Everybody Likes Hampton Hawes Explained

Everybody Likes Hampton Hawes
Type:	Album
Artist:	Hampton Hawes Trio
Cover:	Everybody Likes Hampton Hawes.jpg
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
Chronology:	Hampton Hawes
Prev Title:	This Is Hampton Hawes
Prev Year:	1956
Next Title:	All Night Session! Vol. 1
Next Year:	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

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

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

Notes and References

1. http://www.jazzdisco.org/hampton-hawes/catalog/#contemporary-c-3523 Hampton Hawes discography