Special Collections and Archives of the University of Idaho Library and at the
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artifacts housed offsite.
Collection Number:
IJC MG 001
Summary:
Lionel Hampton was a jazz vibraphonist, drummer,
pianist, composer, and bandleader. The materials in this collection span most of his
musical career. The collection includes personal papers and business records,
photographs, musical compositions, audiotape master recordings (in a variety of
formats), and six musical instruments, including a vibraphone.
Repository:
University of Idaho Library Special Collections and Archives
Lionel Hampton was born in Louisville, Kentucky on April 20, 1908. He died on August
31, 2002 in New York City. He showed a talent for music at an early age and by high
school, was playing drums with a jazz band organized by his employer, a newspaper
called the Chicago Defender. Later, he attended classes in music theory at the
University of Southern California and gained a reputation as a great drummer on the
West Coast. In 1930, Louis Armstrong, when working for Les Hite’s band, asked
Hampton to fill in at an engagement at Sebastian’s Cotton Club in Los Angeles. Then,
while at a recording session, Hampton discovered a vibraharp in an adjoining room
and began experimenting with the instrument. He would later become recognized as the
“King of Vibes.”
In 1936, Benny Goodman invited him to join his newly formed quartet and this
relationship lasted for four years until Hampton decided to strike out on his own,
forming the Lionel Hampton Orchestra in New York City in 1940. After the demise of
the big band sound in the 1960s, Hampton changed the size and structure of his band
and called it "The Inner Circle." His professional presence in the music industry
helped hit a new milestone as blacks and whites began to integrate the scene,
breaking barriers that had existed before that time. In 1936, Hampton married Gladys
Riddle who became his business manager, running all aspects of the enterprise until
her death in 1971.
Besides touring worldwide and playing engagements at home, Hampton developed a
working relationship with the University of Idaho in 1984 and the annual jazz
festival became a huge success. The university honored Hampton in 1987 by dedicating
its school of music as the “Lionel Hampton School of Music.” The festival continued
to grow with jazz artists from around the world participating. Hampton remained
active in the festival until his death in 2002.
For further information on Hampton’s life, see Hamp: An Autobiography
by Lionel Hampton and James Haskins, Warner Books, 1989.
Content Description
The materials in the Lionel Hampton collection span most of his musical career,
1926–2002, with the bulk of the collection dating 1940–1990. There are obvious gaps
and a narrow focus of some parts of the collection. The absence of many personal
papers and much memorabilia that one might expect in a collection of this sort is
likely due to a fire that destroyed Hampton’s New York City apartment in early 1997.
Most of the records in this collection were given to the University of Idaho in
1992, another portion of them were in Hampton’s possession but stored elsewhere at
the time of the fire, and some survived that fire because they were in a back
closet. Other records were either destroyed or are still in the possession of
business managers and publicists.
Use of the Collection
Restrictions on Access :
The collection is open to the public. Researchers must use the collection in
accordance with the policies of the University of Idaho Special Collections and
Archives.
Restrictions on Use :
Consult Head of Special Collections and Archives on permissions for use.
Preferred Citation :
Lionel Hampton Papers, IJC MG 001. Special Collections and Archives, University of
Idaho Library, Moscow, Idaho.
Administrative Information
Arrangement :
This collection came to the University of Idaho in parts and original order was
difficult to discern for much of it. Where it was apparent, as in the case of files
(incomplete as they are) for the various businesses, we maintained that order.
Folder titles were copied to new folders but additional headings and dates which
were added to clarify the contents for ease of research.
The collection is organized into ten series: 1. Business Records. 2. Personal Papers
and Ephemera. 3. Photographs. 4. Drawings. 5. Arrangements. 6. Video and Sound
Recordings. 7. Plaques and Awards. 8. Clothing and Accessories. 9. Musical
Instruments. 10. Memorabilia.
Acquisition Information :
This collection was donated to the University of Idaho between 1992 and 2003.
Processing Note :
Michael Tarabulski was the archivist for this collection until 2008. Laura Guedes
processed the posters, drawings, discs, plaques and awards, and memorabilia. The
photographs were rearranged because some groups of related photographs were
dispersed among the collection; once regrouped, these related photos enhanced
identification of a specific event, concert, etc. From 2008 to 2010, Ms. Guedes also
revised the arrangement of the collection and the finding aid.
Detailed Description of the Collection
Series 1: Business Records, circa
1938-1991
4.6 cubic feet
The business records include tax returns, royalty statements, bank
statements, contracts, payroll records, agreements, copyrights, and annual
reports of the Lionel Hampton record and music publishing companies.
This series also includes fourteen pieces of sheet music. Most of the sheet
music was published by Swing and Tempo Music, between 1944-1945 and
1948-1949 and features Lionel Hampton and His Orchestra. It includes: Evil
Gal Blues; Goldwyn Stomp, from the film A Song is Born; Gone
Again; Homeward Bound; I Feel Like You Already Know; Pick Up on the Ree Bop
Kick; Robbins in Your Hair; Salty Papa Blues; Sky Blue; Who am I to Say;
Your Guess is as Good as Mine; and Hey! ba-ba-re-bop (published by Leeds
Music in 1946). Other pieces of sheet music are Gladys, recorded by Tiny
Hill (Luristan Music, 1962) and Hello Ronnie, Good-bye Jimmy (for Ronald
Reagan), (Passantino Music, 1980).
Other materials related to copyrights and contracts in this series include
Broadcast Music Industry (BMI) payment schedule, 1975; compositions, owners
list, 1945-1963; copyrights awaiting clearance, 1990-91; copyrights list,
1938-71; copyright registration information and forms; phonograph record
trust agreement, 1969; writers and publishers clearance forms, BMI; receipts
of notice of use of copyrights; recording licenses, clearances, 1945-1988;
Swing and Tempo Copyright renewals list (1963), 1991; and transfer of
copyrights, 1945, 1963. They also include some original lead sheets
accompanied by copyrights and contracts forms.
Below is an alphabetical list of the titles of the lead sheets included in
copyrights and contracts.
