Raise Up Off Me: A Portrait of Hampton Hawes
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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.
Raise Up Off Me: A Portrait of Hampton Hawes,Hampton Hawes,Don Asher,Gary Giddins,Thunder's Mouth Press,1560253533,1928-,Biography,Biography & Autobiography,Biography / Autobiography,Biography/Autobiography,Composers & Musicians - General,Composers & Musicians - Jazz,Genres & Styles - Jazz,Hawes, Hampton,,Jazz musicians,People of Color,United States,Music & Performing Arts
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