What is Lionel Hampton?
[[File:President George W. Bush honors music legend Lionel Hampton.jpg|thumb|200px|President [[George W. Bush]] honored Hampton in June 2001]] '''Lionel Leo Hampton''' (April 20, 1908 – August 31, 2002) was an American [[jazz]] [[vibraphonist]], pianist, composer, philanthropist, percussionist, bandleader and actor. Hampton worked with [[Benny Goodman]], [[Teddy Wilson]] and [[Buddy Rich]] to [[Charlie Parker]] and [[Quincy Jones]]. He was born in [[Louisville, Kentucky]]. In 1992, he was added into the [[Alabama Jazz Hall of Fame]], and was awarded the [[National Medal of Arts]] in 1996. Hampton died from [[heart failure]] on August 31, 2002 in [[New York City]] at the age of 94.<ref>{{cite news |title=Paid Notice: Deaths HAMPTON, LIONEL |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2002/09/10/classified/paid-notice-deaths-hampton-lionel.html |access-date=June 3, 2007 |work=The New York Times |date=September 10, 2002}}</ref> ==References== {{reflist}} ==Other websites== * {{IMDb name |0359019}} * [http://www.drummerworld.com/drummers/Lionel_Hampton.html Lionel Hampton] at Drummersworld {{DEFAULTSORT:Hampton, Lionel}} [[Category:1908 births]] [[Category:2002 deaths]] [[Category:Deaths from heart failure]] [[Category:American pianists]] [[Category:American composers]] [[Category:American philanthropists]] [[Category:American bandleaders]] [[Category:American jazz musicians]] [[Category:American movie actors]] [[Category:Actors from Louisville, Kentucky]] {{US-actor-stub}}