and rhythmically compelling comping style that Horace Silver and others were to use in the mid-1950s." His technique featured "great facility with rapid runs and a versatile control of touch." Hawes influenced a great number of prominent pianists, including André Previn, Peterson, Horace Silver, Claude Williamson, Pete Jolly, and Toshiko Akiyoshi. Hawes' own influences came from a number of sources, including the gospel music and spirituals he heard in his father's church as a child, and the boogie-woogie piano of Earl Hines. Hawes also learned much from pianists Powell and Nat King Cole, among others. By Hawes' own account, however, his principal source of influence was his friend Charlie Parker. Discography As leader/co-leader As sideman With Dexter Gordon The Hunt (Savoy Records, 1947) – recorded in 1977 Blues à la Suisse (Prestige, 1973) With Barney Kessel Kessel Plays Standards (Contemporary, 1955) Let's Cook! (Contemporary, 1962) – recorded in 1957 With Art Pepper Surf Ride (Savoy, 1956) – recorded in 1952–54 Living Legend (Contemporary, 1975) The Early Show (Xanadu, 1979) – recorded in 1952 With Shorty Rogers Modern Sounds (Capitol, 1951) Shorty Rogers and His Giants (RCA Victor, 1953) With others Gene Ammons, Gene Ammons and Friends at Montreux (Prestige, 1973) Sonny Criss, I'll Catch the Sun! (Prestige, 1969) Art Farmer, On the Road (Contemporary, 1976) Wardell Gray, Live in Hollywood (Xanadu, 1978) – recorded in 1952 Warne Marsh, Live in Hollywood (Xanadu, 1979) – recorded in 1952 Charles Mingus, Mingus Three (Jubilee, 1957) Blue Mitchell, Stratosonic Nuances (RCA, 1975) Red Mitchell, Red Mitchell (Bethlehem, 1955) Sonny Rollins, Sonny Rollins and the Contemporary Leaders (Contemporary, 1958) Bud Shank, Bud Shank – Shorty Rogers – Bill Perkins (Pacific Jazz, 1955) Sonny Stitt, So Doggone Good (Prestige, 1972) Bibliography Raise Up Off Me: A Portrait of Hampton Hawes by Hampton Hawes, Don Asher, and Gary Giddins Hampton Hawes: A Discography by Roger Hunter & Mike Davis. 127pp. Manana Publications, Manchester, England. 1986. See also List of people pardoned or granted clemency by the president of the United States References External links Hampton Hawes at Find A Grave Hampton Hawes Discography "Hampton Hawes and the Low Blues" by Ethan Iverson 1928 births 1977 deaths African-American pianists American jazz pianists American male pianists Bebop pianists Contemporary Records artists Enja Records artists Freedom Records artists Hard bop pianists Jazz-funk pianists Jazz fusion pianists Mainstream jazz pianists People from Greater Los Angeles Prestige Records artists Soul-jazz pianists