Hampton Hawes Trio in France 1974 (Complete Concert)

[@j.mauricerojas3650]

I am in complete awe: I had never heard of Hampton Hawes until yesterday. But in seconds, you can hear that he is one of the greatest jazz pianists of the 20th century: The fierce skill, the ability to hold back and not over play, the sophisticated improvisation... A true master and I am grateful I heard him by chance.

[@PDNalor]

So underrated. All time favourite of mine: he had everything, swing, harmony and a real improviser. Him and Ahmad forever.

[@sulevisydanmaa9981]

@PDNalor A N D . . . Vic Feldman

[@mikefarmer7238]

Saw and heard this amazing trio in a packed Chat Qui Peche and recall a wonderful version of Brubeck's In your own sweet way. I had a seat just behind his piano stool !

[@alansenzaki4148]

Love hamp's playing in the sixties and seventies. He absorbed the influences of bill evans and voicings of contemporary pianists yet he always had his own voice and recognizable style. Truly one of the greats!! Thanks for posting.

[@PabloZuazo]

I love him. I am a pianist too and he is one of my greatest influence.

[@craighoyer6543]

Same. He has few peers as a bebop accompanist.

[@PabloZuazo]

@@craighoyer6543 Cool man!

[@markbridwell8972]

Hamp had a big influence on Herbie Hancock .

[@blevens7251]

Interesting and underrated player. To me he sounds somewhere between Evans and hard bop, sometimes a little like McCoy Tyner.

[@markbridwell8972]

Didn't realize that The Skipper had ever played with Hamp . This is truly a beautiful set . Think that a beautiful protective barrier was set up around LAX during the years of Leroy and Hamp's tenure there . Nice memories of the jazz scene in LA _ _ _ back in the day .

[@alvistd2168]

What I love about acoustic piano is this. Unlike the electric guitar it's a blank canvas , no pedals, no watts-it just is. Let any great sit upon the stool and you will hear their personality, a touch, a harmonic sense unlike that last that sat on the same throne. IT'S BASE. Same tool, unique outcome. Wonderfull!

[@ajimenez7872]

I must say that even though jazz was way pass my time I had always enjoyed it. The melody, the instrumentation, it simply takes you to another time and space, its indescribable

[@mazetov]

thanks for sharing this concert. (Paris, Maison de l'ORTF, studio 104, 1971 june) I have the complete audio version (52 min) and it's a true pleasure to see it.

[@williambunter3311]

Like the commenter below, I have also never heard of this wonderful pianist? And I am 75! But why? Why is he not known as ubiquitously as all the other piano greats, Oscar, Errol, Theolonius et al. He is surely in that class, but with a style of his own.

[@sallemjazz1]

Fantastic music from a Master who started in the early 50's on the West Coast and went on to sound as modern as you could in the 70's. I've always been stunned by his mix of creativity and swing. Very influential on my thinking and playing.

[@markbridwell8972]

That is an incredibly accurate and honest evaluation of the music of Hampton Hawes . He was a major influence upon many pianists in the West ( west of NY & Chicago apparently) He is, in my opinion , one of the most listenable pianists ever . Hamp had it together !

[@djwsam575]

Juste magnifique et quel final !!! Bravo et merci encore

[@JazzGuru]

Wow, thank you so much for sharing this! It has quickly become one of my favourite sessions of all time...

[@wyndhleodumegwu253]

Excellent ambidexterity, pianistically speaking.

[@PeteCalandra]

Nice find. Thanks for sharing.

[@djwsam575]

Merci pour ce concert extraordinaire

[@GaryShowbiz]

Great share thanks!

[@blue47er]

This concert probably took place in 1971 when Franklin and Carvin were accompanying Hamp on an extended tour of Europe.

[@MD-cn1nt]

Awesome...thank you so much for sharing, Bob!

[@bebopuser]

still the coolest cat !! happy birth anniversary

[@Jimyblues]

The Hampton Hawes book is called : Raise Up Off Me

[@allbusiness777]

+Jimyblues I first read this book twenty years ago. The things that he said he did really amazes me!

[@IndependentGeorge76]

A fantastic book it is too. Hawes was the epitome of the term 'groovy cat'

[@jazmaan]

@@IndependentGeorge76 Among the very best of jazz autobiographies.

[@AKingOfBass]

Just so great!

[@blue47er]

There is also a biography/discography book: Hampton Hawes: A Discography by Roger Hunter & Mike Davis. Manyana Publications, Manchester, England 1986. Though out of print copies can occasionally be found on Ebay and in 2nd hand bookshops and on the web. A fine read and a great reference book. Something of a rarity but worth seeking out.

[@noreenjackson6536]

blue47er Mike Davis called me to interview about Hamp for that book. I referred Mike to Carol Kaye, who had played bass with him and they were good friends. I also called Dexter Gordon thinking Dex could give info but Dex was in the midst of Round Midnight film so did not get the message that it was not my book but Mike and Roger's so Dex did not participate in that endeavor.

[@mitsunoriogihara2496]

@@noreenjackson6536 Wow! I did not know that Hamp played with Carol Kaye. Is there a recording made?

[@alfredoremus4409]

Un excepcional pianista del hard bop!

