Coleman Hawkins

• 3-CD JEWEL BOX EDITION

• 5 ORIGINAL ALBUMS ON 3 CD AND MORE !!

• INCLUDES 20-PAGE BOOKLET

This release presents all existing recordings (both studio and live) by the great Coleman Hawkins (1904-1969) with pianist Ray Bryant, compiled here for the first time on a single set. Five original LPs are contained within (including a rare version of “Tiny Bean” from the Blues Groove session which appears here for the first time on CD), as well as the only two extant tunes from their performance at the 1959 Newport Jazz Festival.

PERSONNEL:

• COLEMAN HAWKINS, tenor sax RAY BRYANT, piano
• on all tracks, plus:

• CD ONE [1-7]: SOUL (Prestige 7149).
• KENNY BURRELL, guitar
• WENDELL MARSHALL, bass
• OSIE JOHNSON, drums
• Hackensack, New Jersey, November 7, 1958.

• CD ONE [8-11] & CD TWO [1-2]: BLUES GROOVE
• MUSA KALEEM, flute
• EARL WORMACK, bass
• TEAGLE FLEMING Jr, drums
• New Jersey, February 28, 1958.

• CD TWO [3-8]: HAWK EYES! (Prestige 7156).
• CHARLIE SHAVERS, trumpet
• TINY GRIMES, guitar
• GEORGE DUVIVIER, bass
• OSIE JOHNSON, drums
• New Jersey, April 3, 1959.

• CD TWO [9-11] & CD THREE [1-3]: STASCH (Swingville 2013)
• PEPPER ADAMS, baritone sax
• JEROME RICHARDSON, alto sax, flute
• IDREES SULIEMAN, trumpet
• ROY GAINES, guitar
• WENDELL MARSHALL, bass
• WAKTER BOLDEN, drums
• JERRY VALENTINE, arranger
• New Jersey, February 5, 1959.

• CD THREE [4-9]: THE COLEMAN HAWKINS ALL STARS AT NEWPORT 1957 (Verve MGV8240)
• ROY ELDRIDGE, trumpet
• PETE BROWN, alto sax
• AL McKIBBON, bass
• JO JONES, drums
• Newport Jazz Festival, Newport, Rhode Island, July 5, 1957.

• CD THREE [10-11]: COLEMAN HAWKINS - ROY ELDRIDGE QUINTET AT NEWPORT 1959 .
• ROY ELDRIDGE, trumpet
• TOMMY BRYANT, bass
• OLIVER JACKSON, drums
• Newport Jazz Festival, Newport, Rhode Island, July 3, 1959

TRACKS:

• CD ONE (78:57 Min)
• 01 SOUL BLUES
• 02 I HADN’T ANYONE TILL YOU
• 03 GROOVIN’
• 04 GREENSLEEVES
• 05 SUNDAY MORNING
• 06 UNTIL THE REAL THING COMES ALONG
• 07 SWEETNIN’
• 08 MARCHIN’ ALONG
• 09 A SMOOTH ONE
• 10 BLUES WAIL
• 11 APRIL IN PARIS

• CD TWO ( 76:31Min.)
• 01 SOUL STATION
• 02 TINY BEAN
• 03 HAWK EYES
• 04 C’MON IN
• 05 THROUGH FOR THE NIGHT
• 06 I NEVER KNEW
• 07 LA ROSITA
• 08 STEALIN’ THE BEAN
• 09 STASCH
• 10 TRUST IN ME
• 11 ROLL ‘EM PETE

• CD THREE (76:18 Min.)
• 01 SKROUK
• 02 SINCE I FELL FOR YOU
• 03 MY BABE
• 04 Introduction
• 05 I CAN’T BELIEVE THAT YOU’RE IN LOVE WITH ME
• 06 DAY BY DAY
• 07 EMBRACEABLE YOU
• 08 MOONGLOW
• 09 SWEET GEORGIA BROWN
• 10 SOFT WINDS
• 11 VIGNETTE [based on SWEET SUE, JUST YOU]