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钢琴手Hampton Hawes的音乐生涯约可粗分为三个时期,以「服役」〈1952~1954〉与「入狱」〈1958~1963〉作为中间的分野;而其中西元1955至1958年间的录音,也就是退伍后到入狱前的第二阶段音乐生涯,绝对可以算是Hawes的顶峰时期。这段期间Hawes为Contemporary公司留下的录音作品几乎张张受到极高评价,当中在他因吸食海洛英被捕前所留下的「四重奏热演」《Four!》专辑更是不在话下,且被好用又受欢迎的AMG网站评为「五星打勾」的最佳首选。 这张专辑录制於西元1958年10月27日,成员包括了老搭档贝斯手Red Mitchell、西岸重量级鼓手Shelly Manne,以及现正与脑癌努力奋战的吉他手Barney Kessel。演奏曲目显示了Hawes「西岸皮,东岸骨」的音乐取向,包括了《Yardbird Suite》、《Love Is Just Around The Corner》等咆勃经典。音乐内容热闹中带著劲道与优雅,专辑封面上四人悠闲挥杆的画面其实蛮能够形容这种感觉的!

by Scott Yanow

Hampton Hawes was one of the finest jazz pianists of the 1950s, a fixture on the Los Angeles scene who brought his own interpretations to the dominant Bud Powell style. In the mid- to late 40s, he played with Sonny Criss, Dexter Gordon, and Wardell Gray, among others on Central Avenue. He was with Howard McGhees band (1950-1951), played with Shorty Rogers and the Lighthouse All-Stars, served in the Army (1952-1954), and then led trios in the L.A. area, recording many albums for Contemporary. Arrested for heroin possession in 1958, Hawes spent five years in prison until he was pardoned by President Kennedy. He led trios for the remainder of his life, using electric piano (which disturbed his longtime fans) for a period in the early to mid-70s, but returned to acoustic piano before dying from a stroke in 1977. Hampton Hawes memoirs, Raise Up Off Me (1974), are both frank and memorable, and most of his records (for Xanadu, Prestige, Savoy, Contemporary, Black Lion, and Freedom) are currently available.


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