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Who encouraged Lionel Hampton?

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He moved to Los Angeles as a teenager and became a drummer in saxophonist Les Hite's band. Encouraged by Louis Armstrong he soon learned the vibraphone and quickly became the instrument's leading jazz exponent acclaimed early for his solos on Armstrong's 1930 recording of the now-classic "Memories of You." ...

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