Coleman Hawkins

ALL TRACKS PREVIOUSLY UNISSUED!!

In late 1949 and early 1950, the great Coleman Hawkins toured Europe playing with an All Star group that included fellow Americans James Moody, Kenny Clarke, and Nat Peck, plus prestigious European jazzmen such as Hubert Fol, Pierre Michelot, and Jean-Paul Mengeon. Fortunately, two concerts by this group were preserved for posterity: a set in Lausanne, Switzerland, recorded on December 3, 1949 (that already appeared on CD), and this German performance at Munich’s Deutsches Museum, which appears here for the first time ever on any format.

Among the varioushighlights are Hawkins’ driving “Rifftide” (a reworking of “Oh, Lady be Good”), “Stuffy” and “Disorder at the Border.” “Sophisticated Lady” is a great ballad feature for Hawkins, and “Body and Soul” was readily expected by audiences after his famous 1939 recording became a landmark.

PERSONNEL:

COLEMAN HAWKINS, tenor sax
JAMES MOODY, tenor sax
NAT PECK, trombone
HUBERT FOL, alto sax
JEAN-PIERRE MENGEON, piano
PIERRE MICHELOT, bass
KENNY CLARKE, drums

Recorded live at the Deutsches Museum,
München (Munich), Germany, January 19, 1950.

INCLUDES 12-PAGE BOOKLET

TRACKS:

01) Introduction
02) Allen’s Alley
03) Rifftide
04) El Sino
05) It’s The Talk Of The Town
06) Lady Bird
07) Robbins’ Nest
08) Disorder At The Border
09) Body And Soul
10) Epistrophy
11) Sweet Georgia Brown
12) Sophisticated Lady
13) Stuffy
14) The Man I Love
15) How High The Moon
16) The Squirrel

TOTAL TIME 72:05