slide_advantage_redoux Posted November 5, 2004 Report Share Posted November 5, 2004 (edited) I bought a re-release entitled "Blues for Bud" recorded originally in Paris in March '68, with Hampton Hawes in a trio setting accomp. by Jimmy Woode and Art Taylor. WOW! This is one fine date, and the recording quality and engineering is wonderful. Art Taylor kicks butt on this session. I have to admit that I never really checked Hawes out. I really was impressed by the maturity of his keyboard technique, the advanced harmonic sense he has and how easily he can just flat out GROOVE. He swings his ass off. Are there any recommended Websites or resources otherwise specifically dedicated to him? Thanks all. If you don't have this CD, it was released on 1201 Music. (in 1989). There are alternate takes, and one previously unreleased rendition (solo) of him playing "They say it's wonderful". I particularly like the trio treatment of 'My Romance" Edited November 5, 2004 by slide_advantage_redoux Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BeBop Posted November 5, 2004 Report Share Posted November 5, 2004 This is, indeed, a great recording. Hawes has many. And very few bad ones. Essential reading is his autobio, "Raise Up Off Me". More later... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sidewinder Posted November 5, 2004 Report Share Posted November 5, 2004 Check out also that Rhapsody DVD of the 'Sonny Criss All Stars' live at Memory Lane back in 1970. Hawes is in great form on that one. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chrome Posted November 5, 2004 Report Share Posted November 5, 2004 I really like his "All-Night Sessions" ... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
doubleM Posted November 5, 2004 Report Share Posted November 5, 2004 I agree about the book, it's a MUST read. Even for those who aren't jazz-inclined. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
j lee Posted November 5, 2004 Report Share Posted November 5, 2004 Don't forget (on LP) -- "The Challenge." One of the *great* solo piano records ever, IMO. Easy enough to find a copy of, I think. Also, "The Sermon" (not sure if it's on CD yet) -- w/ Leroy Vinnegar on bass playing jazzed-up versions of spirituals. I also like "The Seance" a lot too, sort of a later recording compared with all of his great 50s stuff, but on acoustic piano throughout. Has anyone heard his electric piano work? I haven't, but there's no reason why it couldn't be amazing, in principle. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
P.D. Posted November 5, 2004 Report Share Posted November 5, 2004 this Chrome Posted on Nov 5 2004, 02:49 PM I really like his "All-Night Sessions" and this doubleM Posted on Nov 5 2004, 03:01 PM I agree about the book, it's a MUST read. Even for those who aren't jazz-inclined. and this j lee Posted on Nov 5 2004, 04:27 PM Don't forget (on LP) -- "The Challenge." One of the *great* solo piano records ever and just about everything else....... Though some of his electric piano jaunts might not qualify.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
catesta Posted November 5, 2004 Report Share Posted November 5, 2004 Some recommendations can be found here.... Click Here Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AmirBagachelles Posted November 6, 2004 Report Share Posted November 6, 2004 All Night Sessions right on, and that's also a tasty Jim Hall set. And great sound. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
B. Goren. Posted November 6, 2004 Report Share Posted November 6, 2004 IMHO, this is one of his best: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mortsabite Posted November 6, 2004 Report Share Posted November 6, 2004 Agree with all the above. The Harold Land/Hawes/La Faro/Butler session is perfect. Also Ck/out his recordings on Black Lion AND his final recording on Art Pepper's "comeback" album "Living Legend" (1976) where he plays with great taste, drive and style...and takes a breath taking solo on "Here's that Rainy Day". Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikeweil Posted November 6, 2004 Report Share Posted November 6, 2004 (edited) So far I liked any of the many Contemporary recordings of Hawes, which are the heart and center of his work. Click here for the Hampton Hawes pages of the Fantasy catalogue. There is a discography at http://www.mclink.it/com/if/lunati/conti/discogr.htm Edited November 6, 2004 by mikeweil Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slide_advantage_redoux Posted November 6, 2004 Author Report Share Posted November 6, 2004 IMHO, this is one of his best: I purchased a copy of that LP, and it is on its way. By the way, I was fortunate to stumble across a paperback copy of his "Raise up off of me" in a local used book store today. I know what I will be reading for the next week or so. Thanks all. I appreciate the recommendations. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest ariceffron Posted November 7, 2004 Report Share Posted November 7, 2004 HAMPTON HAWES WAS A GREAT PIANO PLAYER WHO MADE A NAME FOR HIMSELF IN THE VIBRANT LOS ANGELES JAZZ SCENE OF THE 50S. HE HAD SIX FINGERS BUT THIS IS NOT WHY HE WAS SO GOOD AS I THINK THEY CUT THE EXTRA OFF WHEN HE WAS LITTLE. SOME OF HIS BEST EARLY RECORDS ARE HIS LIVE ALBUMS WITH JIMMY HALL, WHO I SAW IN CONCERT LAST NIGHT, ON CONTEMPORARY RECORDS. THEY WERE RECORDED IN A ALMOST EMPTY GYMNANSIUM IN THE GHETTO. 3 VOLUMES WORTH I BELIEVE. OTHER PEOPLE CAN CUE YOU IN TO HIS LATER STUFF FROM THE 60S AND 70S. HE ALSO WROTE A GREAT AUTOBIOGRAPHY WHICH IS ONE OF THE FEW MUST READ AUTOBIOS IN JAZZ, CALLED RISE UP OFF OF ME. ON A SIDE NOTE IT WAS FUNNY LAST NIGHT WHEN JIM HALL WAS PLUGGING IN HIS AMP AND STUFF HE WENT TO THE MIC AND SAID::: 'PAT METHENY HAS A WHOLE CREW OF PEOPLE TO DO THIS FOR HIM'-- FUNNY! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnJ Posted November 13, 2012 Report Share Posted November 13, 2012 Today is Hampton Hawes Day! He would have been 84 today and in 2004 Los Angeles City Council passed a resolution declaring November 13 'Hampton Hawes Day' throughout the city. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