ABC's of Black History (The), 1974 -- A and T, 1969 -- Adam Blew
His Hat, 1948 -- After Loving a Woman, 1946 -- Ain't Gonna Fall in
Love No More, 1962, 1965, 1966 -- Ain't Never Had It So Good, 1946
-- And When She Left, 1971 -- Asiatic Call (The), 1948 -- Akirfa,
1963, 1991 -- Alone, 1951, 1990 -- Another Day, 1969, 1970 -- Apple
Jack (The), 1948
Baby Don't Love Me, 1955 -- Baby You're Great, undated -- Bad
Talk, 1966 -- Bam-Ma-lam-ma-lam, 1947 -- Baritone Concerto, 1947 --
Benson's Boogie, 1949 -- Bermuda Is Another World, 1969 -- Beulah's
Boogie, 1945, 1947, 1974, 1975 -- Beulah's Sister's Boogie, 1949 --
Biding My Time, 1947 -- Big Brass, 1963, 1991 -- Big Slide, 1963,
1991 -- Blue Boy (Muchacho Azul), 1947, 1948 -- Blue Perfume (King
Cool), 1966 -- Blues for Gertie, 1975 -- Blues for JazzBeaux, 1990
-- Blues for Wade, 1966, 1967 -- Blues in Gold, 1963, 1991 -- Blues
One, 1945? -- Boogie Woogie Beat, 1946 -- Bossanova Jazz, 1962 --
Bopology, 1946 -- Brand New Baby, 1956 -- Broadway's Boping Now,
1950 -- Buck's Idea, 1945 -- Bus Stop, 1976 -- Bye Bye, 1965
Cafe Espresso, 1967, 1969 -- Cancion de Los Bongos (Bongo
Interlude), 1951 -- Cantar's Canteen, 1953 -- Carlena Blues, 1949,
1963 -- Changed Man, undated -- Chasin' with Chase, 1941 -- Chi Chi
Papa, 1963 -- Chicken Gizzards, 1967 -- Children at Play, 1971 --
Chop-Chop, 1944 -- Chord-A-Re-Bop, 1946 -- Cobb's Idea, 1945 --
Co-Existence, 1961 -- Coming Home to You, 1945 -- Cookin' with Love,
1945 -- Cool Charlie, 1969 -- Cool Train, 1951 -- Corrine, 1962 --
Crawdad Hole, 1962 -- Crying, 1951 -- Cutter's Corner, 1963,
1991
Dah Dah Dah, 1969 -- Dig That Woogie, undated -- Disgusted Blues
(Help Me), 1952 -- Do the Monkey, 1963, 1991 -- Don't Be So Mean,
1967 -- Don't Flee the Scene, 1951 -- Don't Sing Your Blues to Me,
1946 -- Double with Doubles, 1945 -- Down as Can Be, 1946 -- Drag
Strip, 1963 -- Drum-Hi, 1957 -- Dues in Blues, 1948
Easy with Me, 1945 -- Elaine and Daffy, 1963, 1991 -- Empty Glass
(Normania), undated -- Estranho (Estrano), 1962 -- Evening Breeze,
undated -- Everybody's Somebody's Fool, 1950 -- Evil Gal Blues (Evil
Man Blues), 1944
G. H. 2, 1955 -- Gabby's Gabbin, 1952 -- Gap Takes a Nap, 1955 --
Gates Arenee (Arnee) Blues, 1946 -- Gay-Ge-Zunter-Haid, 1947 --
Generation Gap, 1970 -- Giddy-Up, 1947 -- Gin and Tonic, 1963, 1991
-- Gingerbread, 1976 -- "Gizmo" Blues, 1956 -- Git It and Go, 1970
-- Give Me Time, 1947 -- Gladys, 1955, 1962 -- Glad Hamp, 1965 --
Goldwyn Stomp, 1947 -- Gone Again, 1946, 1948 -- Good Evening
Corinne, undated -- Greasy Greens, 1966
Halfway to My Heart, 1945 -- Ham Hock Blues, 1974 -- Hamp Goes
Re-Bop, 1947 -- Hamp Stamps, 1965 -- Hamp's Boogie, undated --
Hamp's Boogie Woogie, 1944 -- Hamp's Boogie Woogie, No. 2, 1949 --
Hamp's Got a Duke, 1947, 1948 -- Hamp's Gumbo, 1963, 1991 -- Hamp's
Mambo, 1963, 1991 -- Hamp's New Swim, 1961 -- Hamp's Rocking Twist,
1961 -- Hamp's Salty Blues, 1946 -- Hamp's Walking Boogie, undated
-- Happy Hooligan, 1950 -- Happy Monk, 1963, 1991 -- Hawk's Nest,
1947 -- Head Work, 1945 -- He That Don't Like It (Ain't Nothing But
a Fool), 1946 -- Hello Folks, 1957 -- Helpless, 1951 -- Here I Go
Again, 1963, 1991 -- Hey! Ba Ba Re Ba, 1946 -- Hey Popa (Poppa) Dop,
1957 -- Homeward Bound, 1944, 1945 -- Hop, Skip and Jump, 1957 --
How You Sound, 1950
I Don't Mind the Rain, 1947 -- I Feel Like You Already Know, 1948
-- I Like You, 1966, 1967 -- I Want You, 1963, 1991 -- I Wonder if
She Misses Me To-Night (Tonite), 1945 -- Idol of My Dreams, 1963,
1991 -- If I Had Known, 1947 -- I'll Be True, 1946 -- I'm A Man ,
Baby, 1946 -- I' m Gonna Find My Baby, 1950 -- I'm Sad and I'm
Lonely, 1945 -- I'm Taking No Chances, 1952 -- I'm Trying to
Understand, 1962 -- In the Bag, 1941 -- In the Evening Blues,
undated -- Ingenue (The), 1963 -- Inner Circle, 1967 -- In Side Out,
1963, 1991 -- It Hurts My Heart to See You Pass Me By This Way, 1946
-- It's So Fine, undated -- I've Come to See You, 1952 -- I've Got
my Man, 1962
Jack the Fox Boogie, 1975 -- Jennie, 1946 -- Jodie's Dream, 1944
-- Jumpin' with G. H., undated -- Just A Taste, 1961 -- Just You and
I, 1948, 1949 -- Kidney Stew, 1963 -- Kim's in Town, 1971 -- King
David Suite, 1957 -- King Fish, 1952 -- King Soul, 1967 -- Kip's
Blues, 1963, 1991
Lamplighter, 1945, 1947 -- Latin Silk, 1976 -- Let Me Be Your
Man, 1946 -- Letter from My Baby, 1946 -- Lion's Den, 1975 -- Little
Annie, 1962 -- Loneliness, 1947 -- Long Shoes Blues (The), 1961 --
