# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/slide-hampton
# Generated: 2026-08-13T11:51:49.253Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/slide-hampton"
name: "Slide Hampton"
slug: "slide-hampton"
description: "Locksley Wellington Hampton was an American jazz trombonist, composer and arranger. As his nickname implies, Hampton's main instrument was slide trombone, but he also occasionally played tuba and flugelhorn."
tagline: "American trombonist (1932–2021)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/SlideHampton.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
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  isoCode: "US"
category:
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  slug: "musicians"
profileType:
  name: "Singer / Musician"
  slug: "singer"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q177220"
birthDate: "1932-04-21"
deathDate: "2021-11-18"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
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  momentum:             0
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  sourceConfidence:     65
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
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  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
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    handle:    "nm1192658"
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    title: "Slide Hampton"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump