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Hampton Hawes at the Piano

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Released
  
1978

Label
  
Contemporary S7637

Release date
  
1978

Genre
  
Jazz

Length
  
38:50

Artist
  
Hampton Hawes

Producer
  
Lester Koenig

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Recorded
  
August 14, 1976 Contemporary Records Studio, Los Angeles, CA

Similar
  
Hampton Hawes albums, Jazz albums

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. The album was Hawes' final recording before his death in 1977 and was the first to be released posthumously.

Contents

Reception

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

Track listing

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

Personnel

  • Hampton Hawes - piano
  • Ray Brown - bass
  • Shelly Manne - drums

    • References

    Hampton Hawes at the Piano Wikipedia
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