Hampton Hawes - Here and Now

Styles: Piano Jazz

Year: 1965

File: MP3@320K/s

Time: 39:25

Size: 90,4 MB

Art: Front

(7:01)  1. Fly Me to the Moon

(4:44)  2. What Kind of Fool Am I?

(4:08)  3. The Girl from Ipanema

(3:39)  4. Rhonda

(5:29)  5. Dear Heart

(5:07)  6. People

(4:29)  7. Chim Chim Cher-ee

(4:43)  8. The Days of Wine and Roses

For this interesting but not essential CD reissue, pianist Hampton Hawes, along with bassist Chuck Israels and drummer Donald Bailey, tries his best to uplift then-current songs (plus his original "Rhonda") including "Fly Me to the Moon," "What Kind of Fool Am I," "Chim Chim Cheree," and even "People." In general, the treatments are somewhat straight-ahead ("The Girl from Ipanema" is taken as swing rather than bossa nova), and Hawes' solos transform some of the tunes a bit. ~ Scott Yanow  http://www.allmusic.com/album/here-and-now-mw0000674696

Hampton Hawes Trio: Hampton Hawes (piano); Chuck Israels (bass); Donald Bailey (drums).

Here and Now

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