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Hawes, Hampton

 
9781560253532: Raise Up Off Me

Synopsis

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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À propos de l'auteur

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.

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Autres éditions populaires du même titre

9780306801013: Raise Up Off Me: A Portrait Of Hampton Hawes

Edition présentée

ISBN 10 :  0306801019 ISBN 13 :  9780306801013
Editeur : Da Capo Press, 1979
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