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Donald's Encyclopedia of Popular MusicA B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y ZHAMPTON, Slide(b Locksley Wellington Hampton, 21 April 1932, Jeannette PA; d 20 November 2021) Trombone, composer, arranger. Uniquely, he was a left-handed trombonist. Grew up in Indianapolis; played with Lionel Hampton, Maynard Ferguson; formed an octet for an LP on Strand late '59 with Freddie Hubbard, Booker Little, George Coleman. There were four LPs on Atlantic, one on Epic '60-62 with varying personnel. The Epic record included his five-part Drum Suite, showcasing his chops as an arranger; it was later reissued as a Mosaic Select single CD. He worked as music director for the Lloyd Price band; to Europe '68, he toured the UK with the Woody Herman, then settled in radio work in Berlin, like Benny Bailey and others finding more work and appreciation in Europe. He recorded with an octet including Coleman in Paris '62; with Sacha Distel '68; The Fabulous Slide Hampton Quartet '69 on Pathé-Marconi (album 1969 issued '84 in UK). International big bands with Bailey, John Surman, Johnny Griffin, Czech bandleader Vaclav Zahradnik, etc in Prague on Supraphon '71-72, Italy on Carosello and Horo '72, Munich on MPS '74; World Of Trombones '79 in NYC included rhythm section with Albert Dailey, nine trombones including Curtis Fuller (CD on Black Lion). Very popular in Europe; many festivals, records as sideman (A Day In Copenhagen with Dexter Gordon, etc); CDs included Mellow-Dy '92 on LRC, Dedicated To Diz '93 on Telarc by Slide Hampton and the Jazz Masters including Jon Faddis, Roy Hargrove, Antonio Hart, Jimmy Heath, George Mraz. |