Here and Now (Hampton Hawes album)

Here and Now
Studio album by Hampton Hawes
Released	1966
Recorded	May 12, 1965
Studio	Contemporary Records Studio, Hollywood, CA
Genre	Jazz
Length	38:44
Label	Contemporary M3616/S7616
Producer	Lester Koenig
Hampton Hawes chronology
The Green Leaves of Summer (1964) Here and Now (1966) The Challenge (1968)

Here and Now is an album by American jazz pianist Hampton Hawes recorded in 1965 and released on the Contemporary label. ^[1]

Reception

The Allmusic review by Scott Yanow called the album "interesting but not essential" and stated "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". ^[2]

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	[2]
The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide	[3]
The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings	[4]

Track listing

1. "Fly Me to the Moon" (Bart Howard) - 6:59
2. "What Kind of Fool Am I?" (Leslie Bricusse, Anthony Newley) - 4:42
3. "The Girl from Ipanema" (Antônio Carlos Jobim, Vinicius de Moraes, Norman Gimbel) - 4:06
4. "Rhonda" (Hampton Hawes) - 3:37
5. "Dear Heart" (Henry Mancini, Ray Evans, Jay Livingston) - 5:27
6. "People" (Jule Styne, Bob Merrill) - 5:05
7. "Chim Chim Cher-ee" (Richard M. Sherman, Robert B. Sherman) - 4:27
8. "Days of Wine and Roses" (Henry Mancini, Johnny Mercer) - 4:43

Personnel

• Hampton Hawes - piano
• Chuck Israels - bass
• Donald Bailey - drums

References

1. Hampton Hawes discography, accessed June 25, 2015
2. Yanow, Scott. Here and Now – Review at AllMusic . Retrieved June 25, 2015.
3. Swenson, J., ed. (1985). The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide. USA: Random House/Rolling Stone. p. 97. ISBN   0-394-72643-X.
4. Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings (9th ed.). Penguin. p. 666. ISBN   978-0-141-03401-0.