Coleman Hawkins

Complete 1962 Studio Recordings (FSRCD 763_2)

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Complete 1962 Studio Recordings

Coleman Hawkins

Fresh Sound Records

8427328607636

ABS 139817

FSRCD 763_2

JAZZ

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Complete 1962 Studio Recordings

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4 LPs ON 2 CDs

The sound of Coleman Hawkins (1904-1969) remains, after all these years, as immediately recognizable as his direct and compelling ability to swing. No jazzman played with more fire the uptempo tunes and no one could be more persuasive on ballads. With the fluent support of his then-regular rhythm section, he made these four excellent albums.

Three—“Good Old Broadway,” “No Strings,” “Make Someone Happy”—which include jazz versions of Broadway show tunes, are from Prestige’s Moodsville series. The fourth, “Today and Now,” made for Impulse, explores everything from gentle, moody ballads and bluesy, mid-tempo pieces to some Hawk originals.

Overall, this 2-CD set is an interesting mixture of classics and undeservedly lesser-known compositions. Hawk gives each of these richly melodic songs a broadly warm and moving reading. Tommy Flanagan is his usual imperturbable, tastefully swinging self, intuitively grasping the feeling of the tunes and showing he was among the best pianists, technically and creatively, excellent as a soloist and a superb accompanist. On drums, Eddie Locke is typically capable, and bassist Major Holley contributes some delightfully humorous solos in a quartet that shows how to play firstrate, uncomplicated music.

Personnel on all tracks:

COLEMAN HAWKINS. tenor sax, except on CD1 #12 & 15
TOMMY FLANAGAN, piano
MAJOR HOLLEY, bass
EDDIE LOCKE, drums

CD 1 [1-8] from the album Good Old Broadway.
Englewood Cliffs, N.J., January 2, 1962.

CD 1 [9-17] from the album The Jazz Version of ‘No Strings
Englewood Cliffs, N.J., March 30 & April 4 (#10,12,13,15 & 16), 1962.

CD 2 [1-7] from the album Make Someone Happy
Englewood Cliffs, N.J., August 16, 1962.

CD 2 [8-14] from the album Today and Now
Englewood Cliffs, N.J., September 9, 1962.

CD 1
01. I Talk to the Trees - From “Paint Your Wagon”
02. Smoke Gets in Your Eyes - From “Roberta”
03. Wanting You (Romberg-Hammerstein II) - From “New Moon”
04. Strange Music - From “Song of Norway”
05. The Man That Got Away - From “A Star Is Born”
06. Get Out of Town - From “Leave It to Me”
07. Here I’ll Stay - From “Love Life”
08. A Fellow Needs a Girl - From “Allegro”
09. Look No Further
10. La La La
11. Nobody Told Me
12. Maine
13. Loads of Love
14. The Sweetest Sounds
15. Be My Host
16. The Man Who Has Everything
17. No Strings

CD 2
01. Wouldn’t It Be Loverly? - From “My Fair Lady”
02. Cry Like the Wind - From “Do Re Mi”
03. Climb Ev’ry Mountain - From “The Sound of Music”
04. Make Someone Happy - From “Do Re Mi”
05. Out of My Dreams - From “Oklahoma”
06. Have I Told You Lately? - From “I Can Get It for You Wholesale”
07. I Believe In You - From “How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying”
08. Go Li’l Liza (Traditional)
09. Quintessence
10. Don’t Love Me
11. Love Song from “Apache”
12. Put On Your Old Grey Bonnet
13. Swingin’ Scotch
14. Don’t Sit Under the Apple Tree