Friday, November 13, 2015

Hampton Hawes - Universe (1972) [vinyl]

Review by Scott Yanow AMG:
In 1972, Hampton Hawes began to fully explore electric keyboards. Although his longtime fans were not happy with the temporary move, Hawes' music at the time was actually more creative than it was often rated... Hawes deserves credit for his willingness to take chances, and even if this album (consisting of seven moody originals) is not as significant as most of his boppish trio dates from the 1950s, it deserves to be reevaluated, for it is better than often thought.

Little Bird
Drums For Peace / Love Is Better
Josie Black
Don't Pass Me By
Universe
J.B's Mind

Oscar Brashear (trumpet) Harold Land (tenor saxophone) Hampton Hawes (piano, electric piano, organ, synthesizer)
Arthur Adams (guitar) Chuck Rainey (electric bass) Ndugu (drums)
Los Angeles, CA, June, 1972

NB The track times on the sleeve for side one are clearly wrong!

5 comments:

  1. https://1fichier.com/?0f2a354d4p

    vinyl>flac + scans

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  2. This looks tasty grumpy . . . I try to listen to all the Prestige that I can get my hands on so thanks!

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  3. Harold Land Chuck Rainey........you got me

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  4. Thanks Grumpy. Ramón.

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