Hampton Hawes at the Piano

Hampton Hawes at the Piano
Hampton Hawes at the Piano
Studio album by Hampton Hawes
Released	1978
Recorded	August 14, 1976; Contemporary Records Studio, Los Angeles, CA
Genre	Jazz
Length	38:50
Label	Contemporary S7637
Producer	Lester Koenig and John Koenig
Hampton Hawes chronology

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.

Reception[]

The Allmusic review by Scott Yanow states: "he was still in prime form".^[2]

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	^[2]
The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide	^[3]
The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings	^[4]

Track listing[]

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

Personnel[]

References[]

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

[Hampton_Hawes_discography-1] Hampton Hawes discography, accessed June 26, 2015

[Allmusic-2] Jump up to: ^a ^b Yanow, Scott. Hampton Hawes at the Piano – Review at AllMusic. Retrieved June 26, 2015.

[RSJRG-3] Swenson, J., ed. (1985). The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide. USA: Random House/Rolling Stone. p. 97. ISBN 0-394-72643-X.

[Penguin-4] Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings (9th ed.). Penguin. p. 666. ISBN 978-0-141-03401-0.

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Years given are for the recording(s), not release.
Albums as leader	Hampton Hawes Trio (1955) This Is Hampton Hawes (1955–56) Everybody Likes Hampton Hawes (1956) All Night Session! Vol. 1 (1956) All Night Session! Vol. 2 (1956) All Night Session! Vol. 3 (1956) Baritones and French Horns/Curtis Fuller and Hampton Hawes with French Horns (1957) Four! (1958) Bird Song (1956–58) For Real! (1958) The Sermon (1958) The Green Leaves of Summer (1964) Here and Now (1965) The Seance (1966) I'm All Smiles (1966) Universe (1972) Blues for Walls (1973) Playin' in the Yard (1973) Northern Windows (1974) As Long as There's Music (1976) Something Special (1976) Hampton Hawes at the Piano (1976)
Sideman with others	Gene Ammons and Friends at Montreux (1973) I'll Catch the Sun! (Sonny Criss, 1969) On the Road (Art Farmer, 1976) The Hunt (Dexter Gordon, 1947) Blues à la Suisse (Dexter Gordon, 1973) Kessel Plays Standards (Barney Kessel, 1955) Let's Cook! (Barney Kessel, 1957) Live in Hollywood (Warne Marsh, 1952) Mingus Three (Charles Mingus, 1957) Stratosonic Nuances (Blue Mitchell, 1975) The Early Show (Art Pepper, 1952) Surf Ride (Art Pepper, 1952) Living Legend (Art Pepper, 1976) Modern Sounds (Shorty Rogers, 1951) Shorty Rogers and His Giants (1953) Bud Shank – Shorty Rogers – Bill Perkins (1955) Sonny Rollins and the Contemporary Leaders (1958) So Doggone Good (Sonny Stitt, 1972)