Lionel Hampton: Lionel Hampton. Soundtrack: Allied. Lionel Hampton is an American jazz vibraphonist, pianist, percussionist, and bandleader. Hampton was born in Louisville, Kentucky and was raised by his grandmother. In the 1920s, he took xylophone lessons and began playing drums and later flute and percussion at Holy Rosary Academy near Chicago. Lionel Hampton mastered percussion instruments at school, then switched to timpani and marimba in a youth military orchestra. Hampton worked with jazz musicians...
Known For: Allied (Soundtrack("Flying Home")), John Wick (Soundtrack("Evil Man Blues")), Hollywoodland (Soundtrack("Flying Home")), Memphis Belle (Soundtrack("Flying Home"))