Up until the late 1950s, vibraphonist, drummer and bandleader Lionel Hampton was on par with Count Basie. Hampton began his recording career in 1924, and played and recorded with Louis Armstrong before joining Benny Goodman in 1936. Through the late 1930s and into 1940, Hampton was a member of the Benny Goodman Quartet, which bravely introduced integrat…
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