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Jazz Library

Jazz Library

Alyn Shipton identifies the key players, bandleaders, vocalists and arrangers who should form the cornerstone of any jazz collection. Jazz Library is broadcast on Saturdays at 16.00 on BBC Radio 3. Please note, this podcast is only available in the UK.

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  • Lionel Hampton

    Mon, 30 Nov 09

    Duration:
    39 mins

    One of Alyn Shipton's first jobs for Radio 3 during his 20 years as a presenter on the station was to introduce what turned out to be Lionel Hampton's final British broadcast; so this edition of Jazz Library has a particular resonance for him. Joining Alyn is author and pianist Brian Priestley, who heard Hampton many times over the years, and who has a particular soft spot for this most energetic of jazz performers. Hampton was not only a masterly drummer and a great innovator on the vibraphone, but he played the piano (mainly with two fingers, but extremely effectively) and he was (in his early years) a fine vocalist. There is, therefore, a vast range of recordings from which to choose the essential Hampton discs.

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