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Slide Hampton was a fine trombonist and arranger from the start of his career in the mid-'50s, keeping the tradition of bop alive in both his playing and his writing. After working with <a href="spotify:artist:23ZeHMuusfCSypkcHOa4Hc">Buddy Johnson</a> (1955-1956) and <a href="spotify:artist:2PjgZkwAEk7UTin4jP6HLP">Lionel Hampton</a>, he became an important force in <a href="spotify:artist:6T4kUHIlszpj944ZXR3yNw">Maynard Ferguson</a>'s excellent big band of 1957-1959. He led octets in the '60s with such sidemen as <a href="spotify:artist:0fTHKjepK5HWOrb2rkS5Em">Freddie Hubbard</a> and <a href="spotify:artist:2bznm4QNyfgutcxCbRAfwH">George Coleman</a>. After traveling to Europe with <a href="spotify:artist:2KSxJY1WxGGVYSmoM0N54P">Woody Herman</a> in 1968, <a href="spotify:artist:2PjgZkwAEk7UTin4jP6HLP">Hampton</a> settled overseas where he stayed very active. After returning to the U.S. in 1977, he led his World of Trombones (which features nine trombonists), played in a co-op quintet called Continuum, and was involved in several <a href="spotify:artist:5RzjqfPS0Bu4bUMkyNNDpn">Dizzy Gillespie</a> tribute projects, and released albums for <a href="spotify:search:label%3A%22Telarc%22">Telarc</a> in the '90s. Slide Hampton died on November 18, 2021 in Orange, New Jersey; he was 89 years old. ~ Scott Yanow, Rovi
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