Something Special (Hampton Hawes album)

Something Special
Something Special
Live album by Hampton Hawes
Released	1994
Recorded	June 10, 1976
Venue	The Douglas Beach House, Half Moon Bay, California
Genre	Jazz
Length	48:59
Label	Contemporary CCD 14072-2
Producer	Eric Miller
Hampton Hawes chronology

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
Source	Rating
Allmusic	^[2]
The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings	^[3]
Tom Hull	B+ ()^[4]

Track listing

All compositions by Hampton Hawes except as indicated

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

Personnel

Hampton Hawes - piano
Denny Diaz - guitar
Leroy Vinnegar - bass
Al Williams - drums

References

^ Hampton Hawes discography, accessed June 26, 2015
^ ^a ^b Yanow, Scott. Something Special – Review at AllMusic. Retrieved June 26, 2015.
^ Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings (9th ed.). Penguin. p. 666. ISBN 978-0-141-03401-0.
^ Hull, Tom (13 July 2020). "Music Week". Tom Hull – on the Web. Retrieved 15 July 2020.

[Hampton_Hawes_discography-1] Hampton Hawes discography, accessed June 26, 2015

[Allmusic-2] Yanow, Scott. Something Special – Review at AllMusic. Retrieved June 26, 2015.

[Penguin-3] Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings (9th ed.). Penguin. p. 666. ISBN 978-0-141-03401-0.

[Hull-4] Hull, Tom (13 July 2020). "Music Week". Tom Hull – on the Web. Retrieved 15 July 2020.

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Years given are for the recording(s), not release.
Albums as leader	Hampton Hawes Trio (1955) This Is Hampton Hawes (1955–56) Everybody Likes Hampton Hawes (1956) All Night Session! Vol. 1 (1956) All Night Session! Vol. 2 (1956) All Night Session! Vol. 3 (1956) Baritones and French Horns/Curtis Fuller and Hampton Hawes with French Horns (1957) Four! (1958) Bird Song (1956–58) For Real! (1958) The Sermon (1958) The Green Leaves of Summer (1964) Here and Now (1965) The Seance (1966) I'm All Smiles (1966) Universe (1972) Blues for Walls (1973) Playin' in the Yard (1973) Northern Windows (1974) As Long as There's Music (1976) Something Special (1976) Hampton Hawes at the Piano (1976)
Sideman with others	Gene Ammons and Friends at Montreux (1973) I'll Catch the Sun! (Sonny Criss, 1969) On the Road (Art Farmer, 1976) The Hunt (Dexter Gordon, 1947) Blues à la Suisse (Dexter Gordon, 1973) Kessel Plays Standards (Barney Kessel, 1955) Let's Cook! (Barney Kessel, 1957) Live in Hollywood (Warne Marsh, 1952) Mingus Three (Charles Mingus, 1957) Stratosonic Nuances (Blue Mitchell, 1975) The Early Show (Art Pepper, 1952) Surf Ride (Art Pepper, 1952) Living Legend (Art Pepper, 1976) Modern Sounds (Shorty Rogers, 1951) Shorty Rogers and His Giants (1953) Bud Shank – Shorty Rogers – Bill Perkins (1955) Sonny Rollins and the Contemporary Leaders (1958) So Doggone Good (Sonny Stitt, 1972)