Artist's albums
Something Special
1994 · album
Four!
1988 · album
Everybody Likes Hampton Hawes, Vol. 3: The Trio
1978 · album
The Two Sides Of
1977 · album
Memory Lane Live
1977 · album
Trio at Montreux
1976 · album
The Music You Need
2023 · album
Golden Fifties
2021 · compilation
On Contemporary: Hampton Hawes
2021 · album
Bird Song
2020 · album
Trios
2020 · album
Me & You To The Moon
2020 · album
Keep Loving
2020 · album
Jazz Stars
2015 · album
Live at the Jazz Showcase in Chicago, Vol. 2
2012 · album
Key For Two
2007 · album
Presenting Hampton Hawes
1947 · album
This Is Hampton Hawes, Vol. 2: The Trio
1955 · album
Hampton Hawes Jam Session
1968 · album
For Real!
1961 · album
The Green Leaves Of Summer
1964 · album
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Biography
Hampton Hawes was one of the finest jazz pianists of the 1950s, a fixture on the Los Angeles scene who brought his own interpretations to the dominant Bud Powell style. In the mid- to late '40s, he played with Sonny Criss, Dexter Gordon, and Wardell Gray, among others on Central Avenue. He was with Howard McGhee's band (1950-1951), played with Shorty Rogers and the Lighthouse All-Stars, served in the Army (1952-1954), and then led trios in the L.A. area, recording many albums for Contemporary. Arrested for heroin possession in 1958, Hawes spent five years in prison until he was pardoned by President Kennedy. He led trios for the remainder of his life, using electric piano (which disturbed his longtime fans) for a period in the early to mid-'70s, but returned to acoustic piano before dying from a stroke in 1977. Hampton Hawes' memoirs, Raise Up Off Me (1974), are both frank and memorable, and most of his records (for Xanadu, Prestige, Savoy, Contemporary, Black Lion, and Freedom) are currently available. ~ Scott Yanow, Rovi