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Something Special (Hampton Hawes album)

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Something Special
Live album by
Released1994
RecordedJune 10, 1976
The Douglas Beach House, Half Moon Bay, California
GenreJazz
Length48:59
LabelContemporary CCD 14072-2
ProducerEric Miller
Hampton Hawes chronology
As Long as There's Music
(1976)
Something Special
(1994)
Hampton Hawes at the Piano
(1976)

Something Special is a live album by American jazz pianist Hampton Hawes recorded in 1976 and released on the Contemporary label in 1994.[1]

Reception

The Allmusic review by Scott Yanow states "This excellent music gives no hints of Hawes' upcoming demise".[2]

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic[2]
Tom HullB+ ((3-star Honorable Mention)(3-star Honorable Mention)(3-star Honorable Mention))[3]

Track listing

All compositions by Hampton Hawes except as indicated

  1. "BD & DS Blues" - 7:37
  2. "Pablito" - 8:58
  3. "Sunny" (Bobby Hebb) - 9:19
  4. "Nice Meanderings" - 8:52
  5. "St. Thomas" (Sonny Rollins) - 5:00
  6. "Fly Me to the Moon" (Bart Howard) - 9:13

Personnel

References

  1. ^ Hampton Hawes discography, accessed June 26, 2015
  2. ^ a b Yanow, Scott. Something Special – Review at AllMusic. Retrieved June 26, 2015.
  3. ^ Hull, Tom (13 July 2020). "Music Week". Tom Hull – on the Web. Retrieved 15 July 2020.