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Jazz Musician of the Day: Hampton Hawes
All About Jazz is celebrating Hampton Hawes' birthday today! Who Was Hampton Hawes? Although one rarely hears of Hampton Hawes today he was a significant presence on the jazz scene in the mid- 50s then again from the mid-60s on until his death in 1977. A direct descendant of bebop who had been variously classified as ...
"Modern Sounds," or: Running a Marathon in Full Body Armor
by Jack Bowers
From October 19-25 Betty and I were at the Los Angeles Marriott Airport Hotel to attend Modern Sounds, the L.A. Jazz Institute's four-day salute to West Coast jazz, followed by a day-long tribute to Stan Kenton on the hundredth anniversary of the legendary bandleader's birth. We arrived a day early to be primed and ready for ...
Take Five With Tim Richards
by AAJ Staff
Meet Tim Richards: Tim's first encounter with a piano was at the age of eight, in a dentist's waiting room. After classical piano lessons he taught himself jazz and blues from the age of 14, after seeing Thelonious Monk on TV.Since forming the long-lived modern jazz quartet Spirit Level in Bristol in ...
Announcing the Winners of the 'Putumayo Presents - Jazz' Giveaway
Charles Crockett, Ken Irwin, David Sterling, Tim O'Brien and Vicky Bartak, Congratulations! You're the lucky winners of the Putumayo Presents - Jazz“ giveaway. All About Jazz will contact you about claiming your prize. We'd like to thank everyone who participated in the contest and please visit Putumayo World Music for more releases. Enjoy the music! Your ...
Charles Mingus: Blues and Roots/Mingus Three/Jazz Portraits/Jazzical Moods
by David Rickert
Charles MingusBlues and Roots/Mingus Three/Jazz Portraits/Jazzical MoodsAvid Records2011 (1954-59) If you have a fondness for a particular album by Charles Mingus, chances are you won't find another quite like it in his catalog. The bassist and composer had one of the most wide-ranging careers of anyone in ...
Putumayo Presents "Jazz," a Collection of Exceptional Recordings by Jazz Legends
Putumayo announces the May 3rd release of Jazz, featuring a veritable who's who of jazz legends performing beloved standards. The 1950s was a golden age for jazz and three-quarters of this collection was recorded during this era. Many of these recordings have been remixed and remastered, providing a level of sound quality not available until recent ...
Bud Shank's Last Recording: Jake Fryer's "In Good Company"
If there is still a west coast kind of jazz it's because players associated with the west coast still play music. That's obvious, of course, but even in its heyday the west coast style covered a broad group of stylistic tendencies, from the cool of a Chet Baker to the heat of Hampton Hawes. Bud Shank ...
Putumayo Presents "Jazz," a Collection of Exceptional Recordings by Jazz Legends
Featured Artists: Cannonball Adderley with Bill Evans * Mose Allison * Louis Armstrong & Oscar Peterson * Chet Baker * Blossom Dearie * Hampton Hawes * Billie Holiday * The Nat King Cole Trio * Anita O'Day * Nina Simone * Zoot Sims * Maxine Sullivan Putumayo announces the May 3rd release of Jazz, featuring a ...
Love Songs by Champian Fulton
by Daniel Kassell
The Champian Fulton TrioBirdlandNew York City, USADecember 16, 2010“Please welcome Champian Fulton," Birdland's proprietor, John Valente, announced at six o'clock on Thursday night, December 16th, 2010. Why the unusual early start time? Hush, hush, Fulton had arranged to showcase her trio for Palmetto Records. Opening with “No One Loves ...
Happy Birthday, Hampton Hawes!
Hard bop pianist Hampton Hawes was born in Los Angeles on this date in 1928. His father was a Presbyterian preacher and his mother was the church's pianist. His interest in piano may have first begun as a toddler as he listened to his mother rehearsing, and he was already plunking out tunes by the age ...
