Contemporary Records Acoustic Sounds Series, uma colaboração Craft Recordings e Acoustic Sounds, começa com seis discos do catálogo da Contemporary Records, celebrando 70 anos desta lendária editora de jazz. As edições são supervisionadas por Chad Kassem e cada título, originalmente gravados por Roy DuNann e/ou Howard Holzer, é masterizado totalmente analógico por Bernie Grundman e prensado na QRP! 

• 70º Aniversário da Contemporary Records
• Contemporary Records Acoustic Sounds Series
• Vinil Audiófilo 180 Gramas
• Masterização totalmente Analógica das Fitas Originais
• Corte por Bernie Grundman
• Prensagem na Quality Record Pressings QRP, USA
• Capa Stoughton Old-Style Tip-On

Craft Recordings and Acoustic Sounds are proud to announce the Contemporary Records Acoustic Sounds series, which begins with six album releases from the Contemporary Records catalog, celebrating 70 years of the legendary jazz label. The releases are supervised by Chad Kassem, CEO of Acoustic Sounds, the world's largest source for audiophile recordings.

Each title, originally engineered by Roy DuNann and/or Howard Holzer, features all-analog mastering from the original tapes by legendary engineer Bernie Grundman (himself a former employee of the label), as well as unsurpassed audiophile pressing on 180-gram vinyl at Quality Record Pressings, presented in a Stoughton Printing old-style tip-on jacket.

The series highlights gems from Contemporary's extraordinary catalog and features artists who both defined and expanded the sound of West Coast jazz.

This re-visiting of Hampton Hawes' 1961 record, For Real!, comes four days after what would've been his 95th birthday. One of the most influential pianists of his time, the self-taught prodigy, was named "New Star of the Year" by DownBeat magazine.

Hawes shines bright in familiar territory: whether it's his exquisite harmonic locked-hands style on the boppin' "Crazeology," recorded well after his friend Charlie Parker brought it to fame, or his lively, flittering rendition of the much-covered Cole Porter ballad "I Love You." Here, he's backed by Clifford Brown/Max Roach saxophonist Harold Land and Scott LaFaro, the gone-too-soon double bassist famous for his work with the Bill Evans Trio.

This new edition, released as part of the Contemporary Records Acoustic Sounds Series, features (AAA) lacquers cut from the original master tapes by Bernie Grundman and is pressed on 180-gram vinyl at QRP, and presented in a Stoughton Printing tip-on jacket.

Músicos:

Hampton Hawes - piano
Harold Land - tenor sax
Scott LaFaro - baixo
Frank Butler - bateria

Lista de Faixas:

01. Hip
02. Wrap Your Troubles In Dreams
03. Crazeology
04. Numbers Game
05. For Real
06. I Love You

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