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Lionel Hampton: Vibes, Drums, Piano, Bandleader

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Lionel Hampton was not the first jazz musician to specialise on the vibraphone (Red Norvo beat him to that distinction, although only just), but he was the man who established it as a serious element in the jazz instrumentarium.

He elevated what had been an obscure and very occasional part of the drummer

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