num_pages: 216
description: 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.
language: English
title: Raise Up Off Me: A Portrait of Hampton Hawes
titlecomplete: Raise Up Off Me: A Portrait of Hampton Hawes
genres: Biography, Music, Memoir, Nonfiction, Autobiography, Jazz, History
ratings_count: 147
publisher: Thunder's Mouth Press/Avalon Publishing Group Inc.