Hangin' with Smooth
{{Infobox album
| name = Hangin' with Smooth
| type = Album
| artist = Cecil Brooks III
| cover = Hangin' with Smooth.jpg
| alt =
| released = 1992
| recorded = December 14, 1990
| venue =
| studio = Van Gelder Studios, Englewood Cliffs, NJ
| genre = Jazz
| length = 53:11
| label = Muse
{{small|MCD 5428}}
| producer = Cecil Brooks III
| chronology = Cecil Brooks III
| prev_title = The Collective
| prev_year = 1989
| next_title = Neck Peckin' Jammie
| next_year = 1993
}}
Hangin' with Smooth is an album by drummer Cecil Brooks III, recorded in 1990 and released on the Muse label.[http://www.jazzlists.com/SJ_Label_Muse_5400.htm Muse LP series discography: 5400 to 5449] accessed November 21, 2017[http://www.jazzdiscography.com/Labels/muse.htm Muse Records listing], accessed November 21, 2017{{cite journal |last1=Turner |first1=Douglas |title=Cecil Brooks III overflows with talent |journal=American Visions |date=Oct 1995 |volume=10 |issue=5 |page=46}}
Reception
{{Album ratings
| rev1 = AllMusic
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The Star-Ledger praised the "mix of hard-bopped standards, smooth ballads and smart, catchy originals."{{cite news |last1=Kanzler |first1=George |title=SAVORING THE UNEXPECTED AND SUBLIME |work=The Star-Ledger |date=September 6, 1992}} The Boston Herald listed Hangin' with Smooth among the 10 best jazz albums of 1992.{{cite news |last1=Young |first1=Bob |title=The Sounds of 1992 |work=Boston Herald |date=December 18, 1992 |department=Scene}}
The AllMusic review by Scott Yanow stated that "this is an excellent modern mainstream set by some of the finest young lions of the 1990s."{{AllMusic|first=Scott |last=Yanow |class=album |id=mw0000617035 |title= Cecil Brooks III: Hangin' with Smooth – Review |accessdate=November 21, 2017}}
Track listing
All compositions by Cecil Brooks III except where noted.
- "Hangin' with Smooth" – 5:13
- "I've Grown Accustomed to Her Face" (Frederick Loewe, Alan Jay Lerner) – 7:39
- "Swamp Thang" – 8:36
- "Adreena" – 5:14
- "Don't Forget the Forgotten" (Radam Schwartz) – 7:39
- "Midnight Sun" (Lionel Hampton, Sonny Burke, Johnny Mercer) – 4:05
- "I'm a Fool to Want You" (Joel Herron, Jack Wolf, Frank Sinatra) – 3:11
- "Autumn in New York" (Vernon Duke) – 2:36
- "Invisible Face" (Schwartz) – 6:57
- "Healing Rhythms for Adriane" – 2:01