Whenever legendary jazz musicians Slide Hampton and Harold Betters got together or spoke over the phone, the renowned trombonists frequently spoke of their Western Pennsylvania roots, said Betters’ ...

I wish my friend Bill Swanson were alive to hear this. Bill loved the trombone, and would have greatly admired this picturesque performance by Slide Hampton’s World of Trombones in concert at the ...

Cherokee; All in Love Is Fair; A Flower Is a Lovesome Thing; Lament / Basin Street Blues, April in Paris, Lester Leaps In, Moment's Notice; Dolphin Dance; Walkin'-n-Rhythm; Maya; Blues for Eric. Slide ...

On November 15, jazz trombonist, bandleader, arranger and composer Locksley Wellington Hampton, universally known as “Slide” Hampton, died at his home in central New Jersey. Hampton was a celebrated ...

Birdland has announced jazz programming at Birdland Jazz Club and Birdland Theater running January 9 through January 22. Performers appearing at Birdland Jazz Club include Nicole Zuraitis, Slide ...

Since he was a jazz-crazed college student in the 1960s, David Ferreira, pianist for the local Jazz Arts Group, has seen legendary trombonist Slide Hampton perform many times. But the show most ...

Jazz thrives as much on its resourceful journeymen as it does on its outstanding innovators. Slide Hampton, who died last year, at eighty-nine, was lauded for his contributions as a trombonist, ...

Slide Hampton may have been the baby brother of the renowned Hampton Sisters, but to the jazz world, he is a tireless international ambassador playing his trombone and teaching America’s jazz ...

Slide Hampton's Trombone All-Stars. When: Tomorrow through Sunday, 9 and 11 p.m. Where: Village Vanguard, 178 Seventh Ave. South, New York. How much: $25 music charge, $10 minimum. Call (212) 255-4037 ...

Slide Hampton, the veteran trombonist who guested with the Vanguard Jazz Orchestra at the IAJE last month and wrote all the music on their The Way, is a J.J. Johnson man, although he uses more ...