[@jerrybauer8108]

Serious music

[@MackenzieLeighton]

This is great, thank you.

[@EricScottReed]

High in the Sky The Guy's in Love with You 11:18 Hampton Hawes - piano Henry Franklin - bass Mike Carvin - drums Jazz Session: Piano Parade 3 Paris, France - Studio 104 June 25, 1971

[@bmbacchus]

Thank you!

[@juanjogalvan]

Beautiful !

[@xavierprevost7295]

The concert happened on june 25, 1971. Not complete but : first the third piece of the the concert, then the first one. The whole concert was around 60 minutes long

[@michellechang8958]

OMG Thank you!!

[@guidofacchini]

Che pianista!!! A parte la fantasia, io resto sempre colpito dalla limpidezza del suo tocco. Marmo bianco.

[@theodorepullins3124]

AWESOME 👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏

[@Jimyblues]

Just reread his book... What a cat, great player and original thinker

[@andrearodighiero6938]

what book? can you provide the details, please? many thanks...

[@PeteCalandra]

Andrea Rodighiero Raise Up Off Me is the title www.amazon.com/Raise-Up-Off-Me-Portrait/dp/1560253533

[@ChrisWrightOM1]

Andrea Rodighiero It's a good really good book but very sad in my opinion- Hampton Hawes was a drug casualty and died quite young.

[@andrearodighiero6938]

far too young indeed...

[@noreenjackson1485]

Hamp was a good friend and his book "Raise Up Off Me" is a true story. He showed me a copy of his JFK pardon with the Presidential seal. We were working on an album before he passed. He introduced me to Phineas Newborn, Jr. at Donte's and I took Phineas out to look for places to play. Many great players were in Los Angeles at that time. We completed the demo in 1976 for an album before he passed in 1977. Featured John Heard on bass, Earl Palmer on drums and my daughter on vocals.

[@pianoturnerrobert]

sound great skip

[@djwsam575]

passionné de jazz je vous salue 😎

[@warrenrand3562]

drummer arthur taylor interviews hamp in his book "notes and tones"-- a great look into this great american.

[@johnstag1391]

❤

[@tylerhenderson12]

Fire flames city

[@shani1620]

wow

[@pianoturnerrobert]

yessir

[@ChrisWrightOM1]

Not crazy about this- a little bit self-indulgent, I think. However, one of my favourite albums of all time features Hampton Hawes: "Mingus Three", recorded in 1957. Mingus bumped into Hawes on the street and needed a piano player for a studio date that night. Hawes needed some money for a fix. The resulting album was an absolute gem. I got it in about 1983 and have listened to it ever since. It's currently available as a download along with a (previously) rare Newport '59 session.

[@IndependentGeorge76]

Oh man, that is great album! with Danny Richmond on drums as I recall, one tune starts just with the drums... Have the album on vinyl back in my home country, one day I'll listen again with a large brandy...

[@octogore]

Je ne peux plus supporter de lire "underrated" dans chaque commentaire !

[@rickperlstein9988]

Great bass player. Anyone know anything about him?

[@bmbacchus]

He is still playing and lives in LA>

[@藤井保-p5h]

ちゃんと有機ELテレビで見てますよ

[@Fretlessness]

That bass solo is astonishing enough to almost distract me from how fucking large his shirt collar is

[@JoeLinux2000]

He was a self taught natural player who unfortunately died early similarly to George Gershwin. I never heard him in person, but wanted to. He recorded around 30 albums which is a rather significant number for an essentially unknown pianist. Many of his albums are the best of what there is in "modern" jazz. This recording is towards the end of his career when he was getting into quartal harmony. At times his playing can be slightly rough but very few players have his natural creative ability.

[@davidrumpler5528]

Thanks for sharing. I wish they would re-issue that Japanese solo piano recording called “The Challenge “

[@bmbacchus]

On RCA Japan. He also did a piano duet with Martial Solal around the same time during this trip.

[@davidrumpler5528]

@@bmbacchus Great. Thanks!

[@MrRayBailey]

An all Cali crew...

[@selfdoc]

The la four

[@robertsilverman4318]

was this ever a record/ ?

[@vova47]

I love Hampton Hawes but this is far from his best. He seems to be trying to move from swing and bebop to modal jazz a la Ahmad Jamal and McCoy Tyner. I prefer hearing him play good standards and bebop classics as opposed to "originals" that have no strong melodies and harmonies.

[@Erroll21Oscar25]

Spot on, and the modal soulless crap is now, anno 2018, THE hot seller on youtube... May the Rick Beato's of this sick world (and countless others) die out asap. tHEY ARE TRYING TO KILL JAZZ and make a lot of money off it along the way. The former is of course impossible. Thank god for Oscar Peterson, Monty Alexander for keeping/having kept jazz alive.

[@kurinakornel1]

NANA!!!

[@peterrazumnov5706]

@@Erroll21Oscar25 man, you forgot about Wynton Marsalis

[@tonymartin6199]

Wow Moldy Figs still exist I guess 🤷🏻‍♂️ nobody gives a shit about ur negative comments on the internet lol

[@alansenzaki4148]

To each his own. I love his playing as he grew and opened his ears to what was around him as all great artists do...his early stuff and later work as well. His later recordings in the sixties on les koenig's contemporary label are beautiful...