Although
For Real!
was at least
Hampton Hawes
' 11th record as a leader, it was his first (and one of his relatively few) that included a horn player. The pianist matches quite well with the
hard bop
tenor of
Harold Land
(heard in his early prime), and the quartet outing, which also includes drummer
Frank Butler
, has an extra bonus in the playing of the brilliant bassist
Scott LaFaro
. Performing three
bop
standards
(including
"Crazeology"
) and three originals (two of which were co-written by
Land
), pianist
Hawes
sounds inspired by the other players and is in top form throughout the generally memorable outing. ~ Scott Yanow