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Hampton Hawes: The Sermon

Read "The Sermon" reviewed by C. Michael Bailey

by C. Michael Bailey
April 12, 2002

Grace under pressure... While the West Coast Jazz pianist are not was well known as their East Coast brothers. However, the West Coast did produce their share of fine pianists. Dolo Coker, Carl Perkins, and Gene Russell just to mention three. Perhaps the best of the West Coast bunch was Hampton Hawes, a sort of Bud ...

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Bird Song

By Hampton Hawes

Label: Contemporary Records
Released: 2000
Track listing: Big Foot/ Ray

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Hampton Hawes: Bird Song

by Derek Taylor
January 1, 2000

Here are two previously unreleased Hawes sessions that until now have been collecting dust on the vault shelves for nearly five decades extricated by the particularly persistent producer Eric Miller for listeners’ approval. Anyone familiar with Hawes will immediately recognize what a find these recordings are. Hawes was the consummate obstacle to critics who sought to ...

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Blues The Most

By Hampton Hawes

Label: Prestige Records
Released: 1998

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Hampton Hawes: Blues The Most

by Douglas Payne
November 1, 1998

Blues the Most gathers ten vintage blues tracks that West Coast pianist Hampton Hawes (1928-1977) recorded between 1955 and 1958 and adds one track from 1976. The 11 tunes are taken from six of Hawes's Contemporary LPs ( Hampton Hawes Trio, For Real!, This is Hampton Hawes: Vol. 2, Four!, Hampton Hawes At ...

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