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Enja Records
by Donald Elfman
Matthias Winckelmann's favorite recording of the hundreds he's made is the one just finished. Over the years, he's documented music from all over the world and of many different stripes and has always been eloquent and passionate. His label Enja has been in existence for 38 years and a look at the catalogue tells you that ...
Nathan Davis: The Best of Nathan Davis '65-'76
by Clifford Allen
Nathan Davis The Best of Nathan Davis '65-'76 Jazzman 2009 The concept of a “Best Of" album seems like it should be set aside for those musicians who have entered the popular consciousness to the degree that a sampler disc would be an easy sell. In jazz, canonical ...
Jazz Musician of the Day: Hampton Hawes
All About Jazz is celebrating Hampton Hawes' birthday today! JAZZ MUSICIAN OF THE DAY Hampton HawesWho 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 ...
Everybody Likes Hampton Hawes
Label: Contemporary Records
Released: 2004
Track listing: 1. Somebody Loves Me 2. The Sermon 3. Embraceable You 4. I Remember You 5. A Night In Tunisia 6. Lover, Come Back To Me 7. Polka Dots and Moonbeams 8. Billy Boy 9. Body and Soul 10. Coolin' The Blues.
Hampton Hawes: Everybody Likes Hampton Hawes
by David Rickert
If everybody likes Hampton Hawes, why is he such a neglected figure today? Maybe it's because he is neither an innovator like Bud Powell nor an expressionist like Bill Evans. Maybe it was because he spent his time on the West Coast instead of the East Coast. Or maybe with covers like these, his albums get ...
Charlie Haden: An Analog Guy in a Digital World
by Clifford Allen
Born August 6, 1937 in Shenandoah, Iowa, Charlie Haden came up in a musical family. After moving around the Midwest, he eventually settled in Los Angeles playing bass with Hampton Hawes, Elmo Hope, and Paul Bley. A fateful meeting in 1958 with Ornette Coleman netted Haden one of his most infamous gigs, which continued with brief ...
The Sermon
Label: Contemporary Records
Released: 2002
Track listing: Down By The Riverside; Just A Closer Walk With Thee; Swing Low, Sweet Chariot; Nobody Knows The Trouble I've Seen; When The Roll Is Called Way Up Yonder; Go Down Moses; Joshua Fit De Battle Of Jericho; Blues N/C.
Hampton Hawes: The Sermon
by David Rickert
Hampton Hawes recorded The Sermon a few days before he was sent to prison for five years on drug charges. The session remained imprisoned for much longer, only receiving a brief release after Hawes’ death. Finally out on CD, The Sermon, as one might expect, is an album of spirituals and church hymns given the jazz ...
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