Lionel Hampton grave
November 5, 2024
Lionel “Hamp” Hampton one of the most extraordinary musicians of the 20th century
On my walk at Woodlawn Cemetery in the Bronx, just across the road from jazz legend Miles Davis’s grave, I discovered the final resting place of the great vibraphonist, drummer, and bandleader Lionel Hampton. At the NBC studio, the vibraphone once sat unused in a corner, only called upon to play the network’s famous bing-bang-bong […]