Everybody Likes Hampton Hawes

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]

Everybody Likes Hampton Hawes
Studio album by Hampton Hawes Trio
Released	1956
Recorded	January 25, 1956 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)

Reception

Professional ratings

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

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 (13 July 2020). "Music Week". Tom Hull – on the Web. Retrieved 15 July 2020.