Everybody Likes Hampton Hawes

Everybody Likes Hampton Hawes
Studio album by Hampton Hawes Trio
Released	1956
Recorded	January 25, 1956
Studio	Contemporary's Studio in Los Angeles, California
Genre	Jazz
Length	43:42
Label	Contemporary C3523
Producer	Lester Koenig
Hampton Hawes chronology
This Is Hampton Hawes (1956) Everybody Likes Hampton Hawes (1956) All Night Session! Vol. 1 (1956)

Everybody Likes Hampton Hawes (subtitled Vol. 3: The Trio) is the third album by pianist Hampton Hawes recorded in 1956 and released on the Contemporary label. ^[1]

Reception

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	[2]
The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide	[3]
Tom Hull	B+ ( ) [4]
The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings	[5]

The Allmusic review by Scott Yanow states that Hawes "comes up with consistently creative ideas throughout this swinging bop date". ^[2]

Track listing

All compositions by Hampton Hawes except as indicated

1. "Somebody Loves Me" (George Gershwin, Buddy DeSylva, Ballard MacDonald) - 5:32
2. "The Sermon" - 3:42
3. "Embraceable You" (George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin) - 4:58
4. "I Remember You" (Victor Schertzinger, Johnny Mercer) - 4:28
5. "A Night in Tunisia" (Dizzy Gillespie) - 3:54
6. "Lover, Come Back to Me/Bean and the Boys" (Sigmund Romberg, Oscar Hammerstein II; Coleman Hawkins) - 5:13
7. "Polka Dots and Moonbeams" (Jimmy Van Heusen, Johnny Burke) - 4:42
8. "Billy Boy" (Traditional) - 3:01
9. "Body and Soul" (Johnny Green, Frank Eyton, Edward Heyman, Robert Sour) - 4:17
10. "Coolin' the Blues" - 4:18

Personnel

• Hampton Hawes - piano
• Red Mitchell - bass
• Chuck Thompson - drums

References

1. Hampton Hawes discography accessed July 26, 2015
2. Yanow, Scott. Everybody Likes Hampton Hawes, Vol. 3: The Trio – Review at AllMusic . Retrieved July 26, 2015.
3. Swenson, J., ed. (1985). The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide . USA: Random House/Rolling Stone. pp.  97. ISBN   0-394-72643-X.
4. Hull, Tom (July 13, 2020). "Music Week". Tom Hull – on the Web. Retrieved July 15, 2020.
5. Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings (9th ed.). Penguin. p. 665. ISBN   978-0-141-03401-0.