Lionel Hampton: Jazz Legend
Documentary
Presents the music and the life of the man who virtually invented the vibraphone as a jazz instrument, in an astounding career that spanned 73 years. With vintage film clips and rare photographs from the 1930s through the 1990s, combined with incisive commentary from contemporary mallet master Mike Mainieri and award-winning percussionist Steve Smith.
- Runtime
- 1h 10m
- Released
- 2005
- Country
- United States
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Release year: 2005
Storyline
Presents the music and the life of the man who virtually invented the vibraphone as a jazz instrument, in an astounding career that spanned 73 years. With vintage film clips and rare photographs from the 1930s through the 1990s, combined with incisive commentary from contemporary mallet master Mike Mainieri and award-winning percussionist Steve Smith.
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