Locksley Wellington "Slide" 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.

Hampton taught at Harvard, artist-in-residence in 1981, the University of Massachusetts, DePaul University in Chicago, and Indiana State University.

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Hampton died on November 18, 2021 at his home in Orange, New Jersey at the age of 89.

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References

Other websites

Slide Hampton Website

Official Slide Hampton™ Webstore

Slide Hampton™ EPK

Slide Hampton discography at JazzDiscography.com

Slide Hampton at The Trombone Page of the World

Trombone.org: Slide Hampton

Grammy Award winners

1932 births

2021 deaths

American jazz musicians

Educators from Pennsylvania

American composers

American trombonists

Musicians from Pennsylvania

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