Hard bop pianist Hampton Hawes was born in Los Angeles on this date in 1928. His father was a Presbyterian preacher and his mother was the church's pianist. His interest in piano may have first begun ...

But early in the decade, there had been a problem. Most courses in Los Angeles back then didn't allow blacks, Jews, Italians or other ethnic groups. That changed in 1955, when Maggie Hathaway, a black ...

James Hampton Hawes, age 55, of Momence, IL, died Monday, Dec. 29, 2003 at Provena St. Mary’s Hospital in Kankakee, IL. He was born on April 3, 1948 in Chicago, IL, the son of Albert E. and LaVerne, ...