Among them were Louis Armstrong -- who first encouraged him to play the vibraphone and, later, Benny Goodman.

这里面有路易斯·阿姆斯特朗，是他第一个鼓励汉普顿演奏颤音琴。后来他又遇到了本尼·古德曼。汉。

He played with Armstrong's group for a year, establishing the vibraphone as a jazz instrument and himself as its top interpreter.

汉普顿同阿姆斯特朗的乐队演出了一年。他把颤音琴确定为爵士乐的演奏乐器，而他自己也 成为该乐器最出色的阐释者。

And every time my brain operated in that healthy threshold, I got a little run of harp or vibraphone music.

每当我的大脑在那个健康的阈值下运行时，我就会听到一点竖琴或颤音琴的音乐。

By 1930, he was touring extensively on the West Coast with his own groups, making records and enjoying billing as the " fastest drummer in the world" , when he struck his first note on a vibraphone.

到1930年，汉普顿同他的乐队沿西海岸巡演，录制音乐，荣登排行榜上“世界上最快的鼓手”。这时他开始演奏颤音琴。