das Gegenstueck fuer die erste Haelfte der 50er… 1956 hab ich erstmal weggelassen, das war das Jahr der Tour mit dem Hawes Trio
Chuck Thompson in Downbeat 1950-1955
26 Januar 1951
Dexter Gordon, Roy Porter, Chuck Thompson, and Hampton Hawes are a few of the L.A. cats who, having come up here on a job, have decided Frisco is the place and have put in their cards here…
24 Februar 1954
THE JAZZ BEAT: Chet Baker quartet and Shorty Rogers combo switched stands—Shorty to Zardi’s, and Chet to the Haig. And if Mr. Haig manages to keep the Baker Boys’ appearance there in secrecy as deep as that which pervaded the recent short run there of Bud Powell (assisted by locals Chuck Thompson and Curtis Counce) Baker will have to blow the walls out of the place …
10 August 1955
Hamp Hawes trio (Red Mitchell, bass; Chuck Thompson, drums), still on holdover at the Haig, signed to record with same boys for Contemporary
16 November 1955
This is the most exciting album I’ve heard from the coast in the over two years that I’ve been reviewing records for the Beat. Pianist Hawes, backed magnificiently by bassist Red Mitchell and solidly by drummer Chuck Thompson comes through here as potentially the most vital young jazz pianist since Bud Powell in terms of fire, soul, beat, and guts. Hawes is 27, and the excellent Lester Koenig notes give a full Hawes biography interlaced with illuminating direct quotes from a taped interview with Hawes. The recording is probingly alive, and engineer John Palladino deserves another commendation.
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