Hampton Hawes- For Real! (Contemporary Records Acoustic Sounds Series)Label: Craft Reissued 2024, Originally released 1958 Hampton Hawes, For Real! was recorded in 1958 but not released on the Contemporary Records label until 1961. Featuring Hawes (piano) alongside Harold Land (tenor sax), Scott LaFaro (bass) and Frank Butler (drums), the album incudes a mixture of both jazz standards and originals. This new edition, released as part of the Acoustic Sounds Series, features (AAA) lacquers cut from the original master

Here their combined powers open pathways to heightened realms of deep listening and bewitching restraint

Impeccable Caverns Of Satan

Blame The Witch

For added authenticity

The release also brought forth the career defining cut “Cokane In My Brain”

But even that was done in three days

Certified Gold

and shattering drums—the album demonstrates the rage and passion that come from being women in hardcore

Live at Someplace Else

Catch & Release

Different Hue

Reverend King