Hampton Hawes – “Yardbird Suite”

Hampton Hawes – “Like Someone In Love”

From “Four!” : 1958 : Contemporary Records

Hampton Hawes was a fixture of the 50′s West Coast jazz scene and recorded many fantastic albums for the Contemporary Records label during this time. Although Hawes is probably best known for his trio recordings from this time, he changes things up a bit for this quartet release featuring Barney Kessel on guitar. [Kessel was so popular on jazz guitar at this time that in 1961 Gibson introduced the signature Barney Kessel Custom guitar which stayed in production until 1973]

Players:
Hampton Hawes – Piano
Barney Kessel – Guitar
Red Mitchell – Bass
Shelly Manne – Drums