All Night Sessions! 1- 3

Hampton Hawes Quartet with Jim Hall

Tracklisting:

CD 1:
1. Jordu
2. Groovin' High
3. Takin' Care
4. Broadway
5. Hampton's Pulpit
6. I'll Remember April
7. I Should Care
8. Woody 'n You
9. Two Bass Hit

CD 2:
1. Will You Still Be Mine?
2. April In Paris
3. Blue 'n Boogie
4. Do Nothin' Till You Hear From Me
5. Blues #3
6. Between The Devil And The Deep Blue Sea
7. Blues #4
8. Blues Of A Sort

Total time CD 1: 60 mins.
Total time CD 2: 64 mins.

Recorded In Los Angeles, during the night of November 12 and the morning of November 13, 1956.


The amazing piano work of Hampton Hawes plus Jim Hall's guitar magic in an extended and uninterrupted late-night session! This 2 CD collection compiles the complete "All Night Session" which originally appeared on 3 LPs.

Recorded in just one night -from the late hours of November 12 to the early hours of November 13, 1956- this session is more like a live date than a trip to the studios, with no repeated numbers and, consequently, no alternate takes.

While Hawes' was most often heard in a trio format, this release showcases the pianist in a quartet. A follower of Charlie Parker in both his music and lifestyle, Hawes waxed this recording nearly two years before being imprisoned for drug possession. Although he was supposed to serve a five-year jail term, his sentence was revoked by President John F. Kennedy. Hawes resumed his career after his release, playing and recording until suffering a fatal stroke in Los Angeles, on May 22, 1977.