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Growing up in Chicago, he saw Duke Ellington, Count Basie and Lionel Hampton visit his home.
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She started singing professionally with Lionel Hampton's orchestra at the age of 18, and was to change her name to Betty.
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Early on, Golson was a member of Dizzy Gillespie's band, and also worked with Lionel Hampton, Art Blakey and Johnny Hodges.
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Wilson grew up in Virginia and earned a music scholarship to Virginia Commonwealth University in Richmond, where he performed and studied with Lionel Hampton, the Heath Brothers and Ellis Marsalis.
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He cut his teeth in two legendary jazz groups, playing with Lionel Hampton for two years and then, following in the footsteps of another New Orleans trumpeter, replacing Wynton Marsalis Art Blakey's Jazz Messengers.
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