1. Locksley Wellington Hampton was an American jazz trombonist, composer and arranger.
11 Facts About Slide Hampton
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Locksley Wellington Slide Hampton was born on April 21,1932, in Jeannette, Pennsylvania.
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Laura and Clarke "Deacon" Slide Hampton raised 12 children, taught them how to play musical instruments and set out with them as a family band.
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Slide Hampton's sisters included Dawn Hampton and Virtue Hampton Whitted.
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Slide Hampton is one of the few left-handed trombone players.
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At the age of 12, Slide played in his family's Indianapolis jazz band, The Duke Hampton Band.
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Slide Hampton taught at Harvard, artist-in-residence in 1981, the University of Massachusetts Amherst, De Paul University, and Indiana State University.
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In 2009, Slide Hampton completed four new compositions collectively titled "A Tribute to African-American Greatness".
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Slide Hampton died on November 18,2021, at the age of 89.
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Slide Hampton was a Grammy winner in 2005 for "Best Large Jazz Ensemble Album," The Way: Music of Slide Hampton, The Vanguard Jazz Orchestra, and received another nomination in 2006 for his arrangement of "Stardust" for the Dizzy Gillespie All-Star Big Band.
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In 2005 Slide Hampton was honored at the jazz festival in Indianapolis.