Hampton Hawes at the Piano
Studio album by
Hampton Hawes
Released1978
RecordedAugust 14, 1976
StudioContemporary Records Studio, Los Angeles, CA
GenreJazz
Length38:50
LabelContemporary S7637
ProducerLester Koenig and John Koenig
Hampton Hawes chronology
Memory Lane Live
(1977)		 Hampton Hawes at the Piano
(1978)		 As Long as There's Music
(1978)

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

Reception

The Allmusic review by Scott Yanow states: "he was still in prime form".[2]

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic[2]
The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide[3]
The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings[4]

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, Bill Evans) – 5:25
  6. "When I Grow Too Old to Dream" (Sigmund Romberg, Oscar Hammerstein II) – 6:42

Personnel

References

  1. ↑ Hampton Hawes discography, accessed June 26, 2015
  2. 1 2 Yanow, Scott. Hampton Hawes at the Piano – Review at AllMusic. Retrieved June 26, 2015.
  3. ↑ Swenson, J., ed. (1985). The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide. USA: Random House/Rolling Stone. p. 97. ISBN 0-394-72643-X.
  4. ↑ Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings (9th ed.). Penguin. p. 666. ISBN 978-0-141-03401-0.
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