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Product Identifiers
PublisherHachette Books
ISBN-101560253533
ISBN-139781560253532
eBay Product ID (ePID)1919384
Product Key Features
Book TitleRaise Up Off Me : a Portrait of Hampton Hawes
Number of Pages216 Pages
LanguageEnglish
Publication Year2001
TopicComposers & Musicians, Genres & Styles / Jazz
FeaturesReprint
IllustratorYes
GenreMusic, Biography & Autobiography
AuthorDon Asher, Hampton Hawes
FormatTrade Paperback
Dimensions
Item Height0.6 in
Item Weight9 Oz
Item Length8.5 in
Item Width5.4 in
Additional Product Features
Intended AudienceTrade
LCCN2001-048038
Dewey Edition21
Dewey Decimal786.2/165/092 B
Edition DescriptionReprint
SynopsisHampton 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., 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., 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.