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 ...

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 ...

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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, ...

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 ...

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 ...