Birth name: Hampton Hawes or Hampton Barnett Hawes, Jr.
Born: November 13, 1928, Los Angeles, California, United States
Died: May 22, 1977 (aged 48), Los Angeles, California, United States
Hampton Hawes was an American bebop and hard-bop jazz pianist, recognized as one of the finest and most influential of the 1950s. He was also the author of what is now a classic jazz memoir, Raise Up Off Me, which won the Deems-Taylor Award for music writing in 1975.
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Hampton Hawes - All The Things You Are, from album: Hampton Hawes Trio, Vol. 1, 1955 Hampton Hawes - Autumn In New York, from album: This Is Hampton Hawes, Vol. 2: The Trio, 2006 Hampton Hawes - Body and Soul, from album: Hamp's Blues, 2008 Hampton Hawes - Chim Chim Cheree, from album: Here and Now, 1991 Hampton Hawes - Easy Living, from album: Hampton Hawes Trio, Vol. 1, 1955 Hampton Hawes - Fly Me to the Moon, from album: For Real! The Complete Session, 2013 Hampton Hawes - Just One of Those Things, from album: Trio and Quartet 1951-1956 Hampton Hawes - I Remember You, from album: Hamp's Blues, 2008 Hampton Hawes - Lover Come Back To Me, from album: Hamp's Blues, 2008 Hampton Hawes - Stella By Starlight , from album: This Is Hampton Hawes, Vol. 2: The Trio |