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  • Jazz Great Lionel Hampton, 94, Dies

    08/31/2002 12:34:16 PM PDT · by BluesDuke · 56 replies · 427+ views
    Associated Press, via Yahoo! News ^ | 31 August 2002 | Larry McShane
    More on Yahoo! • Lionel Hampton There was more than musical magic on stage that day in 1936 when Lionel Hampton joined Benny Goodman in a Manhattan ballroom — it was a breakthrough in American race relations. Hampton, a vibraphone virtuoso who died Saturday, broke a barrier that had kept black and white musicians from performing together in public. Through a six-decade career, he continued to build a name for himself as one of the greats in jazz history. "He was really a towering jazz figure," said saxophonist Sonny Rollins, who played with Hampton in the 1950s. "He really...