Slide Hampton Equipment

SFA · by **SFA** » 2023-04-03 8:38 p.m.

Hi.

I would like to know what horn and mouthpiece he used If anyone has information please.

Thanks,

Steve.

EriKon · by **EriKon** » 2023-04-04 2:16 a.m.

At his later career he played a King 5B

DaveAshley · by **DaveAshley** » 2023-04-04 8:08 a.m.

Horns I know of:

Getzen Super Deluxe

Conn 6H

Bach 42

King 5B

German-made straight bass with huge bell

He went large bore some time in the 70's, and even larger in the 90's. He played something 5Gish (maybe a 5G) on the 42.

Fidbone · by **Fidbone** » 2023-04-04 8:37 a.m.

When I saw/heard him for the first time in the 70's he was playing a King 3B.

He's played many throughout his career, just like the rest of us....... :shuffle: :biggrin: :hi:

ithinknot · by **ithinknot** » 2023-04-04 10:23 a.m.

This might be the 6H (?), in 1971:

<YOUTUBE id="g52wGTQ_s7M">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g52wGTQ_s7M</YOUTUBE>

At some point in the early 2000z he was playing a Rath R4.

[quote="DaveAshley"]German-made straight bass with huge bell[/quote]

~~[url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X75lU9bB7mk]~~This was a ~~[url=https://www.worischek.de/]~~Worischek,ex-Jay Ashby - see <LINK_TEXT text="https://amhistory.si.edu/jazz/Hampton-S ... script.pdf">https://amhistory.si.edu/jazz/Hampton-Slide/Hampton_Slide_Transcript.pdf</LINK_TEXT>

The explanation from that interview is really interesting:

Brower: What qualities does it have?

Hampton: It has that quality that I used to all the time recognize whenever we were

having a rehearsal with our World of Trombones. The bass trombone player, Douglas

Purviance, his first note every day would be beautiful. The attack was very clear, and the

sound was clear. The other trombone players had to warm up. The first notes usually

sounded like there was some stress and strain in them. The bass trombone player never

had that. He came in right away with a clear note that had a wonderful duration and an

end. That was what I – every time I went to rehearsal, I noticed that, but it didn’t dawn on

me until later, that why is it that he’s always sounding like this right away? He’s not

warming up. He’s not sounding like, in any particular area of the register of the

instrument, it’s stressful for him. I figured it’s because he’s playing a larger bore. The air

is not hesitating as much going through when you’re first playing the instrument. The air

goes immediately through. So you get the sound that you would have later in the day.

You get that sound right away.

DaveAshley · by **DaveAshley** » 2023-04-04 10:45 a.m.

Interesting! I'd seen the name before, but can't remember where.

I know the owner of that J.J. Johnson experimental horn. All I can say is - it's still in Indiana.

ithinknot · by **ithinknot** » 2023-04-04 11:01 a.m.

[quote="DaveAshley"]I know the owner of that J.J. Johnson experimental horn. All I can say is - it's still in Indiana.[/quote]

...can't be (Back Home Again in) if it never left

GGJazz · by **GGJazz** » 2023-04-04 5:22 p.m.

Hi all.

I saw Slide Hampton performing in Italy many times .

Once , back in the 1993/94 , he was playing in Rome for a week in a Jazz Club , and he was using a Bach 42G , with a Bach 2G mpc . He was incredible !!

Regards

Giancarlo

SFA · by **SFA** » 2023-04-06 8:46 a.m.

Thanks to everyone who responded to my request for equipment details.

Great information provided. Very much appreciated.

Thank you,

Steve.

Bleek · by **Bleek** » 2023-04-06 3:31 p.m.

I was under the impression that at some point he was even playing on a 1.5g size mouthpiece…

Doug_Elliott · by **Doug_Elliott** » 2023-04-06 5:00 p.m.

[quote="Bleek"]I was under the impression that at some point he was even playing on a 1.5g size mouthpiece…[/quote]
Correct, and then even bigger - he got an LB 112, K, K8 from me at one of the ITF's.

Bach5G · by **Bach5G** » 2023-04-06 5:12 p.m.

Does anyone ever go smaller?

Matt_K · by **Matt_K** » 2023-04-06 5:14 p.m.

I did recently; I was playing a 114 and have a 107 on order now.

Bach5G · by **Bach5G** » 2023-04-06 6:24 p.m.

After reading through this thread, I had my Alexa call up some Slide Hampton. It found Dexter Gordon & Slide Hampton’s One Day in Copenhagen. Nice.

Briande · by **Briande** » 2023-04-06 10:24 p.m.

[quote="Bach5G"]After reading through this thread, I had my Alexa call up some Slide Hampton. It found Dexter Gordon & Slide Hampton’s One Day in Copenhagen. Nice.[/quote]

That is a great album!

MaxPirone · by **MaxPirone** » 2023-05-01 8:37 a.m.

When I played with him he played king 4b with a bach 1 1/2g mouthpiece but I know few years ago played a bass trombone bell without triggers but I don't know the slide

harrisonreed · by **harrisonreed** » 2023-05-01 11:54 a.m.

[quote="Matt K"]I did recently; I was playing a 114 and have a 107 on order now.[/quote]

Only one more down until you arrive at the true "human-being" sized mouthpiece, the 106N. You're so close!

Matt_K · by **Matt_K** » 2023-05-01 9:15 p.m.

We’ll, now that you mention it… I think I did finally settle on 106. Now just need to replace all 15 rims of 104 and 114 I’ve collected over the years :shuffle:

TromboneSam · by **TromboneSam** » 2023-05-17 11:19 p.m.

At one point I remember reading that Slide played a Bach 42 with a Bach 50 bell mounted on it

dukesboneman · by **dukesboneman** » 2023-05-21 11:44 a.m.

I believe that Slide played a straight Bass Trombone that Jay Ashby found for him .

I think Jay also plays a Yamaha straight Bass

Burgerbob · by **Burgerbob** » 2023-05-21 12:21 p.m.

I have a Chinese horn that is a copy of a horn that someone made for Slide. It's .555 with a 9 1/2 bell, no valve.

ithinknot · by **ithinknot** » 2023-05-21 1:35 p.m.

[quote="Burgerbob"]a Chinese horn that is a copy of a horn that someone made for Slide[/quote]

How did you discover the origin story?

Burgerbob · by **Burgerbob** » 2023-05-21 1:59 p.m.

[quote="ithinknot"]<QUOTE author="Burgerbob" post_id="210508" time="1684686086" user_id="3131">
a Chinese horn that is a copy of a horn that someone made for Slide[/quote]

How did you discover the origin story?
</QUOTE>

I got this comment on my youtube video about it:

"hey aidan. that straight bass is copied from a horn made by jay ashby. its the same type of setup slide hampton played, and the same jay ashby plays today. crazy mellow sound for a jazz tenor, but its what they were after."

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