B. Goren. Posted November 13, 2012 Report Share Posted November 13, 2012 Hampton Hawes was a great pianist and he has left us too early. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flat5 Posted November 13, 2012 Report Share Posted November 13, 2012 He had a cool name too. His touch was distinctive. Within a few notes you often could tell he was playing the piano. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pete C Posted November 13, 2012 Report Share Posted November 13, 2012 The Seance is my favorite Hawes album, but I really love the All Night Session discs and Four--he meshed very well with guitarists. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
clifford_thornton Posted November 13, 2012 Report Share Posted November 13, 2012 I bought a re-release entitled "Blues for Bud" recorded originally in Paris in March '68, with Hampton Hawes in a trio setting accomp. by Jimmy Woode and Art Taylor. WOW! This is one fine date, and the recording quality and engineering is wonderful. Art Taylor kicks butt on this session. I have to admit that I never really checked Hawes out. I really was impressed by the maturity of his keyboard technique, the advanced harmonic sense he has and how easily he can just flat out GROOVE. He swings his ass off. Are there any recommended Websites or resources otherwise specifically dedicated to him? Thanks all. If you don't have this CD, it was released on 1201 Music. (in 1989). There are alternate takes, and one previously unreleased rendition (solo) of him playing "They say it's wonderful". I particularly like the trio treatment of 'My Romance" Yeah, I have this on an old UK Polydor LP. It's really good. Second the recommendations for his Contemporary sides w/ Jim Hall, and I've got several trio discs from that period that are also quite strong. Still need For Real! as it looks stupendous. Am curious to hear the double-piano record with Martial Solal, released by BYG.And: Happy Hampton Hawes Day! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kh1958 Posted November 13, 2012 Report Share Posted November 13, 2012 It's Barney Kessell, not Jim Hall. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
T.D. Posted November 13, 2012 Report Share Posted November 13, 2012 Jim Hall played on the Contemporary All Night Sessions (v. 1-3) and Kessel on Four!!! iirc. Happy Hampton Hawes Day! Blues for Bud is my favorite Hawes album. I'm a relative latecomer to jazz, but Hamp was instrumental in my "conversion" - his trio version of "My Romance" on the above album got me curious... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kh1958 Posted November 13, 2012 Report Share Posted November 13, 2012 Jim Hall played on the Contemporary All Night Sessions (v. 1-3) and Kessel on Four!!! iirc. Happy Hampton Hawes Day! Blues for Bud is my favorite Hawes album. I'm a relative latecomer to jazz, but Hamp was instrumental in my "conversion" - his trio version of "My Romance" on the above album got me curious... You're right. Though it seems almost like Barney Kessell is the only guitar player who appears on Contemporary. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gheorghe Posted November 14, 2012 Report Share Posted November 14, 2012 I must admit, that my first larger knowledge about Hampton Hawes also came from reading his autobio "Raise Up Above Me". I don´t have very much recordings from him. I like especially his playing on some Wardell Gray live stuff from about 1952. Really nice and long solos. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
robertoart Posted November 14, 2012 Report Share Posted November 14, 2012 HAMPTON HAWES WAS A GREAT PIANO PLAYER WHO MADE A NAME FOR HIMSELF IN THE VIBRANT LOS ANGELES JAZZ SCENE OF THE 50S. HE HAD SIX FINGERS BUT THIS IS NOT WHY HE WAS SO GOOD AS I THINK THEY CUT THE EXTRA OFF WHEN HE WAS LITTLE. SOME OF HIS BEST EARLY RECORDS ARE HIS LIVE ALBUMS WITH JIMMY HALL, WHO I SAW IN CONCERT LAST NIGHT, ON CONTEMPORARY RECORDS. THEY WERE RECORDED IN A ALMOST EMPTY GYMNANSIUM IN THE GHETTO. 3 VOLUMES WORTH I BELIEVE. OTHER PEOPLE CAN CUE YOU IN TO HIS LATER STUFF FROM THE 60S AND 70S. HE ALSO WROTE A GREAT AUTOBIOGRAPHY WHICH IS ONE OF THE FEW MUST READ AUTOBIOS IN JAZZ, CALLED RISE UP OFF OF ME. ON A SIDE NOTE IT WAS FUNNY LAST NIGHT WHEN JIM HALL WAS PLUGGING IN HIS AMP AND STUFF HE WENT TO THE MIC AND SAID::: 'PAT METHENY HAS A WHOLE CREW OF PEOPLE TO DO THIS FOR HIM'-- FUNNY! Why did Chewy get banned? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Magnificent Goldberg Posted November 14, 2012 Report Share Posted November 14, 2012 I love HH. I have lots of his stuff and play it all quite frequently. My favourite albums are (in no particular order) The green leaves of summer (Contemporary) High in the sky (Vault) At the piano (Contemporary) The sermon (Contemporary) Somethin' special (Contemporary) MG Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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