Lionel Hampton TV Special

Two finger piano mastery from the legendary vibraphonist.

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Music

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• Lionel
• Hampton
• Jazz
• Swing

[core281]

Great duet... masterful performance, but what's with the "two finger" title ?

[KingCurtzel]

he's playing with two fingers like a vibes player would...

[TurboPianist]

The gentleman seated next to Hamp, one Milton Buckner, is a keyboard legend in his own right. Milt invented the "locked-hand" block chord approach to jazz piano later embraced by George Shearing and Dave Brubeck. Milt was also, along with Jimmy Smith and Wild Bill Davis, an early proponent of the Hammond B-3 organ and accompanied yet another Hampton alumnus, tenor great Illinois Jacquet, in a trio while kicking wild bass with his left foot. Jo Jones was usually the resident drummer in this trio.

[KingCurtzel]

Thanks alot the more detail I get on these clips the better, jazz has such a rich history andI l love knowing the details.

Lione Hampton on vibes is the sweetest thing but this stuff is alot of fn.l

[bigmang25]

Somewhere along my family line lionel hampton is god father to someone in my family. This is my first time listening to him and he's amazing.

[05Toamasina1938]

Two Finges Boogie with Milt Buckner

[theBrojJedan]

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[core281]

As far as I can see, both players are using all fingers most of the time. Not sure that a vibraphone player would naturally play piano with only two fingers and as Hampton played piano (and drums) prior to specialising in the vibraphone, it is likely he played the piano as a piano player.

Of course I could be wrong .... there is always a first time !

[Jetsam1934]

have you heard lionel playing drums on Chasin with Chase. Its terrific. jetsam1934

[ab11206]

He's great....that was soooooo fun to listen to!!!