Hampton Hawes at the Piano

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Hampton Hawes at the Piano
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Studio album by
Released1978
RecordedAugust 14, 1976
StudioContemporary Records Studio, Los Angeles, CA
Genre Jazz
Length38:50
Label Contemporary S7637
Producer Lester Koenig and John Koenig
Hampton Hawes chronology
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(1977)
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Hampton Hawes at the Piano is an album by American jazz pianist Hampton Hawes, recorded in 1976 and released on the Contemporary label in 1978. [1] The album was Hawes's final recording before his death in 1977 and was the first to be released posthumously.

Contents

Reception

The AllMusic review by Scott Yanow noted that Hawes "was still in prime form". [2]

Professional ratings
Review scores
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Track listing

  1. "Killing Me Softly with His Song" (Charles Fox, Norman Gimbel) – 6:04
  2. "Soul Sign Eight" (Hampton Hawes) – 8:11
  3. "Sunny" (Bobby Hebb) – 5:00
  4. "Morning" (Hawes) – 7:28
  5. "Blue in Green" (Miles Davis, Bill Evans) – 5:25
  6. "When I Grow Too Old to Dream" (Sigmund Romberg, Oscar Hammerstein II) – 6:42

Personnel

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References

  1. Hampton Hawes discography, accessed June 26, 2015
  2. 1 2 Yanow, Scott. Hampton Hawes at the Piano – Review at AllMusic . Retrieved June 26, 2015.
  3. Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings (9th ed.). Penguin. p. 666. ISBN   978-0-141-03401-0.
  4. Swenson, J., ed. (1985). The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide. USA: Random House/Rolling Stone. p. 97. ISBN   0-394-72643-X.