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Raise Up Off Me: A Portrait of Hampton Hawes
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.
Book Details
- Publisher: Da Capo
- Publish Date: Nov 6th, 2001
- Pages: 216
- Language: English
- Edition: undefined - undefined
- Dimensions: 8.22in - 5.48in - 0.63in - 0.60lb
- EAN: 9781560253532
- Categories: • Music• Cultural & Regional• Genres & Styles - Jazz
About the Author
Don Asher is a pianist and the author of six novels and a memoir, Notes From a Battered Grand.
Gary Giddins is the author of Visions of Jazz and Bing Crosby: Pocket Full of Dreams.
Gary Giddins is the author of Visions of Jazz and Bing Crosby: Pocket Full of Dreams.