Hampton Hawes19281977] 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.
Da Capo Press Raise up off me: a portrait of hampton hawes, paperback/hampton hawes
