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Danny Kaye, Louis Armstrong, Charlie Barnet, Tommy Dorsey, Benny Goodman, Lionel Hampton, Virginia Mayo, and Mel Powell in A Song Is Born (1948)

Lionel Hampton: Lionel Hampton

A Song Is Born

Lionel Hampton credited as playing...

Lionel Hampton

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  • Professor Magenbruch: Is this the music here?
  • Mel Powell: Oh, no. We don't use any music.
  • Lionel Hampton: We haven't got anything written down, Professor.
  • Professor Magenbruch: Well, we can't play without music.
  • Lionel Hampton: Well, Benny Goodman used to.
  • Professor Magenbruch: Benny Goodman? I never - Frisbee, did you ever hear of him?
  • Professor Hobart Frisbee: No, no, I haven't.
  • Tommy Dorsey: It could have been Mel Powell or Hamp.
  • Lionel Hampton: Yeah, they're experts at that jive.
  • Professor Hobart Frisbee: Well, then perhaps you gentlemen could help me.
  • Lionel Hampton: Oh, sure. Mel and I used to play a lot of that stuff with Benny Goodman.

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