Loose Wigs, 1945 -- Love Is a Gift, 1967 -- Lovin' and Livin', 1970
-- Lullaby to Benny Goodman, 1953
Mama Don't Love Me No More, 1963 -- Mama Knows, 1969 -- Master and
My Guide, 1962 -- McGhee, 1960, 1965 -- Mess Is Here (The), 1944,
1945 -- Michael's Michael, 1971 -- Midnight Prowl, 1945 -- Mingus
Fingers, 1948 -- Money Ain't Everything, 1952 -- Monsieur Gates,
1957 -- Mr. Collard Greens, 1971 -- Mr. X, 1948 -- Music ABC's of
Jazz History (The), 1974 -- My Cuban Serenade, 1943, 1946 -- My
Favorite Fox, 1967 -- My Friend, My Friend, 1948 -- My Pretty Song,
1970
New Central Avenue Breakdown, 1949 -- New Look (The), 1948 --
Newcombe's Bounce, 1949, 1950 -- No Better for You, 1948 -- No
Regrets, undated -- No Say No, 1967 -- Nothing in View, 1948 -- Now
I Know, 1941 -- No. 2 Re-bop and Be-bop, 1948
P. Weepin' Blues (The), 1947 -- Pencil Broke (The), 1947 -- Pick
Up Jack, 1945 -- Pick Up on the Ree Bop Kick, 1947, 1949 -- Pig Ears
and Rice -- Please Give Me A Chance, 1947 -- Polkadot Stretch Pants,
1967 -- Punchin' Judy (Punching/Punch and), 1945, 1947
Que Pasa, 1966 -- Quiet Love (A), 1971
Railroad No. 1, 1960 -- Re-Bop's Turning Blue, 1948 -- Red River,
1955 -- Reminiscent Moods, undated -- Reverend Briggs, 1963 -- Ribs
and Hot Sauce, 1949 -- Ridin' on the L and N, 1946 -- Riverboat,
1966 -- Robbins In Your Hair, 1947 -- Rocking with G. H., 1949 --
Rocky, 1967
Sad Feeling, 1949 -- Sa-Froan-ia, 1946 -- Saint Thomas, 1963, 1991
-- Sakura, 1963, 1991 -- Salty Cat Blues, 1946 -- Salty Papa Blues,
1944, 1945 -- Sampson's Boogie, 1952 -- Sargent Mess, 1946 -- Sax's
on Fifth Avenue, 1948, 1976 -- Say Forward, I'll March, 1943 --
Senor Pepito, 1957 -- She Set My Soul on Fire, 1952 -- SheBna
(Shessna), 1946 -- Shojoji, 1963, 1991 -- Shu Be Doo, 1952 -- Sketch
of Gladys (A), 1968 -- Ski Party, 1966 -- Sky Blue, 1944, 1948 --
Slick Chick (A) , 1945 -- Slide Hamp Slide, 1945 -- So Great, 1961,
1963, 1991 -- Someday, 1945 -- Some Where, 1962 -- Star Rocket, 1957
-- Stuff's Round the Corner (The), 1946 -- Sunday Go to Meetin'
Blues, 1967 -- Sweet Bulah Brown, 1947 -- Swiftly, 1961 -- Swingin'
on C, undated -- Swingle Jingle, undated -- Symphony Sid,
1942
Take It Mr. Jones, 1941, 1948 -- Take Me as I Am, 1946 --
Tangible, 1961 -- Teddy Bear Blues, undated -- Tempo's Birthday,
1945, 1947 -- Tempo' s Boogie, 1947 -- Thai Silk (Blue Mannequin),
1966 -- Three Bones, 1942 -- Three Minutes on 52nd Street, 1947 --
Tigress (The), 1967 -- Till's Bag, 1971 -- Tom Collins, 1967 -- Too
Late, 1962 -- Trane of Thought, 1971 -- Travelin' Up, 1962 -- Triple
Super Duper, 1945 -- True Love Blues, 1948 -- Turn Off the
Moonlight, 1945 -- Two Finger Boogie, undated
Under Tow, 1951
V. I. P. 's, 1963 -- Vibe Boogie, 1963, 1991 -- Vibraholiday,
1963, 1991
Was It Like That! 1941, 1945 -- Weak Brokenhearted Fool, 1957 --
Wee Albert, 1949, 1976 -- Week Day Woman, 1946 -- West's Mess, 1949
-- We've Waited Long Enough, 1942, 1945 -- What Can You Lose, 1946,
1948 -- What You Call It? 1963 -- When's Daddy Coming Home? 1966,
1967 -- When Will I See You Again? Undated -- Who Am I to Say?
1944,1963 -- Who Cares, 1946 -- Why Can't You Care, 1952 -- Why
Can't You Cool Your Nervous Nerves, 1957, 1965, 1966 -- Why Do I
Cry, 1962 -- Why Not Now, 1945 -- Willow Trees, 1971 -- Worried Life
Blues, 1952 -- Writing's on the Wall (The), 1969
You're a Nasty Ape, 1966 -- You're the Doctor of the Blues,
undated -- Your Buddy, 1950 -- Your Guess Is as Good as Mine, 1943,
1945 -- You've Broken My Heart, 1966
Zoo-Ba-ba-Da-Oo-Ee, 1948
Container(s)
Description
Box
1
Glad-Hamp Music Corporation, 1957-1981
1
Lionel Hampton and His Orchestra:
Contracts, 1981-1982
1
Lionel Hampton and His Orchestra: Union
vs. Hampton Orchestra, 1988-1989
1
Lionel Hampton Enterprises, 1971-1984
1
Glad-Hamp Records, 1960-1980
2
Swing and Tempo Music
Publishing, 1966-1988
2-3
Lionel and Gladys Hampton Fund, 1974-1990
3
Certificates of Incorporation, 1961-1991
3
Stock Certificates from various
corporations, 1961-1991
Series 2: Personal Papers and Ephemera, circa
1946-1998
1.7 cubic foot
Personal papers (1953-1998) in this series include cover letters for
photographs and awards, membership cards, invitations and event programs
(some related to the awarding of academic honorary degrees), birthday and
thank you cards, and letters of sympathy after the death of Gladys Hampton.
Also included in this series are national and foreign newspaper clippings
(1958–1997), programs and publications (1946–1998), and twenty-four
posters.
