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{{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 Records|Muse]]<br />{{small|MCD 5428}}
| producer   = Cecil Brooks III
| chronology = [[Cecil Brooks III]]
| prev_title = [[The Collective (Cecil Brooks III album)|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 Records|Muse]] label.<ref>[http://www.jazzlists.com/SJ_Label_Muse_5400.htm Muse LP series discography: 5400 to 5449] accessed November 21, 2017</ref><ref>[http://www.jazzdiscography.com/Labels/muse.htm Muse Records listing], accessed November 21, 2017</ref><ref>{{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}}</ref>

==Reception==
{{Album ratings
| rev1 = [[AllMusic]]
| rev1Score = {{rating|4|5}}<ref name="Allmusic" />
}}
''[[The Star-Ledger]]'' praised the "mix of hard-bopped standards, smooth ballads and smart, catchy originals."<ref>{{cite news |last1=Kanzler |first1=George |title=SAVORING THE UNEXPECTED AND SUBLIME |work=The Star-Ledger |date=September 6, 1992}}</ref> The ''[[Boston Herald]]'' listed ''Hangin' with Smooth'' among the 10 best jazz albums of 1992.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Young |first1=Bob |title=The Sounds of 1992 |work=Boston Herald |date=December 18, 1992 |department=Scene}}</ref>

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."<ref name="Allmusic">{{AllMusic|first=Scott |last=Yanow |class=album |id=mw0000617035 |title= Cecil Brooks III: ''Hangin' with Smooth'' – Review |accessdate=November 21, 2017}}</ref>

==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 and Sonny Burke song)|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 (song)|Autumn in New York]]" ([[Vernon Duke]]) – 2:36
# "Invisible Face" (Schwartz) – 6:57
# "Healing Rhythms for Adriane" – 2:01

==Personnel==
*[[Cecil Brooks III]] – [[drum kit|drums]]
*[[Philip Harper (trumpeter)|Phillip Harper]] – [[trumpet]]
*[[Justin Robinson (musician)|Justin Robinson]] – [[alto saxophone]]
*[[Craig Handy]] – [[tenor saxophone]]
*[[Benny Green (pianist)|Benny Green]]  – [[piano]] 
*[[Peter Washington]] – [[double bass|bass]]
*[[Kenny Davis (musician)|Kenneth Davis]] – [[electric bass]] (track 4)

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[[Category:Muse Records albums]]
[[Category:Cecil Brooks III albums]]
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