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Title: Lionel Hampton - Who's Who In Jazz
Year/Genre/Sub-Genre/City: 1977, Jazz, Swing Jazz, Louisville, Kentucky 5/26
Matrix #: WWLP-21011
Condition: EX Sounds Perfect, no skips or scratches (VZ) | Members: Lionel H (08' - 02')
Cultural Facts:

1. Personal Struggle: Hampton grew up after his father left and was raised partly by his grandmother, finding music through church and school before jazz became his way out.
2. Scene Ecology: His career crossed swing, bebop, jump blues, and early R&B, making him a rare bridge between big-band jazz and later Black popular music.
3. Media Narrative: Hampton’s name became jazz institution language: bandleader, vibraphone pioneer, showman, and proof that swing culture kept traveling long after its first era.