can of worms time re: cool / west coast jazz

that '59 album he did with Ben Webster is definitely worth investigating, not heard much else.

i don't have a ton of his stuff, but I really enjoy this one
https://img.discogs.com/-ulMF9pOhQkW1DwrTjseFjle-JQ=/fit-in/600x598/filters:strip_icc():format(jpeg):mode_rgb():quality(90)/discogs-images/R-639802-1141987385.jpeg.jpg

yeah primarily curious about the Baker stuff

he doesn't seem to get much respect these days

https://londonjazzcollector.files.wordpress.com/2015/10/mg_3476.jpg
this one is an absolute gem imo

https://i.ytimg.com/vi/mRM0IG68ycc/hqdefault.jpg

lousy album cover but a top quality work of the genre. And it is led by John Lewis (not the civil rights activist who passed yesterday obv) of modern jazz quartet who is criminally underrated imo.

Very nice, thanks!

This is a useful thread ... I wish some of the album recommendations were not obscured by broken image links

In 1961, while at a federal prison hospital in Fort Worth, Texas, Hawes was watching President Kennedy's inaugural speech on television, and became convinced that Kennedy would pardon him.[5] With help from inside and outside the prison, Hawes submitted an official request for a presidential pardon.[5] In an almost miraculous turn, in August 1963, Kennedy granted Hawes Executive Clemency, the 42nd of only 43 such pardons given in the final year of Kennedy's presidency.[5]

"cool" revive

what was he in for??

10 years just for using heroin. Arrested on his 30th birthday. They hoped he would flip on his suppliers. Even though he was eventually (miraculously) pardoned he still spent 5 years in prison. Just for using! He died 13 years later.

It was mentioned upthread but seriously, if you haven't read Hawes' autobiography, Raise Up Off Me, it's one of the greatest books on jazz (and junk) ever — half Miles's autobiography, half The Basketball Diaries.

I wrote about Hawes last year. All the albums mentioned in that piece are amazing.

ahh thank you for the link

Curtis Fuller/Hampton Hawes w/ French Horns is another good one. It seems a miracle that any black jazz musicians with heroin habits managed to survive the 50's/60's. If the habit wasn't going to kill them, the cops would be more than happy to lend a hand (or a club) to the grim reaper.

was going to post "wow the 50s were fucked" but it occurred to me there are probably ppl in california currently serving longer sentences for simple possession of crack cocaine