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Raise Up Off Me A Portrait of Hampton Hawes
by [Hawes, Hampton, Asher, Don]
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Hampton Hawes [1928-1977] was one of jazz's greatest pianists. Among his peers from California the self-taught Hawes was second only to Oscar Peterson. 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. In 1963 President John F. Kennedy granted Hawes an Executive Pardon. 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 photographs.
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- Da Capo Brand
- Nov 6, 2001 Pub Date:
- 9781560253532 ISBN-13:
- 1560253533 ISBN-10:
- 216.0 pages Paperback
- English Language
- 8.5 in * 0.53 in * 5.5 in Dimensions:
- 2 lb Weight:
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