HAMPTON HAWES - FOR REAL LP - RARE orig. US 1961 Contemporary DG MONO 1st press
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hampton hawes & harold land scott la faro frank butler
FOR REAL!
Original 1959 CONTEMPORARY Records MONO pressing, cat. M3589.
US 1st pressing, Contemporary deep grooved yellow labels with black lettering.
A distinctive West Coast voice of bop piano, Hawes’ style is instantly recognizable for its infectious bluesy swing, and mastery of time and harmony. If his biographers are to be believed, Hawes was born with six fingers on each hand, corrected quickly by surgery. With hindsight one can only imagine the advantage of this could have conferred on a number of musical directions, and we ain’t talkin’ ukele. Horn-players like Sonny Stitt only sound like they have six fingers on each hand. Here was a case of some one who actually had six fingers, if briefly. Hawes gives ample space here to one of my favourite West Coast tenors, Harold Land, not a unique stylist, but a player who always punches his weight, and sounds here very at home with Hawes swing. Also present on duty, Scott LaFaro on bass , another great talent lost to music not long after in an automobile accident. Great line up completes with the excellent Frank Butler, who is also found on Curtis Counce, Elmo Hope and some Art Pepper recordings. It’s all very West Coast School – sun sand sea and blue sky – but a welcome occasional change from the darkness of New York. Hawes was yet another victim of the war on drug users. The target of a federal undercover operation in Los Angeles in 1958, drug enforcement gambled that Hawes would inform on suppliers rather than risk a successful music career. Instead he refused to cooperate, and was sent down, handed a long stretch in Fort Worth Federal Medical Facility. After serving only part of his sentence, he was granted Executive Clemency by President Kennedy, who one must surmise was fan, however the golden years of bop had passed, Hawes career lost its momentum and never really recovered.
from londonjazzcollectors.wordpress.comRecord - visual and play grade: VG++ , nice and clean sound with light background noises; nice copy.
Cover: VG+ condition, with common wear on spines and borders; pen writing on the back.
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