Hampton Hawes

[Niko]

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?

that's an eight year old post from a previous incarnation of chewy which was banned for good reasons iirc, but honestly i forgot almost all the details...

[clifford_thornton]

He threatened someone with bodily harm.

[JSngry]

And if you know Chewy, he's the most dangerous man in the continental United States, bar none. He'll come and GETCHA!

Who do you think it was who really cut off Hampton Hawes' extra finger?

[clifford_thornton]

Ha!

[Bluesnik]

I love HH.

same here and most of all i like his all night session, which is an incredible trio plus jim hall on guitar. very, very good!

[robertoart]

And if you know Chewy, he's the most dangerous man in the continental United States, bar none. He'll come and GETCHA!

Who do you think it was who really cut off Hampton Hawes' extra finger?

Hampton and Hound Dog had something in common.

[jlhoots]

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?

that's an eight year old post from a previous incarnation of chewy which was banned for good reasons iirc, but honestly i forgot almost all the details...

I actually like that post except for the all caps.

[robertoart]

I remember reading a very interesting interview with Jim Hall associated with the artists grant he received, he spoke very reverently and fairly directly about the experience of playing with African American musicians and community in earlier days.