HAMPTON HAWES - Three Classic Albums Plus (Four!!! / This Is Hampton Hawes: The Trio Vol 2 / For Real!) (2CD)

AVID Jazz presents the latest release in our Four Classic Album series with a re-mastered second, 2CD release from Hampton Hawes, complete with original artwork, liner notes and personnel details.“Four!!!”; “This Is Hampton Hawes: The Trio Vol. 2”; “For Real!” plus eight tracks from “Everybody Loves Hampton Hawes-The Trio Vol.3” (minus 2 x tracks due to timing constraints).Born in L.A. on the US West Coast, in 1928, Hampton Hawes was still in his teens and a self-taught pianist when he started playing in the emerging West Coast jazz scene of the late 1940s and 1950s. His partners in music included Shorty Rogers, Dexter Gordon, Wardell Gray and Teddy Edwards (all of whom can be found with their own albums in the extensive AVID Jazz catalogue). As we launch our second release in our Classic Albums series featuring Hampton Hawes we thought it might be appropriate to include a quote we used in the sales notes for our first release which featured his classic All Night Sessions, plus most tr