Below is a list of the posters in this collection.
(#1) 24 x 16 inch poster. Lionel Hampton and His Orchestra. Zenith
Montpellier [France]. July 19
(#2) 22 x 16 inch poster. The Legendary Lionel Hampton with
swinging big 18-piece orchestra appearing at The Blue Note, New
York. November 21-23
(#3) 24 x 15 1/2 inch poster. Le dernier Geant du Swing. Lionel
Hampton and His Big Band Sound. Auditorium Maurice Ravel, Lyon
[France]. November 25, 1984
(#4) 46 x 30 1/2 inch poster. Lionel Hampton Big Band. (Black and
Blue)
(#5) 23 x 16 1/2 inch poster. Stufenbau proudly presents The
Exciting Lionel Hampton and Big Band. Jazz Gala. Kursaal Bern
[Switzerland]. April 10, 1994
(#6) 23 x 16 1/2 inch poster. Stufenbau proudly presents The
Exciting Lionel Hampton and Big Band. Jazz Gala. Schutzenhaus
Albisguetli Zurich [Switzerland]. April 11, 1994
(#7) 25 x 16 1/2 inch poster. 5e Jazz Aux Remparts. Lionel
Hampton and His Golden Men of Jazz [and others]. Bayonne [France].
July 15-19, 1994
(#8) 25 x 19 inch poster. Macy's TV and Music Festival. Macy and
All That Jazz. Macy's One Day Jazz Festival. Lionel Hampton,
vibraphone: Silver Vibes; Golden Vibes [and other artists]. [New
York]
(#9) 45 x 33 inch poster. In Concert Lionel Hampton mit Big Band.
Stadtcasino Basel [Switzerland]. April 18, 1994
(#10) 17 x 11 inch poster. Modesto Junior College Bands, Jazz
Singers, The Modesto Bee present Lionel Hampton and his Band.
Modesto [California]. October 28
(#11) 17 1/2 x 12 1/2 inch poster. In Concert Lionel Hampton mit
Big Band. Stadtcasino Basel [Switzerland]. April 18, 1994
(#12) 16 1/2 x 11 1/2 inch poster. Jazz im Konzerthaus. The Last
of The Giants. Lionel Hampton and Big Band. Great as Always.
[Berlin, Germany?]. April 29, [1994?]
(#13) 20 x 12 inch poster. Theatre de Beausobre Morges. Lionel
Hampton Big Band. [Switzerland]. April 22, [1994?]
(#14) 33 x 23 inch poster. Lionel Hampton and Festival All Star
Big Band Tour of Europe. Hamp's Big Band Live! Berliner Theaterclub
[Berlin, Germany]. April 26, 1994
(#15) 33 x 23 inch poster. Jazz im Konzerthaus. The Last of The
Giants. Lionel Hampton and Big Band. Great as Always. [Berlin,
Germany?]. April 29, [1994?]
(#16) 33 x 23 inch poster. Lionel Hampton and His Big Band.
Tonhalle Dusseldorf [Düsseldorf, Germany]. April 20, 1984
(#17) 39 1/2 x 27 inch poster. Lionel Hampton. Jazz by the Sea
'94. Fano 7 Luglio. [Italy]. September 1994. Stampa: Litograf, Citta
di Castello [by G. Fiozoni?]
(#18) 33 x 23 inch poster. Lionel Hampton and Festival All Star
Big Band Tour of Europe. Hamp's Big Band Live! Hannover [Germany].
April 25, 1994
(#19) 33 x 23 inch poster. Lionel Hampton and Festival All Star
Big Band Tour of Europe. Hamp's Big Band Live! Brucknerhaus [Linz,
Austria]. April 30, 1994
(#20) 33 x 23 inch poster. Lionel Hampton and Festival All Star
Big Band Tour of Europe. Hamp's Big Band Live! Jahrhunderthalle,
Frankfurt [Germany]. April 12, 1994
(#21) 33 x 23 inch poster. Lionel Hampton and Festival All Star
Big Band Tour of Europe. Hamp's Big Band Live! KongreBhalle
(Congress Hall) [Germany]. April 23, 1994
(#22) 27 x 20 inch poster. Jazz en Baie. Lionel Hampton et ses
Golden Men of Jazz. Douarnenez [France]. July 15-17, 1994
(#23) 27 x 20 inch poster. Jazz en Baie. Douarnenez [France].
June 28-July 11, 1993
(#24) 35 x 24 inch poster. Lionel Hampton e la sua Big Band.
Parma, Italy. July 13, 1984
The earliest photographs in this series are of members of Lionel Hampton's
maternal family, including portraits of grandmother Louvenia Morgan and
uncle Richard Morgan, from early 1900s. The bulk of the photographs relate
to Lionel Hampton's musical career. Hampton is pictured performing with
groups with which he was associated throughout his career, such as the Benny
Goodman Sextet, the Jazz Inner Circle, the Lionel Hampton Orchestra, the
Golden Men of Jazz, and Big Band reunions with his alumni. Events shown in
this collection include his private audience with Pope Paul VI at the
Vatican in 1968; his last appearance with Benny Goodman at Carnegie Hall in
1978; receiving awards and honorary degrees at several universities; the
dedication of the Lionel Hampton School of Music at the University of Idaho
in 1987; the celebration of his 90th birthday at the Blue Note in New York
in 1998; and performances around the world including Japan, Israel, and
several European countries. As an active campaigner for the Republican
Party, he is shown with U.S. Presidents Dwight D. Eisenhower, Richard Nixon,
Ronald Reagan, George H. W. Bush, New York Governor Nelson Rockefeller, New
York City Mayor Rudolph Giuliani, and other political figures of the period.
Lionel Hampton is also portrayed with personalities from sports, religion,
military, advertising, and show business.
This series also includes a collection of portraits of Gladys Hampton.
Photographers represented in this collection are Ashton of Hollywood, Bruno
of Hollywood, Coopel of Los Angeles, Eddie Rocco of Hollywood, Gordon Parks
of Chicago, Jesse Smith of Los Angeles, Lindblom of Indianapolis, Maurice of
Chicago, Monroe S. Frederick II of New York, and Popsie of New York, among
others.
All the photographs in this collection might be digitized. Search the digital
Lionel Hampton Papers for photographs.
Series 6: Video and Sound Recordings, circa
1961-1998
14.5 cubic feet
Included in this series are videotapes, discs, reel-to-reel tapes, and
recording studio schedules.
