Complete Sessions [Import]

Hampton Hawes | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (March 27, 2006)
• Number of Discs: 2
• Format: Import
• Label: Gambit Spain
• ASIN: B000E3K4DQ
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #271,559 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

Disc: 1

1. I Got Rhythm

2. What Is This Thing Called Love

3. Blues the Most

4. So in Love

5. Feelin' Fine

6. Hamp's Blues

7. Easy Living

8. All the Things You Are

9. These Foolish Things

10. Carioca

See all 18 tracks on this disc

Disc: 2

1. 'Round Midnight

2. Somebody Loves Me

3. The Sermon

4. Embraceable You

5. I Remember You

6. A Night in Tunisia

7. Lover, Come Back to Me

8. Polka Dots and Moonbeams

9. Billy Boy

10. Body and Soul

See all 17 tracks on this disc

Editorial Reviews

This outstanding 2 CD set features the complete Hampton Hawes Trio recordings with bassist Red Michell and Chuck Thompson, including his three legendary contemporary sessions: The Trio, This is Hamtom Hawes and Everybody Likes Hampton Hawes as well as his May 15, 1956 Ember's Club concert recording for Xanadu. Gabit Records. 2006

Customer Reviews

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5.0 out of 5 stars A West Coast Giant, March 11, 2007

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David Zehring "doctor zee" (La Veta, CO United States) - See all my reviews

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This review is from: Complete Sessions (Audio CD)

Hampton Hawes was and remains one of the two or three most important piano improvisers to come out of the west coast. His legacy would be even larger had he spent more time back east, but his important position is secure nonetheless.

Equally important is the bassist Red Mitchell, who joins Hawes and drummer Chuck Thompson in this collection of recordings from 1955 and 1956, an essential set of recordings for all who value the contibutions of Hawes and Mitchell. For a time, Red Mitchell seemed to be everywhere, recording with numerous Los Angeles-based jazz groups, but Hawes was less widely recorded than, say, Russ Freeman, another outstanding jazz pinaist of that era. This two-CD set is a chance to explore Hampton Hawes' artistry.

The trio explores standards like "These Foolish Things", "Stella By Starlight" and "Autumn In New York", jazz compositions
like "Steeplechase", "'Round Midnight" and "A Night In Tunisia", and several Hawes compositions as well. The recording is intimate and simply done, the trio interacts easily, and Red Mitchell shows why his postion as the most important bassist of the era was well-deserved.

For those unfamiliar with the huge talent that was Hampton Hawes, this collection is perhaps the best introduction. For those already familiar with his talent and that of Red Mitchell, add this one to your library.