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’ ...

Slide Hampton's distinguished career spans decades in the evolution of jazz. At the age of 12 he was already touring the Midwest with the Indianapolis-based Hampton Band, led by his father and ...

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 ...

All hail music, brothers and sisters, and listen to Slide Hampton give a sermon on its merits. “Music is what people did for entertainment, education and just enjoyment in general,” Hampton told an ...

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 ...

Slide Hampton, renowned as a virtuoso jazz trombonist and as a Grammy Award-winning composer and musical arranger, died Nov. 18 at his home in Orange, N.J. He was 89. The death was confirmed by a son, ...

INDIANAPOLIS (WISH) — Legendary jazz trombonist Slide Hampton — who got his start on Indiana Avenue in Indianapolis — has died, according to his family. The long-time musician would have turned 90 ...

He has truly seen, done and heard it all, and he'll tell you all about it tonight when jazz trombonist, composer, arranger and teacher Slide Hampton performs in the UNCW Cultural Arts Building Recital ...

Slide Hampton, a jazz mainstay on the trombone for more than 60 years, died Saturday at his home in Orange, NJ at age 89. His grandson confirmed his death, but didn’t give a cause. Hampton was one of ...

He began playing professionally as a child, worked with some of jazz’s biggest names in the 1950s and was a leading figure in the music for the next 60 years. By Clay Risen Slide Hampton, a jazz ...