There are eleven videotapes in this collection. Eight videotapes are
identified as Lionel Hampton in Europe, one dated December 1987. The other
tapes are identified as Bob Kirby's retirement from Westinghouse with Lionel
Hampton participation in 1993, entitled The Man Who Would Be Chairman (see
user digital copy box 1 CD 28); Angela De Niro with Ron Aprea live in New
York (undated); and Jean-Louis Bompoint musical in 1998.
The fifteen discs in this collection are undated. Discs 1-3 are original
recordings by Rudy Van Gelder of The Jackie McLean Quintet, vol.
I. Discs 4-6 original recordings identified as GHS 1021 (disc
4); Taste of Hamp/Glad Hamp GHS 10098/S4RS 6600 (disc 5); and Kip Walton
(disc 6). Discs 7-15 are test pressings identified as Hamp Stamps (disc 7);
(Banjo and tuba) One side: Cabaret -- Eleanor rigby -- Once in my life -- On
a clear day -- Throughly modern millie -- Penny candy. Other side: To be
continued -- Call me -- MacArthur park -- Robert E. Lee -- Finale (disc 8);
Sentimental journey/1025 (discs 9 and 10); Outrageous/1022 (disc 11); and
One of a kind/1026 (discs 12 to 15). Access to the discs is restricted for
technical reasons; no digital copies available.
The reel-to-reel tapes (masters) 1 to 66 are 10.5 inch reel of 1/4 inch tape;
67 to 117 are 7.5 inch reel of 1/4 inch tape; 118 to 124 are 10.5 inch reel
of 1/2 inch tape. Digital copies of these tapes are available for use in
repository only.
The reel-to-reel tapes 125-148 are 10.5 inch reel of 2 inch tape. Titles
include: Family Atraction (tape 125); Chameleon (tape 126); Speak Low --
America My Home (tape 127, tape 1 of 6); Jazzy Hamp (tape 128, tape 2 of 6);
Romantic Story (tape 129, tape 3 of 6); It's You Or No One -- When the
Saints (tape 130, tape 4 of 6); Romantic Story -- Latin Rose (tape 131, tape
5 of 6); Starry Night (tape 132, tape 6 of 6); Avalon -- Sentimental Journey
(tape 133, tape 1 of 4); Ellington Time (tape 134, tape 2 of 4); Lady Is a
Tramp -- Blues (tape 135, tape 3 of 4); Saxophone Blues (tape 136, tape 4 of
4); Tones -- Inner Urges (tape 137, tape 1 of 8); Little Chicago Fire (tape
138, tape 2 of 8); Sweet Tooth -- Two Brothers (tape 139, tape 3 of 8);
Invincible (tape 140, tape 4 of 8); Centrifugal Force -- Shining Hour (tape
141, tape 5 of 8); Mack the Knife -- Mud Hole (tape 142, tape 6 of 8); Blues
Up and Down -- Speak Low (tape 143, tape 7 of 8); Speak Low (tape 144, tape
8 of 8); Pad Tones -- Feels Good (tape 145, tape 1 of 4); Sometimes I'm
Happy (tape 146, tape 2 of 4); If (tape 147, tape 3 of 4); Sleep -- Joshua
Tree -- Three Little Words (tape 148, tape 4 of 4). Approximate dates are
1979-1991. Access to these tapes is restricted for technical reasons; no
digital copies available.
Below is a list of user digital copies of the tapes 1-124 included in this
series. Songs marked with an asterisk are not included in the cd.
Title/Contents
User Digital Copy Box/CD
Masters (Date)
A taste of Hamp/Batida diferente --
Depuis longtemps -- How insensitive -- I love you porgy
-- Jazz at the fair* -- Jazzland -- La nuit de mon amour
-- Little girl blue -- Minha esperanca** -- Prelude to a
kiss -- The ingenue -- Twilight in the city -- What's
new
Ambassador at large/Find a way -- Keep on
tryin' -- Matilda -- Smoke gets in your eyes -- Caravan
-- Freedom jazz dance -- So good -- Stella by
starlight
1/8 (stereo master)
9-10 (undated)
Bossa nova jazz/Bossa nova jazz* -- Bossa
nova york -- Estrana* -- Palhacada -- Recado --
Sombolero -- Someday -- St. Thomas -- The same to you --
Una nota sole -- Unidentified Basie track**
Como mack/Blues for gerty -- Glad Hamp --
Meet Ben Bailey -- Flyin' home -- How high the moon --
McGhee -- Vibe boogie -- Chamaleon -- Hamp stamps --
Recado -- Stardust edit -- A taste of honey -- Jazz land
-- Sambolero -- Stardust
1/12 (stereo master)
16-19 (1976)
East meets west/Easy Livin' -- Hamre no
uta -- Here's happiness -- Indiana -- Just in time --
Please be kind -- Please don't talk about me when I'm
gone -- So great -- What a little moonlight can do --
What can you lose
Everybody loves my baby/Blues part 1 and
2 (stereo) -- Danny boy (stereo) -- Darktown strutters
ball -- Everybody loves my baby -- Like young (stereo)
-- Momma don't love me no more -- Sometimes I'm happy --
St. Louis blues (stereo) -- Wailing -- We can live off
love
1/17 (mono master)
24 (undated)
Exciting Hamp in Europe/Flyin' home --
How high the moon -- Mr. Jay -- Mr. John -- But
beautiful -- Going out of my head -- Hamp's bugaloo --
1/18 (mono master)
25 (1961)
Going out of my head/But beautiful --
Going out of my head -- Hamp's bugaloo -- Love story --
Satin doll -- Sorrento -- Sorrento encore -- Sunny --
Taste of honey -- Georgia -- How high the moon -- I got
rhythm -- I wish you love -- Introduction -- Misty --
Stardust -- Uptight -- Watch what happens -- You've got
a friend
1/19 (mono master), 20 (mono
master)
26 (undated)
Hamp stamps/A and T -- A taste of honey*
-- By by -- Don't be so mean -- Drum intro** -- Georgia
-- Greasy greens -- Hamp stamps -- Ingenue -- Japanese
lullaby -- Jazz at the fair -- King cool -- Sunshine
superman** -- Tom Collins
1/21* (mono master), 22** (stereo master
2)
27, 30 (undated)
Kip walton/By myself -- For all we know
-- I cover the waterfront -- Someone to watch over me --
Spring is here -- When your love has gone -- Kip's blues
-- My funny valentine -- One more for the road -- This
can't be love -- When the world was young -- Where or
when
1/23 (mono master)
33-34 (undated)
Lionel Hampton big band live/Blues for
gerty -- Glad Hamp -- Meet Ben Bailey -- Flyin' home --
Sakura -- Vibe boogie
1/24 (stereo master)
35-36 (undated)
Lionel Hampton in Japan/Akirfa --
