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Slide Hampton
Slide Hampton is credited on 854 releases across 244 albums tracked on Gatefold, active 1957–2025 — the collector-built map of who actually made the music.
854
Pressings credited
244
Albums
8
Decades active
62
In collections
Biography
Locksley Wellington Hampton (April 21, 1932 – November 18, 2021) was an American jazz trombonist, composer and arranger. As his nickname implies, Hampton's main instrument was slide trombone, but he also occasionally played tuba and flugelhorn.
Bio from Wikipedia
Credited work
854 releases · 244 albums · active 1957–2025
- Performance · 1,781
- Other credits · 145
- Production · 1
Studios: Metronome Studio, Copenhagen · Studio Dejvice · Montreux Jazz Festival · Clinton Recording Studio
Discography
Records they worked on — most-collected first.
20/20
1985
Me Myself An Eye
1979
Golden Vibes
1959
Sophisticated Giant
1977
Montreux Summit, Volume 1
1977
Hitsville USA • The Motown Singles Collection 1959-1971
1992
A Day In Copenhagen
1969
Pre-Bird
1961
Clichés
1993
Eastwood After Hours — Live At Carnegie Hall
1997
Big Band
1996
Latin Jazz (Latino Heat Meets New York Cool)
1995
Woody And Friends
1981
Maynard Ferguson
1981
Something Different
1980
Something Like A Bird
1980
Montreux Summit - Volume 2
1978
The Real Thing
1978
'61/Si, Si, M.F.
1972
Ten To Two Blues
1972
Ridin' High
1968
For The First Time
1967
Out Of Sight & Sound
1966
Ram-Bunk-Shush
1966
Frequent collaborators
- Various
- Maynard Ferguson
- Lloyd Price
- Claude Nougaro
- Maynard Ferguson And His Orchestra
- Dexter Gordon
- Oscar Peterson
- The Slide Hampton Octet
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