{{Use mdy dates|date=May 2025}} {{Infobox album | name = Hampton Hawes Trio | type = Album | artist = [[Hampton Hawes]] Trio | cover = Hampton Hawes Trio.jpg | alt = | released = 1955 | recorded = June 28, 1955<br><small>Los Angeles Police Academy, [[Chavez Ravine]], [[Los Angeles]]</small> | venue = | studio = | genre = [[Jazz]] | length = 41:07 | label = [[Contemporary Records|Contemporary]]<br><small>C 3505</small> | producer = Lester Koenig | chronology = [[Hampton Hawes]] | prev_title = | prev_year = | next_title = [[This Is Hampton Hawes]] | next_year = 1956 }}
'''''Hampton Hawes Trio''''' (subtitled '''''Vol. 1''''') is the debut album by pianist [[Hampton Hawes]] recorded in 1955 and released on the [[Contemporary Records|Contemporary]] label.<ref name="Hampton Hawes discography">[http://www.jazzdisco.org/hampton-hawes/catalog/#contemporary-c-3505 Hampton Hawes discography] accessed July 26, 2015</ref>
==Reception== {{Music ratings | rev1 = [[AllMusic]] | rev1Score = {{rating|4.5|5}}<ref name="Allmusic"/> |rev2 = ''[[The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide]]'' | rev2Score = {{rating|3|5}}<ref name=RSJRG>{{Cite book |editor-last=Swenson |editor-first=J. | author-link = | year = 1985 | title = The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide | publisher = Random House/Rolling Stone | location = USA | isbn = 0-394-72643-X | pages = 97 }}</ref> |rev3 = ''[[The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings]]'' |rev3score = {{Rating|4|4}}<ref name="Penguin">{{cite book |last1=Cook |first1=Richard |authorlink1=Richard Cook (journalist) |last2=Morton |first2=Brian |authorlink2=Brian Morton (Scottish writer) |title=[[The Penguin Guide to Jazz|The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings]] |year=2008 |edition=9th |publisher=[[Penguin Books|Penguin]] |isbn=978-0-141-03401-0 |page=665}}</ref> }} The [[AllMusic]] review by Scott Yanow states: "In addition to three of his basic originals, Hawes performs fresh and swinging versions of seven standards, making such overplayed tunes such as 'I Got Rhythm,' 'What Is This Thing Called Love?,' and 'All the Things You Are' really come alive. A gem, the first of many classic Hawes dates on Contemporary".<ref name="Allmusic">{{AllMusic|first=Scott |last=Yanow |class=album |id=mw0000732677 |title=''Hampton Hawes Trio'' – Review |accessdate=July 26, 2015}}</ref>
==Track listing== ''All compositions by Hampton Hawes except as indicated'' # "[[I Got Rhythm]]" ([[George Gershwin]], [[Ira Gershwin]]) – 3:19 # "[[What Is This Thing Called Love?]]" ([[Cole Porter]]) – 4:46 # "Blues the Most" – 5:45 # "[[So in Love]]" (Porter) – 3:58 # "Feelin' Fine" – 3:04 # "Hamp's Blues" – 3:42 # "[[Easy Living (song)|Easy Living]]" ([[Ralph Rainger]], [[Leo Robin]]) – 4:50 # "[[All the Things You Are]]" ([[Jerome Kern]], [[Oscar Hammerstein II]]) – 4:59 # "[[These Foolish Things (Remind Me of You)|These Foolish Things]]" ([[Eric Maschwitz|Holt Marvell]], [[Harry Link]], [[Jack Strachey]]) – 4:50 # "[[Carioca (1933 song)|Carioca]]" ([[Vincent Youmans]], [[Edward Eliscu]], [[Gus Kahn]]) – 2:24
==Personnel== *[[Hampton Hawes]] – [[piano]] *[[Red Mitchell]] – [[double bass|bass]] (tracks 1–3 & 5–10) *[[Chuck Thompson (drummer)|Chuck Thompson]] – [[drum kit|drums]] (tracks 1–3 & 5–10)
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