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Lionel Hampton

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Lionel Hampton (1908-2002), vibraphone virtuoso.

Hampton ranks among the greatest names in jazz history.

He died of [[heart failure at Mount Sinai Medical Center at about 6:15 a.m., on August 31, 2000.