazz is Modern" Spring 1998 Tour.
Jacco Griekspoor. Born: Haarlem, The Netherlands,
1973.
Jacco is a Dutch a la Lionel Hampton
Vibraphone Player.
Jacco
is an original. His solos have a delightful melodic quality and are played
with great ease.
Although
he studied with Frits Landesbergen at the conservatory in The Hague, he
is
obviously a direct descendant of
Lionel
Hampton: the same drive, the same swing, the
same directness and sound. He toured with Benny Bailey and
Dave
Liebman in Finland, Poland, Russia and the Baltic.
The
4 BAND 6 band plays the Benny Goodman/Lionel
Hampton music from 1937/1939.
Amsterdam,
The Netherlands. 2005. (Realplayer). Live. Play
Click on Airmail Special. Studio and Live.
Talk about getting a jump
on the competition. Warren Wolf began playing drums at the age of three,
took up vibraphone a
few years later, toured
with the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra when he was 9, wrote his first tune
when he was 10, and
was hired for professional
jazz gigs by the time he was 12. But he readily admits that when he arrived
at Berklee at 17,
he still had a lot to learn.
"I'll always remember my
first semester, when I met (vibraphonist and faculty member) Dave Samuels,"
says Wolf, who was
raised in Baltimore, Maryland.
"The first thing we did was play a duet, and he said I didn't build anything
in my solo.
He said, 'You did five choruses,
and that was cool, but they all sounded the same.'"
Lake Nerraw Flow: 2002.
5.00 min. Play
-(Quicktime).
Chase Jordan 1985.
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LISTEN
TO THE 58 MIN. TRIBUTE FOR THE VIBESMASTERS LIONEL AND MILT. Play Chase Jordan and Lionel
Hampton. Lionel Hampton Jazz Festival 2001.
2004/08/13
Hi Hans,
Thanks for such an informative
site on Mr.Hampton. I'm entering my second year of college at New School
University
in New York. My goal is
to keep jazz music alive on the vibraphone.
It was such an honor to
have met Mr. Hampton. And later I was asked to perform the tribute song
at the 2003 Lionel
Hampton Jazz Festival with
his New York Big Band. Also this past spring I was asked to perform at
the unveiling of the
Tombstone Ceremony. I will
have those memories the rest of my life, I'm 19 years old now.
This is an awesome site.
Thanks to you Hans for including me in this tribute of such a great man.
His music will always live on.
Best Wishes, Chase
Jordan.
The Daily News. Moscow
Idaho: 2003, February. Chase Jordan, 17, plays
vibraphone, as did Hampton. Jordan has won the festival´s vibe solo
competition three
years in a row, including
this year. Last year, Hampton saw him play on the screen at the high school
winners´ concert.
“When I came off stage,
he nodded at me, so I knew I had done well,” Jordan said.
Hampton told Lynn Skinner,
the festival´s director, that Jordan needed to come back and play
with his big band.
And that´s what Jordan
did Saturday night. He played “Hamp´s Boogie” with the Lionel Hampton
New York Big Band.
“It´s cool getting
to play with these guys,” he said. “It makes me feel really good.”
Chase Jordan with the Lionel
Hampton New York Big Band.
Lionel Hampton Jazz Festival
2003.
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