Raise Up off Me
Hampton Hawes 1928-1977] was one of jazz's greatest pianists. At the time of his celebration as New Star of the Year by downbeat magazine (1956), Hawes was already struggling with a heroin addiction that would lead to his arrest and imprisonment, and the interruption of a br… Celý popis ↓
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Raise Up off Me
Hampton Hawes 1928-1977] was one of jazz's greatest pianists. At the time of his celebration as New Star of the Year by downbeat magazine (1956), Hawes was already struggling with a heroin addiction that would lead to his arrest and imprisonment, and the interruption of a brilliant career. Among his peers from California the self-taught Hawes was second only to Oscar Peterson.
Kennedy granted Hawes an Executive Pardon. In 1963 President John F. In eloquent and humorous language Hampton Hawes tells of a life of suffering and redemption that reads like an improbable novel.
Gary Giddins has called it "a major contribution to the literature of jazz." This book includes a complete discography and eight pages of