Midnight sun -- Opening theme -- Sakura -- Vibe boogie
-- What'd I say -- Georgia -- Happy monk --
Presentation* -- Shojoji -- Sunny side -- After you're
gone
Lionel Hampton in Japan (edited)/Akirfa
-- Midnight sun -- Opening theme -- Sakura -- Vibe
boogie -- What'd I say -- Georgia -- Happy monk --
Presentation of flowers (edit) -- Shojoji -- Sunny side
-- After you're gone
2/1 (stereo safety)
42 (undated)
Lionel Hampton on tour/After you've Gone
-- America by night -- Answer me my love* -- Come my
love** -- How high the moon -- It's all right with me --
Little bitty pretty one -- McGhee -- Summertime -- Take
my word -- They say it's wonderful
Little Annie/Bossa nova -- Bossa nova
edit -- Corrine -- Feelin' kinda lonesome -- Gladys --
Gladys edit -- I'm trying to understand -- I've got my
man -- Little Annie -- Somewhere -- Weak, brokenhearted
fool -- Why do I cry
2/5 (mono master)
46 (1962)
Made in Japan/Advent -- Evidence -- Minor
thesis -- Interpretations 5 -- Jo do -- Sans
souci
2/6 (stereo master)
47-48 (1983)
Many sides of Hamp/Exodus -- Hava nagila
-- Juice and more juice -- Lonesome nights -- McGhee --
Playboy theme -- Railroad -- Song of the negev -- Wild
Bill -- Wine song
2/7 (mono master), 8 (stereo
master)
49-50 (1961)
Outrageous/Koko -- Tap step -- Wail for
the cat -- Dr. Lambchop -- Hamp and Dex -- Heavy hearted
blues
2/9 (stereo master 1), 10 (stereo master
2)
52-55 (undated)
Portrait of a woman/Brand new world --
Easy living -- Here's happiness -- Palhacada -- Please
don't talk about me -- When I fall in love -- Bossa Nova
York -- Hamre no uta -- It doesn't hurt to say you're
sorry -- Just in time -- Please be kind -- The nearness
of you
2/11 (stereo master), 12 (stereo
safety)
56-57 (undated), 58 (1969)
Recado/Bossa Nova York -- Everybody's
somebody's -- Inside out -- Mama don't leave me --
Midnight sun -- Recado -- Song of the cowboy -- Weak and
brokenhearted
2/13 (mono master)
59 (undated)
St. Quentin 1972/Blues boogie -- Flyin'
home end -- In the mood -- Midnight sun -- Shortnin'
bread -- Sunny -- Sunny side of the street -- Sunny side
of the street reprise
2/14 (stereo master)
60 (undated)
Sentimental journey/Don't get around much
anymore -- It don't mean a thing -- Sentimental journey
-- The lady is a tramp -- Undecided -- Almost like being
in love -- Avalon -- It's all right with me -- Lullabye
of birdland
2/15 (stereo master)
61-62 (undated)
Starry night/787-1222 -- Starry night
instrumental -- Starry night vocal
2/16 (stereo master)
63 (undated)
The boogie-woogie/Unavailable
2/17 (stereo master)
64-65 (1982)
Vibramatic/Vibramatic
2/18 (stereo master)
66 (undated)
All aces/Have you heard Miss Jones --
Southern -- Unavailable
2/19 (mono master)
68 (undated)
As long as we are here/Takes 1-13
2/20 (mono safety)
69-71 (undated)
Blues/Blues -- C minor blues --
Commercial -- Dream's on me
2/21 (mono master)
72 (undated)
Brazilian summer/Brazilian summer
2/22 (mono master)
73 (undated)
Caravan/Caravan -- Idaho -- Sophisticated
swing -- Stardust -- When you're smiling -- You've got
your troubles
2/23 (stereo copy)
74 (undated)
Chameleon/Barbara -- Chameleon --
Psychedelic Sally -- Raunchy Rita -- Song
fragment
2/24 (stereo copy)
75 (undated)
Denny/A Penny for a kiss -- Different --
Glory of love -- I'm never gonna tell it -- I'm never
gonna tell it vocal -- It wasn't me -- Knock yourself
out -- March, march down the aisle -- Pain -- Please
bring her daddy back -- Sing a song of sadness --
Stepping stone -- Strike -- Tag along -- Who knows it --
You're gonna hang the wrong man
2/25 (mono master)
76 (undated)
East meets west edited/Easy livin' --
Hamre no uta -- Here's happiness -- Indiana -- Just in
time -- Please be kind -- Please don't talk about me
when I'm gone -- So great -- What a little moonlight can
do -- What can you lose
2/26 (stereo safety)
77 (undated)
France/Broadway -- Flyin' home --
Introduction -- Midnight sun -- Our love is here to stay
-- Sunny side of the street -- Vibe boogie
2/27 (mono master)
79 (undated)
Freedom jazz dance/Blue sunday -- Caravan
-- Freedom jazz dance -- Matilda -- Smoke gets in your
eyes
2/28 (stereo copy)
80 (1977)
Great adventure/Hamre no uta; Please be
kind -- Sunshine of my life -- Unavailable
3/1 (stereo master)
81 (undated)
Hamp stamps/Drum intro* -- Hamp stamps --
King cool -- Don't be so mean -- Ingenue -- Tom Collins
-- Japanese lullaby -- Greasy greens -- Jazz at the fair
-- Georgia -- By by -- Sunshine superman -- A and
T
3/2 (stereo master), 3* (stereo
copy)
82-84 (undated)
Hampton on tour/Two finger piano -- After
you've gone -- Blues for gerty ensemble -- Bossa nova
jazz -- It's all right with me -- They say it's
wonderful
3/4 (stereo copy)
85 (undated)
I'm alone/Georgiana -- Great escape -- I
can't stop lovin' you -- I'd love to spend my life with
you -- I'm alone -- In the mood -- Lose him -- My prayer
-- One summer love -- The stolen hours -- There's
nothing out there -- This lover's prayer -- Waitin' --
What's so good about the good
3/5 (mono master)
86 (undated)
Jazz part blues suite/Unavailable
3/6 (stereo copy)
87 (undated)
Jazz showcase/Blackout/Unavailable --
After you've gone -- I can't give you anything but love
-- Stompin' at the Savoy
3/7 (stereo copy)
88-89 (undated)
Johnny Walker/Unavailable
3/8 (stereo copy)
90 (undated)
Juice and more juice/Juice and more juice
-- Railroad -- Wild Bill
3/9 (stereo copy)
91 (undated)
King David suite/Air mail special --
Cherokee -- Flyin' home -- In the mood -- Misty
3/10 (stereo copy)
92 (undated)
Lionel Hampton broadcast and interview/I
wish you love/interview part 2 -- Introduction -- Misty
-- Ring dem bells/interview part 1 -- Satin doll -- St.
