This Is Hampton Hawes Explained

This Is Hampton Hawes
Type:	Album
Artist:	Hampton Hawes Trio
Cover:	This Is Hampton Hawes.jpg
Released:	Early May 1956^[1]
Recorded:	June 28 and December 3, 1955 January 25, 1956 Los Angeles Police Academy, Chavez Ravine Contemporary's Studio, Los Angeles
Genre:	Jazz
Length:	42:18
Label:	Contemporary C3515
Producer:	Lester Koenig
Chronology:	Hampton Hawes
Prev Title:	Hampton Hawes Trio
Prev Year:	1955
Next Title:	Everybody Likes Hampton Hawes
Next Year:	1956

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]

Reception

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

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)

Personnel

• Hampton Hawes - piano
  • Red Mitchell - bass Chuck Thompson - drums

Notes and References

1. https://books.google.com/books?id=qCEEAAAAMBAJ&dq=Hampton+Hawes+3515&pg=PA74 Billboard May 12, 1956
2. http://www.jazzdisco.org/hampton-hawes/catalog/#contemporary-c-3515 Hampton Hawes discography