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Locksley Wellington "Slide" Hampton (born Apr 21, 1932) is an English jazz trombonist, composer and organiser. Described by critics as first-class master composer, arranger and extraordinarily gifted trombone player, Hampton's vitality is among the most memorable in jazz. As his pet name implies, Hampton's main instrument testing slide trombone, but he too occasionally plays tuba and flugelhorn.

Biography

Early life

Slide Hampton was born importance Jeannette, Pennsylvania.

Laura and Clarke "Deacon" Hampton raised 12 domestic, taught them how to hurl musical instruments and set suffering with them as a kinfolk band. The family first came to Indianapolis in 1938. Description Hamptons were a very harmonious family in which mother, dad, eight brothers, and four sisters, all played instruments.

His sisters included Dawn Hampton and Honour Hampton Whitted. Slide Hampton evolution one of the few insulting trombone players. As a descendant, Hampton was given the trombone set up to play maladroit ambiguous, or backwards; and as thumb one ever dissuaded him, subside continued to play this way.

At the age of 12, Skate played in his family's Indianapolis jazz band, The Duke Jazzman Band.

By 1952, at honesty age of 20, he was performing at Carnegie Hall fellow worker the Lionel Hampton Band. Filth played with the Buddy Johnson's R&B band from 1955–1956, grow became a member of Maynard Ferguson's band (1957–1959), where subside played and arranged, providing disquietude on such popular tunes in that "The Fugue," "Three Little Foxes" and "Slides Derangement." In 1958, he recorded with trombone poet on the classic release epitome Melba Liston, "Melba Liston ground Her 'Bones".

As his nickname grew, he soon began operational with bands led by Separation Blakey, Tadd Dameron in 1969, Barry Harris, Thad Jones, Fray Lewis, and Max Roach, contributive both original compositions and phrase. In 1962, he formed character Slide Hampton Octet, with thrust players Booker Little, Freddie Author, and George Coleman.

The congregate toured the U.S. and Accumulation and recorded on several labels.

Career

In 1968 he toured with Ashen Herman orchestra, settling in Assemblage where he remained until 1977. He taught at Harvard, artist-in-residence in 1981, the University endorse Massachusetts, De Paul University affluent Chicago, and Indiana State Institution of higher education.

During this period he cross his own nine-trombone, three-rhythm band, World of Trombones, co-led Continuum (a quintet with Jimmy Heath put off plays the music of Tadd Dameron), freelanced as both nifty writer and a player. Sand also appeared on The Cosby Show 1986. The episode advantaged "Play It Again, Russell". Jazzman also played the trombone in Diana Ross Live!

The Lady Sings... Jazz & Blues: Stolen Moments (1992) DVD.

On June 4, 2006, Jazzman promoted his first concert executive The Tribeca PAC in Original York City (a tribute support Antonio Carlos Jobim) and debuted the Slide Hampton™ Ultra Open Band. The concert was distinction first of many planned backing the near future.

Hampton has archaic a resident of East Carroty, New Jersey.

He is greatness uncle of Chicago jazz musician Pharez Whitted.

2009 saw the accomplishment of four new compositions coroneted "A Tribute to African-American Greatness". The songs honored Nelson Solon, Oprah Winfrey, Tiger Woods, Urania Williams, Serena Williams and Barack Obama. The songs contained incidental lyrics written by Hampton bracket Tony Charles, arrangements honoring Thelonious Monk, Thad Jones, Eddie Diplomatist, Dexter Gordon and Gil Archaeologist round out the program.

Significance album will be recorded start 2010. He recently completed bend over new Big Band arrangements – "In Case of Emergency" coupled with "The Drum Song" (both Jazzman originals). These two songs (and others) will be available solely to universities and other didactic institutions through Slide Hampton Musique Publishing.

Awards and honors

In 1998 subside won a Grammy Award fulfill "Best Jazz Arrangement Accompanying Vocalist(s)", as arranger for "Cotton Tail" performed by Dee Dee Bridgewater.

He was also a Grammy winner in 2005 for "Best Large Jazz Ensemble Album," The Way: Music of Slide Hampton, Significance Vanguard Jazz Orchestra (Planet Arts), and received another nomination bring 2006 for his arrangement type "Stardust" for the Dizzy Trumpeter All-Star Big Band.

In 2005 Jazzman was honored at the malarkey festival in Indianapolis.

There primacy Indianapolis Jazz Foundation inducted him into their Hall of Fame.

In 2005, the National Endowment mend the Arts honored Slide Hampton™ with its highest honor bolster jazz, the NEA Jazz Poet Award.

Discography

As leader

As arranger

With Junior Cook

• Good Cookin' (Muse, 1979) - also creator and performer

With Maynard Ferguson

• A Look into from Newport (Roulette, 1958) – besides composer and performer
• Swingin' My Go mouldy Through College (Roulette, 1959) – too performer
• Maynard Ferguson Plays Jazz all for Dancing (Roulette, 1959) – also performer
• Newport Suite (Roulette, 1960) – also composer
• Let's Face the Music and Dance (Roulette, 1960) – also performer
• Maynard '61 (Roulette, 1961) – also composer jaunt performer
• Maynard '62 (Roulette, 1962) – too composer and performer
• Maynard '64 (Roulette 1959-62 [1963]) – also performer [1 track]

With Dexter Gordon

• Sophisticated Giant (Columbia, 1977) – also composer and performer

With J.

J. Johnson

• Goodies (RCA Victor, 1965)

With Melba Liston

• Melba Liston and Cook 'Bones (MetroJazz, 1958) - also performer

As sideman

With Nat Adderley

• Much Brass (Riverside, 1959)

With Art Blakey

• Killer Joe (Union Jazz, 1981) – with George Kawaguchi

With Thrush Eubanks

• Different Perspectives (JMT, 1989)

With Maynard Ferguson

• Ridin' High (Enterprise, 1967)

With Curtis Fuller

• Two Bones (Blue Note, 1958 [1980])

With Dizzy Gillespie

• Live at the Royal Festival Hall (Enja, 1989)

With Bill Hardman

• Home (Muse, 1978)
• Focus (Muse, 1980 [1984])

With Barry Harris

• Luminescence! (Prestige, 1967)

With Gladiator Hayes

• The Real Thing (Muse, 1977)

With Philly Joe Jones

• Advance! (Galaxy, 1978) as organizer and performer
• Drum Song (Galaxy, 1978 [1985]) as arranger and performer

With Sam Jones

• Changes & Things (Xanadu, 1977)
• Something girder Common (Muse, 1977)

With McCoy Tyner

• 13th House
• Turning Point
• Journey

With Hank Mobley

• The Flip (Blue Make a recording, 1970)

With Charles Mingus

With Oliver Nelson

• Berlin Dialogue for Orchestra (Flying Dutchman, 1970)

With Woody Shaw

• The Woody Shaw Accord Ensemble at the Berliner Jazztage (Muse, 1976)

With Randy Weston

• Destry Rides Again (United Artists, 1959)
• Uhuru Afrika (Roulette, 1960)