Louis blues -- Wave/interview part 3
3/11 (stereo master)
93 (1975)
Many sides of Hamp/Exodus -- Hava nagila
-- Juice and more juice -- Lonesome nights -- McGhee --
Playboy theme -- Railroad -- Song of the negev -- Wild
Bill -- Wine song
Miscellaneous/Air mail special (Japan
1961) -- Apple Core (edited) -- Japanese announcement --
Somewhere -- Who am I to say
3/14 (stereo master)
96 (undated)
NPR/Ain't misbehavin' -- Air mail special
-- Hamp's boogie -- Interview -- St. Louis blues --
Sunny side of the street -- C jam -- Closing -- Flyin'
Home -- Hamp's boogie -- I can't get started with you --
In the mood -- Interview -- Love for sale -- Promo --
The nearness of you
3/15 (stereo copy), 16 (stereo
copy)
97-98 (undated)
Orange 76/Hey ba-ba-re-bop -- I got
rhythm -- In the mood -- Misty -- Blues (with Buddy
Rich) -- Buddy Rich speaks -- I can't give you anything
but love -- Misty (fragment) -- Sweet Georgia Brown --
Swing face (with Buddy Rich)
3/17 (stereo copy)
99-100 (undated)
Original Japan tapes/Midnight sun --
Piano blues -- Sunny side -- After you're gone --
Unavailable -- Drums -- Fast blues -- Hava nagila --
Sakura -- San Francisco -- What'd I say -- Broadway --
Flyin' Home -- Georgia -- Happy monk -- Roll 'em Pete --
Shojoji -- Drum boogie -- Presentation -- Recado -- When
the saints go marching in
3/18 (mono master), 19 (mono
master)
101-104 (undated)
Quadro and generation/Find a way -- Keep
on tryin' -- Matilda -- Smoke gets in your eyes --
Caravan -- Freedom jazz dance -- So good -- Stella by
starlight
3/20 (stereo copy)
105-106 (undated)
Rehearsal/Unavailable
3/21 (stereo master)
107 (undated)
School daze/Blue sunday -- Idaho -- Jo do
-- School daze -- Sea breeze
3/22 (stereo copy)
109 (undated)
September 68/A taste of honey -- A taste
of honey 2 -- A taste of honey solo -- A taste of honey
solo 2 -- Ain't misbehavin' -- Unavailable
3/23 (mono safety)
110 (undated)
Southern/As long as we're here -- C minor
blues -- Estranha -- Fantastique -- Midnight blues --
Running home -- Stardust -- Tenderly -- A and T -- By by
-- Don't be so mean -- Georgia; Greasy greens -- Hamp
stamps -- Ingenue -- Japanese lullaby -- Jazz at the
fair -- King cool -- Sunshine superman -- Tom
Collins
3/24 (mono safety), 25 (mono
safety)
111 (undated)
Sylvia/Sentimental journey --
Unavailable
3/26 (stereo master)
113 (1984)
TV como mack/Blues for gerty -- Glad Hamp
-- Meet Ben Bailey -- Flyin' Home -- How high the moon
-- McGhee -- Vibe boogie -- Chameleon -- Hamp Stamps --
Recado -- Wave
3/27 (stereo copy)
114-116 (1976)
4 Tunes/Unavailable
3/28 (stereo copy)
117 (undated)
Container(s)
Description
Box
50
Videotapes
Offsite (vault)
Discs (Access restricted)
Offsite (vault)
Reel-to-reel tapes 1-124 (See user digital
copies)
Plaques and awards in this series include the 1996 National Medal of Arts
presented by U.S. President Bill Clinton; the Grammy Hall of Fame presented
to Lionel Hampton and His Orchestra by the National Academy of Recording
Arts and Sciences-NARAS, for Flying Home in 1996; awards from
different branches of the National Association for the Advancement of
Colored People-NAACP in the 1980s; the National Association of Jazz
Educators-NAJE Hall of Fame in 1988; a plaque from the Hollywood Chamber of
Commerce on the occasion of the placement of his star in the Walk of Fame in
1982; the Handel Medallion and the Bronze Medallion presented by New York
Mayors John V. Lindsay in 1966 and Edward I. Koch in 1978, respectively; the
medal of Commander of the Order of Arts and Letters (Commandeur de l’Ordre
des Arts et des Lettres), awarded by France’s Minister of Culture and
Communication François Leotard, in 1988; awards and honorary degrees from
several universities, among others.
All the plaques and awards in this collection might be digitized. Search the
digital Lionel Hampton Papers for plaques and awards.
Coat, Sports. Black, 100% wool, double breasted. Label: Donna
Karan New York Couture
Waistcoat. Brocade with images of children, front panels lined
with black antique satin. Back fabric is black satin. Three button
front closure, elastic back strap. Label: Hand made by G.
Hawley
A pair of shoes. Black, leather moccasin slip-on. Synthetic
material soles
Hat. Gray herringbone tweed. 70% wool/25% nylon. Hat band with
small polychrome feather. Fully lined
Hat. Ecru straw. Fine gauge. Maroon grosgrain hatband with partial
bow left side. Label: Bergdorf Goodman. Handwritten on interior
headband: Lionel Loup Gig
Pair of 7/8 x 1/2 inch gold apple cufflinks with crystal in a
black jewelry box
Pair of 3/4 inch sterling silver cufflinks, personalized with the
initials "LH" inside a red circle. Chain link, half inch circle
backing. Inside a jewelry box
Gold and onyx stud set that includes a pair of 1/2 x 1/2 inch
cufflinks and four 3/8 x 3/8 inch matching tuxedo shirt studs, in a
brown jewelry box. By Van Boven. There is a card inside the box from
Myron H. Wahls, Judge Michigan Court of Appeals, with a dedication
to [Gates?]
