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The Green Leaves Of Summer

Hampton Hawes

Recorded	Feb 17, 1964
Label	Contemporary Records
Released	1964
Personnel	3 credited players
Discogs	master 477300

The record

Monk Montgomery's electric bass gives this post-return trio date a different low end than Hawes' old Contemporary sides, Steve Ellington keeping the pulse loose on brushes. Folk and standard material get threaded through with his same unmistakable touch.

Session personnel

Monk Montgomery — bass
Steve Ellington — drums
Hampton Hawes — piano

Contemporary reception

No period review located yet. The vintage-press pipeline searches DownBeat, Cash Box, and Billboard for this session.

Pressings

Showing the first pressing, audiophile reissues and copies carrying a collector marker, out of 17 pressings on file.

1964	Contemporary Records · M3614 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Mono earliest on file · deep groove
1964	Contemporary Records · S7614 — Vinyl, LP, Stereo · deep groove
1964	Contemporary Records · M3614 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Promo, Mono · deep groove
1964	Contemporary Records · SCA 579 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Stereo · deep groove
1965	Contemporary Records · SH 3050 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Stereo · deep groove; laminated sleeve
—	Contemporary Records · S7614 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Reissue, Stereo · deep groove
—	Contemporary Records · S7614 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Reissue, Stereo · deep groove
—	Contemporary Records · S7614 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Repress, Stereo, Black Label · deep groove
1964	Contemporary Records — STEREO
1964	Contemporary Records · LAC 579 — Vinyl, LP, Test Pressing, Mono
1966	Contemporary Records · LAC 579 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Mono
1983	Contemporary Records · S7614 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Reissue, Stereo, SLM
1988	Contemporary Records · VDJ-1646 — CD, Album, Reissue, Remastered, Stereo
1990	Original Jazz Classics · OJCCD-476-2 — CD, Album, Reissue, Stereo