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Hank Hehmsoth

Born: September 6, 1952

Hank Hehmsoth: Jazz Pianist, Composer, Visual Artist & Scholar

Where sound meets color, and jazz meets innovation—you’ll find Hank Hehmsoth.

A trailblazing pianist, composer, visual artist, and scholar, Hank’s career bridges performance, cultural exchange, and creative exploration. Whether on stage, on canvas, or in the studio, his work shapes jazz into new forms

Recorded Works & Global Reach

Hank’s catalog stretches from intricate solo pieces to bold ensemble projects. Each album reflects his dedication to jazz as an evolving, living art. See discography below. ten: Hank Hehmsoth – Piano

Time Space Fabrics: Expanding Boundaries in Jazz and Art

Elias Haslanger: Music for 2026, Not 1956

by Hank Hehmsoth
August 27, 2026

Tenor saxophonist and composer Elias Haslanger  has spent much of his career carrying several generations of jazz history at once. An Austin native and longtime presence on the Central Texas jazz scene, he has absorbed lessons from mentors including Ellis Marsalis, Dr. James Polk and Maynard Ferguson while developing his own identity as a bandleader and composer. Legacy (Bandstand Presents, ...

Michael Mordecai: The Man Who Keeps Austin Jazz Moving

by Hank Hehmsoth
June 15, 2026

Michael Mordecai has spent decades inside the machinery of Austin jazz: on the bandstand, behind the phone, at the booking desk, in the contractor's chair and in the community rooms where musicians, venues and advocates try to keep the music visible. His work has never fit neatly into a single category. Mordecai is a trombonist, bandleader, ...

Kenny Dorham: The Composer in the Horn - A Verified Chronology, 1953–1964

by Hank Hehmsoth
March 3, 2026

In jazz, a musician's sound is often discussed as if it were separate from the music on the page. With Kenny Dorham, the compositions tell the story as clearly as the trumpet does. Across the recordings made between '53 and '64, Dorham's originals trace a steady shift: from compact bebop logic to a leaner, more spacious ...

Morning Coffee: Background Jazz Instrumentals, Vol. 2

By Hank Hehmsoth

Label: Compigram
Released: 2025
Track listing: A New Day

Soft & Dreamy Indie Cover Songs

By Hank Hehmsoth

Label: Compigram
Released: 2025
Track listing: Fields of Gold

Good Mood Café: Jazz Blend vol. 2

By Hank Hehmsoth

Label: © 2025 Compigram
Released: 2025
Track listing: Waltz for Carmen

Songs for Nica: How Jazz Fell in Love with a Baroness

by Hank Hehmsoth
November 14, 2025

For decades, the name Nica has surfaced quietly but persistently in jazz titles and liner notes. Baroness Pannonica de Koenigswarter--the Rothschild-born patron and confidant of Thelonious Monk, Charlie Parker, Bud Powell, and dozens of others--left a mark far deeper than her reputation as jazz's “Baroness." Her name became part of the music itself, traveling across generations ...

Eddie Durham: The Jazz Innovator a City Refuses to Forget

by Hank Hehmsoth
September 28, 2025

Eddie Durham's LegacyFew names in jazz carry the quiet weight of Eddie Durham. Born in San Marcos, Texas, in 1906, Durham was a trombonist, guitarist, composer, and arranger whose fingerprints are all over the sound of swing. He was a pioneering electric guitarist--the first to record with the instrument--and a key arranger for Bennie Moten, Jimmie ...

Charles Rangel: Harlem’s Congressman, Jazz’s Quiet Witness

by Hank Hehmsoth
June 5, 2025

Charles Rangel was more than a Congressman. He was Harlem's heartbeat--a living archive of its culture, community, and sound. In the National Jazz Museum in Harlem's Harlem Speaks Oral History series, Rangel reflects on growing up with the music, the icons who defined a generation, and how jazz was inseparable from Black life in 20th-century America. ...