Lionel Hampton — American Musician born on April 20, 1908, died on August 31, 2002

Lionel Leo Hampton was an American jazz vibraphonist, pianist, percussionist, bandleader and actor. Hampton worked with jazz musicians from Louis Armstrong, Benny Goodman, and Buddy Rich to Charlie Parker, Charles Mingus, and Quincy Jones. In 1992, he was inducted into the Alabama Jazz Hall of Fame, and was awarded the National Medal of Arts in 1996... (wikipedia)

Seemed to me that drumming was the best way to get close to God.
I think I love it more as I get older because I keep getting better on drums, vibes and piano.
Gratitude is when memory is stored in the heart and not in the mind.
Playing gives me as much good feeling now as it did when I was a bitty kid.
I worked hard learning harmony and theory when I was growing up in Chicago in the 1920s.