"Actor: Lionel Hampton"

• All Star Jazz Show: Live From Lincoln Center | DVD | (31/10/2011) from £14.65   |  Saving you £4.33 (37.14%)   |  RRP £15.99

  Originally broadcast as The Original Rompin' Stompin' Hot And Heavy, Cool And Groove All Star Jazz Show on CBS television in 1977. This award winning DVD from filmmaker Gary Keys contains performances from Lionel Hampton, Count Basie, Dizzy Gillespie, Herbie Hancock, Max Roach, Stan Getz, Gerry Mulligan, and Joe Williams. The witty program traces the birth of jazz from spirituals all the way to the wild sounds of the 70s via live performance, dance and narration. Hosted by Dionne Warwick. Winner of a 1977 Daytime Emmy.

• 3 Classic Musicals Of The Silver Screen - Vol. 3 | DVD | (08/05/2006) from £14.99   |  Saving you £-10.00 (N/A%)   |  RRP £4.99

  Something To Sing About: Cagney is at his best as a Manhattan bandleader who journeys to Hollywood when he is offered a contract with a studio but he is determined to do things his way and not theirs. A classic 1930's musical about Hollywood studio life that won an Oscar for best score. Basin Street Revue: Musical variety filmed at the Apollo Theatre in Harlem New York City. This is a collection of exciting R&B performances from the early-mid 1950's including Cab Ca

• Lionel Hampton And His Golden Men Of Jazz | DVD | (28/04/2003) from £32.37   |  Saving you £-12.38 (-61.90%)   |  RRP £19.99

  Lionel and his band perform at the Philharmonic Hall in Munich. Tracks include: Hamp / Paradise / Hey! Ba-Ba-Re-Bop / God Bless This Child / Seven Comes Eleven / and more!

• Lionel Hampton - Vibratory Live | DVD | (13/11/2006) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £5.99

  Track Listing: 1. Introduction 2. Vibramatic 3. Sweet Georgia Brown Vocals by LIONEL HAMPTON 4. Air Mail Special 5. P.S.I Love You 6. Milestones 7. Hamp's Boogie Woogie No.2 8. Glad Hamp 9. Flyin' Home 10. Ding Dong Baby Vocals by LIONEL HAMPTON 11. Beulah's Boogie 12. Midnight Sun 13. Cobb's Idea 14. Glad To Be On Board (End Credits) THE TRIBUTERS (All Songs Are Instrumental except no. 3 and 10.)

• Jazz-O-Logy - Duke Ellington And Lionel Hampton | DVD | (05/04/2004) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £12.99

  Duke Ellington legendary composer and arranger and possibly the greatest band leader of all time. Using his orchestra like an instrument itself creating new textures and tonal colours that would influence countless musicians in the future. Among his more than two thousand songs are such timeless classics as 'The Mooche' 'Sophisticated Lady' 'I Got It Bad And That Ain't Good' and 'Solitude'. Lionel Hampton the first vibraphonist of jazz who helped shape the swing era with his energetic and extrovert performances. His unmistakable style is burnt into such great tunes as 'Ding Dong Baby' 'Midnight Sun' and 'Beulah's Boogie'. This DVD brings together various 'soundies' which were short videos shown in movie theatres in the early Forties and Fifties. So now you can see what all the fuss was about. Duke Ellington performs: Sophisticated Lady Mood Indigo Hot Chocolate (Cottontail) C Jam Blues Bli-Blip The Mooche I Got It Bad And That Ain't Good VIP's Boogie Solitude Caravan The Hawk Talks Flamingo Lionel Hampton performs: Ding Dong Baby Beulah's Boogie T.V. Special Midnight Sun Love You Like Mad Love You Like Crazy Cobb's Idea Air Mail Special Slide Hamp Slide Bongo Interlude Vibe Boogie

• Duke Ellington - the Big Bands Vol. 1 | DVD | (23/08/2005) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £20.99

• Lionel Hampton - King Of The Vibes | DVD | (01/01/2000) from £12.98   |  Saving you £5.01 (38.60%)   |  RRP £17.99

  This profile of revolutionary vibraphonist Lionel Hampton takes viewers back through his amazingly successful 73-year career. Historic film footage of Hampton playing with a series of jazz heroes (including Betty Carter Teddy Wilson Benny Goodman Gene Krupa and Milt Buckner) explore the huge role that Hampton played in incorporating the vibraphone into jazz music. Here to speak about Hampton's career and the man himself are a number of talented musicians including Mike Mainieri and percussionist Steve Smith.

• Lionel Hampton - Vibratory | DVD | (01/11/2004) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £5.99

  Tracklist: 1. Vibramatic 2. Sweet Georgia Brown - Vocals by Lionel Hampton 3. Air Mail Special 4. PS I Love You 5. Milestones 6. Hamp's Boogie Woogie No 2 7. Glad Hamp 8. Flyin' Home 9. Ding Dong Baby 10. Beulah's Boogie 11. Midnight Sun 12. Cobb's Idea 13. Glad To Be On Board

• Duke Ellington - the Swing Era | DVD | (03/03/2003) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £8.99

  The master bandleader of a legendary orchestra a first-class composer a superb arranger a restless artist by nature and a musician who never stopped recording from 1926 on the incomparable Duke Ellington (1899-1974) stands in a class of his own and remains as one of the men who defined the shape of jazz and American music throughout most of the Twentieth Century.The first vibraphonist in jazz and a musician whose career has never stopped since he made his recording debut in 1929 Lionel Hampton (b.1909) has always been a top-notch performer a splendid bandleader and an extroverted energetic performer much loved by audiences the world over. Despite the ravages of age Hamp - as he is universally known - keeps playing in his unmistakable exuberant style and remains a vital force in jazz.This anthology gathers different ""soundies"" (short features produced for movie theatres) and telescriptions (the first music videos) dating back from the Forties and early Fifties and featuring material by the Duke Ellington orchestra and the Lionel Hampton big band. To be able to watch the Duke and his men performing ""Caravan"" ""Flamingo"" or ""C Jam Blues"" or the Hampton organisation attacking ""Midnight Sun"" or ""Air Mail Special"" is truly a gift for they eyes...An essential document.DUKE ELLINGTON AND HIS ORCHESTRA1. Sophisticated Lady 2. Caravan 3. The Mooche 4. VIP's Boogie 5. Solitude 6. Mood Indigo 7. The Hawk Talks 8. I Got It Bad And That Ain't Good 9. Bli Blip 10. Flamingo 11. Hot Chocolate (cottontail) 12. C Jam Blues.LIONEL HAMPTON:13. Midnight Sun 14. Beulah's Boogie 15. Love You Like Mad 16. Ding Dong Baby 17. Cobb's Idea 18. T.V. Special 19. Bongo Interlude 21. Air Mail Special 22. Slide Hamp Slide.

• Various Artists - Diamonds of the 40's | DVD | (21/03/2006) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £6.99

  Tracklist: 1. Intro 2. The Jam Session - Duke Ellington & His Orchestra 3. Broadway - Lionel Hampton & His Orchestra 4. When It's Sleepy Time Down South - Louis Armstrong 5. Caravan - Harry James & His Orchestra 6. (I Love Her) Rhythm In A Riff - Billy Eckstine & His Orchestra 7. I've Got A Heartful of Music - Benny Goodman & His Orchestra 8. I'm Gonna Love That Guy - Stan Kanton & His Orchestra 9. American Patrol - Tex Beneke & His Orchestra 10. Twelfth Street Rag - Buddy Rogers & His Orchestra 11. Atlantic Jump - Charlie Barnet & His Orchestra 12. Thanks For The Boogie Ride - Gene Krupa & His Orchestra feat. Roy Eldridge 13. South Rampert Street Parade - Tommy Dorsey & Jimmy Dorsey 14. Arts Blues - Art Tatum All Stars & Tommy Dorsey 15. Salt Peanuts And Beer - Dizzy Gillespie & His Orchestra 16. Dig It - Artie Shaw & His Orchestra feat. Fred Astaire! 17. This Is My Night To Dream - Nat King Cole 18. When The Saints Go Marchin' In - Bobby Hackett 19. Dark Eyes - Jack Teagarden 20. We The Cats Shail Hep Ya - Cab Calloway & His Orchestra 21. Bad Bad Whiskey - Amos Milbourne 22. Ballroom Swing Along - United Swing Orchestra

• Diamonds of the '40s-Various | DVD | (27/03/2006) from £20.00   |  Saving you £-13.01 (N/A%)   |  RRP £6.99

  Tracklist: 1. Intro 2. The Jam Session - Duke Ellington & His Orchestra 3. Broadway - Lionel Hampton & His Orchestra 4. When It's Sleepy Time Down South - Louis Armstrong 5. Caravan - Harry James & His Orchestra 6. (I Love Her) Rhythm In A Riff - Billy Eckstine & His Orchestra 7. I've Got A Heartful of Music - Benny Goodman & His Orchestra 8. I'm Gonna Love That Guy - Stan Kanton & His Orchestra 9. American Patrol - Tex Beneke & His Orchestra 10. Twelfth Street Rag - Buddy Rogers & Hi...