LIONEL HAMPTON - AUTOGRAPHED SIGNED PHOTOGRAPH - HFSID 176531
Sale Price $225.00
Reg. $280.00
LIONEL HAMPTON. Photograph signed: "Lionel Hampton". B/w,
8x10 overall, image 7x8¾ (one surface). Lionel Hampton Enterprises publicity
photograph. Captioned at lower margin: "The Exciting LIONEL HAMPTON".
Hampton and his band are pictured in front of a sign that reads: "Goodwill
Ambassador/Lionel Hampton". Hampton was asked by President Dwight D.
Eisenhower to serve as a goodwill ambassador for the U.S. Hampton and his band
made a number of tours to Europe, Africa, the Middle East and the Far East in
that capacity, generating a large international following. Lionel Leo
Hampton (1908-2002), the first jazz vibraphonist, began his career as a
drummer. Louis Armstrong encouraged him to try the vibraphone, used by
NBC radio to announce intermissions. Their 1930 recording of "Memories of
You" forever associated Hampton with the instrument, although he was also an
accomplished piano player. In 1940, Hampton formed his own band, which became
the first Black band to tour the racially segregated South with a white singer
(1950). Adequate contrast. Lightly creased at blank margins and corners, light
black mark at lower right margin. Minor surface creases and impressions (not
evident head on). Fine condition.
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