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Title: Hampton Hawes Trio - High In The Sky
Year/Genre/Sub-Genre/City: 1970 / Jazz / Post-Bop / Los Angeles
Matrix #: SLP - 9010
Condition: EX (VZ)
Cultural Facts:
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Personal Struggle Hawes recorded this after surviving prison time and addiction, carrying the weight of rebuilding both his career and reputation.
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Studio Lore This trio date paired Hawes with Leroy Vinnegar and Donald Bailey, a lean lineup that kept the focus on his piano and original writing.
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Media Narrative The album stayed relatively obscure compared with his better-known 50s work, which is part of why later reissues helped revive interest in it.
