Lionel Hampton

So it's fitting that this musical with songs by Kevin Ray and a book by Ray & Josh Sohn with an assist by Suellen Vance should be named after a Lionel Hampton song that celebrates the street in LA where so much great jazz was played.

Michael Giltz: NYMF #4: Jazz, Kiddies, Camp, Tap, Tut and Vamps Michael Giltz 2011

So it's fitting that this musical with songs by Kevin Ray and a book by Ray & Josh Sohn with an assist by Suellen Vance should be named after a Lionel Hampton song that celebrates the street in LA where so much great jazz was played.

Michael Giltz: NYMF #4: Jazz, Kiddies, Camp, Tap, Tut and Vamps Michael Giltz 2011

Saxophonist Steve Wilson is a legendary sideman who has played with Mingus, the Smithsonian Jazz Orchestra, Lionel Hampton and Chick Corea, to name a few.

Brian Ross: Christian McBride & Inside Straight - Fame Eludes Greatness Brian Ross 2011

The club was also the setting for landmark discs by Lionel Hampton, Dizzy Gillespie and Arturo Sandoval, as well as 90-year-old pianist Dave Brubeck, who recently returned to perform three shows during the first-ever Blue Note Jazz Festival.

Blue Note Jazz Club Turns 30 2011

Jones snagged his first professional job playing trumpet with Lionel Hampton's band in 1951.

Quincy Jones Has Still Got the Groove 2011

Directly across the street from Mr. Davis rests the great Duke Ellington, and overlooking both is Lionel Hampton .

Life Among the Headstones Ralph Gardner Jr. 2011

Several decades later, having acquired a world-class jazz education by way of touring gigs with Lionel Hampton, Charles Mingus, Max Roach, Dizzy Gillespie and others, he was increasingly invited to serve on committees and panels for such organizations as the American Federation of Musicians and the Jazz Foundation of America.

A Local Sideman Takes the Lead Will Friedwald 2012

Founded in 1907 by Max and Louis Kutsher as a small boarding house, the 400-room "Borscht Belt" resorts welcomed eclectic talent like the comedian Red Buttons and the vibraphonist Lionel Hampton.

A Taste of the Borscht Belt Marshall Heyman 2011

Lionel Hampton performs at Memphis's Hippodrome ca.

On the Midnight Special Eddie Dean 2011

The club was also the setting for landmark discs by Lionel Hampton, Dizzy Gillespie and Arturo Sandoval, as well as 90-year-old pianist Dave Brubeck, who recently returned to perform three shows during the first-ever Blue Note Jazz Festival.

Blue Note Jazz Club Turns 30 2011