This Is Hampton Hawes, Vol. 2: The Trio

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Standing as a fierce, deeply blues-steeped counterpoint to the airy intellectualism typically associated with the California scene, the pianist leads an incredibly muscular, hard-swinging trio. Accompanied by Red Mitchell and Chuck Thompson, his highly rhythmic, gospel-inflected attack drives the bop standards with immense power and unyielding momentum. The highly celebrated, flawless recording firmly established him as one of the premier, most dynamically intense keyboardists on the West Coast.