Pair of 5/8 inch 14 kt. gold filled cufflinks. Bullet back
closure. By Sulka
Genuine U.S. coins stud set that includes a pair of 6/8 inch
cufflinks and tie tack. The cufflinks have bullet back
closure
Pair of 3/4 x 1/2 inch Sterling silver Jaguar and stone cufflinks.
By H. Herzfeld
2 1/2 inch gold collar bar with zigzag ends. By Anson. All collar
bars are inside the same Christian Dior jewelry box
2 3/8 inch reed gold collar bar with curved ends. All collar bars
are inside the same Christian Dior jewelry box
2 1/2 inch plain gold collar bar with triangular ends. All collar
bars are inside the same Christian Dior jewelry box
2 1/2 inch trapezoid gold collar bar with the vertex on top. All
collar bars are inside the same Christian Dior jewelry box
The musical instruments in this collection include a kalimba, a gift to
Lionel Hampton from Ossie Davis and Ruby Dee in 1978; two balafons of
different sizes and two gum-rubber mallets, created by craftsman of West
Africa, probably a gift to him when he visited Nigeria in 1961; and an ivory
drum. Also, a Kurzweil digital piano, a gift to Lionel Hampton from Kurzweil
Corporation in 1997 after a fire destroyed his apartment, a Musser
vibraphone (M75 Century Vibe), and three yarn mallets.
Container(s)
Description
Box
53
Yarn mallets
Spec/RR
Vibraphone
Offsite (vault)
Kalimba, balafons, gum-rubber mallets, and
ivory drum
Memorabilia includes hotel keys; carnival necklaces and medals (some
scratched with the words: In the name of Jesus); a Lionel Hampton Jazz
Festival name tag; a Lilly Dache mirror frame; a 1984 Election Night pin;
empty photo frames; a bottle opener; a basketball signed by University of
Idaho Vandal team: Ricardo Boyde, Calvin Ward, Deon Watson, Leonard Perry,
Lance Irvin, Mike Gustavel, Clifford Martin, Sammie Freeman, and Otis Mixon;
a duffel bag; six empty binders from the business records; empty photo
albums from Israel; a Good Will Ambassador wood plaque used as a cake
decoration; a Hey Ba Rebop license plate; a small Limoges bowl by Jean
Picart de Doux for Air France; drawings from students of PS 79Q School in
December 1991; a guest book of the Lionel Hampton celebration in April 2002;
a framed print from the Zulu Design Group; a batik painting by Lott; an open
edition of the print It Was This Big by Annie Lee; an
American flag that was flown over the U.S. Capitol on October 24, 1987, at
the request of Senator Pete Wilson; a ceremonial shovel used in
groundbreaking ceremonies; and some miscellaneous.
Below is a list of the hotel keys included in this series.
3 1/2 inch Key from the Kastens Hotel with the number "310A" on
the bow, on a metal keychain
3 1/4 inch Key from the Hotel Metropole, Brussels, with the number
"403" on the bow, on a metal keychain
3 1/2 inch "ASSA" Key from the Grand Hotel, Stockholm, with the
number "646" on the bow, on a red and white ribbon
Two 2 2/8 inch "Kaba 64992" key from the Hotel Elite Cassarate
with the inscription: himmelsbach Lugano 32 [and] himmelsbach Lugano
16, on acrylic keychains with the numbers "53" and "55,"
respectivelly
2 inch "Costruz. Italiane Serrature Affini" key from the HT hotel,
on a leather keychain with the number "103"
2 1/4 inch "Costruz. Italiane Serrature Affini" key from the Jolly
Hotel Milano with the number "K6603" on the bow, on a metal keychain
with the number "603"
3 1/8 inch key from the Excelsior S. Marco hotel with the number
"403" on the bow, on an acrylic chain
2 3/8 inch "LIPS" key from the Amsterdam Hilton hotel with "703"
on the bow, on an formica keychain
2 5/8 inch "Yale and Towne MFG Co." key from the Paradise Island
hotel, in Nassau, Bahamas, with the number "837" on the bow, on a
plastic keychain
2 1/2 inch "LIPS" key from the Stadshotellet, Örnsköldsvik, with
the number "218" on the bow, on a metal keychain
2 1/4 inch key from the Intercontinental Hotel, Singapore, with
the number "501" on the bow, on a green plastic keychain
2 1/8 inch "Ruko" Key from the Palace Hotel, Stockholm, on a
metallic keychain with the number "820"
2 7/8 inch "Schlage" key from the Hotel New Japan, on a yellow
acrylic keychain with the number "952"
2 7/8 inch "LIPS" key from the Grand Hotel de Londres, Antwerp, on
a bronze keychain with the number "136"
2 1/4 inch "Yale and Towne MFG Co." key from the Georgian Towers
Motor Hotel, Vancouver, B.C., with the number "1704" on the bow, on
a leather keychain
2 1/2 inch key from the Intercontinental Hotel, Frankfurt, with
the number "1432" on the bow, on a plastic keychain
2 1/16 inch key from Finland, on a wood keychain with the number
"22"
2 3/8 inch "JMA" key from the Bahia Palace hotel, Mallorca, on a
acrylic keychain with the number "505"
2 3/8 inch key from the Siam Intercontinental hotel, Bangkok,
Thailand, on a red plastic keychain
2 3/4 inch key on a green keychain
Two 2 1/8 x 3 3/8 inch key cards from the Radisson Empire
hotel
3 3/8 inch key from the Albergo dei Cavalieri, Milan, on a metal
keychain with the number "405"
Container(s)
Description
Box
54
Hotel keys, carnival necklaces, name tag,
mirror frame, pin, bottle opener, photo frames, and some
miscellaneous
55
Basketball and duffel bag
56
Binders
57
Israel photo albums
58
Cake plaque, bowl, license plate, children
drawings, guest book, and some miscellaneous
This collection is indexed under the following headings in the online catalog.
Researchers desiring materials about related topics, persons, or places should
search the catalog using these headings.
