Added: Nov 18, 2008

From: KingCurtzel

Duration: 3:17

Two finger piano mastery from the legendary vibraphonist.

Channel: Music

Tags: hampton  jazz  lionel  swing 

Rating: 4.94 (18 ratings)    Views: 5632' favoriteCount='40    Comments: 12

neilbombd Says:

Nov 18, 2008 - Cor! Thanks for the upload.

Rythmwilly Says:

Nov 18, 2008 - Great! Vibe-playing on the piano!!!

johnnyjackpot Says:

Nov 18, 2008 - What a true master of music!

montydendron Says:

Nov 18, 2008 - Twelfth street rag is his best 2 fingered stunt!

smoothbv Says:

Nov 18, 2008 - That Screaming trumpet at the end was that actually Leo Shepherd playing he a very underrated guy but he awesome

TurboPianist Says:

Nov 18, 2008 - The gentleman seated next to Hamp, one Milton Buckner, is a keyboard legend in his own right. Milt invented the "locked-hand" block chord approach to jazz piano later embraced by George Shearing and Dave Brubeck. Milt was also, along with Jimmy Smith and Wild Bill Davis, an early proponent of the Hammond B-3 organ and accompanied yet another Hampton alumnus, tenor great Illinois Jacquet, in a trio while kicking wild bass with his left foot. Jo Jones was usually the resident drummer in this trio.

KingCurtzel Says:

Nov 18, 2008 - Thanks alot the more detail I get on these clips the better, jazz has such a rich history andI l love knowing the details.Lione Hampton on vibes is the sweetest thing but this stuff is alot of fn.l

ab11206 Says:

Nov 18, 2008 - He's great....that was soooooo fun to listen to!!!

Jetsam1934 Says:

Nov 18, 2008 - have you heard lionel playing drums on Chasin with Chase. Its terrific. jetsam1934

core281 Says:

Nov 18, 2008 - Great duet... masterful performance, but what's with the "two finger" title ?

KingCurtzel Says:

Nov 18, 2008 - he's playing with two fingers like a vibes player would...

core281 Says:

Nov 18, 2008 - As far as I can see, both players are using all fingers most of the time. Not sure that a vibraphone player would naturally play piano with only two fingers and as Hampton played piano (and drums) prior to specialising in the vibraphone, it is likely he played the piano as a piano player.Of course I could be wrong .... there is always a first time !