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DIED. LIONEL HAMPTON, 94, jazz vibraphonist whose effervescent performance style and masterly solo technique greatly extended jazz's popularity and turned him into one of the music's few household names; in New York City. Born in Louisville, Ky., Hampton started out playing drums before Louis Armstrong persuaded him to take up the vibraphone. After playing with Armstrong, Benny Goodman and others, he headlined his own big band, making extensive tours of Europe and Asia and gaining fans worldwide with such works as his 1942 classic Flying Home. In 1997, two days before he was awarded the National Medal...
...they pan out as well as Armstrong thinks they can, chalk it up in large part due to Murphy’s recruiting. Murphy has said that unlike in 1998—the season after the last Harvard championship—this year’s team has deep enough personnel to maintain a championship pace while still technically “rebuilding...
...course, you can’t recruit experience. But Armstrong doesn’t mind...
...experience goes, I don’t think that’s going to be a big factor,” Armstrong said. “My sophomore year, Marc Laborsky, Phil Scherrer, those were those guys’ first starts and they turned out to have a bigtime team. In this league, if you’re tough and you like to run and hit, you?...
...other, the experience will take care of itself. But the ability of Armstrong, Brush and company to fill big shoes will go a long way toward determining whether the Crimson will enjoy another Ivy League championship photo shoot at season?...