This Is Hampton Hawes

This Is Hampton Hawes (subtitled Vol. 2, The Trio) is an album by pianist Hampton Hawes recorded at sessions in 1955 and 1956 and released on the Contemporary label.[2]

This Is Hampton Hawes
Studio album by
Hampton Hawes Trio
ReleasedEarly May 1956[1]
RecordedJune 28 and December 3, 1955
January 25, 1956
Los Angeles Police Academy, Chavez Ravine
Contemporary's Studio, Los Angeles
GenreJazz
Length42:18
LabelContemporary
C3515
ProducerLester Koenig
Hampton Hawes chronology
Hampton Hawes Trio
(1955)		 This Is Hampton Hawes
(1956)		 Everybody Likes Hampton Hawes
(1956)

Reception
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic[3]
The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide[4]

The Allmusic review states "this Hampton Hawes date would certainly make good company for any other top jazz piano trio records in your collection".[3]

Track listing
  1. "You and the Night and the Music" (Arthur Schwartz, Howard Dietz) - 3:45
  2. "Stella by Starlight" (Victor Young, Ned Washington) - 4:52
  3. "Blues for Jacque" (Hampton Hawes) - 4:34
  4. "Yesterdays" (Jerome Kern, Otto Harbach) - 4:53
  5. "Steeplechase" (Charlie Parker) - 2:51
  6. "'Round About Midnight" (Thelonious Monk) - 5:21
  7. "Just Squeeze Me" (Duke Ellington) - 6:31
  8. "Autumn in New York" (Vernon Duke) - 5:19
  9. "Section Blues" (Red Mitchell, Chuck Thompson) - 4:12
  • Recorded at Los Angeles Police Academy in Chavez Ravine on June 28, 1955 (track 7) and at Contemporary's Studio in Los Angeles, California on December 3, 1955 (tracks 2, 4, 5, 8 & 9) and January 25, 1956 (tracks 1, 3 & 6)

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References
  1. Billboard May 12, 1956
  2. Hampton Hawes discography accessed July 29, 2015
  3. Cook, Stephen. This Is Hampton Hawes: Vol. 2, The Trio – Review at AllMusic. Retrieved July 29, 2015.
  4. Swenson, J., ed. (1985). The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide. USA: Random House/Rolling Stone. pp. 97. ISBN 0-394-72643-X.
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