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The Hawk Swings - the Crown Sessions (FSRCD 743)
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The Hawk Swings - the Crown Sessions
Coleman Hawkins
Fresh Sound Records
8427328607438
ZZZ 137265
FSRCD 743
JAZZ
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The Hawk Swings - the Crown Sessions
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The abiding contemporaneousness of Coleman Hawkins (1904-1969) became in the late Fifties something of a cliché. But cliché or not, he was a 56-year-old veteran who started in jazz 40 years earlier with Mamie Smith’s Jazz Hounds, and who - when he recorded these sessions - more than held his own with younger jazzmen like Thad Jones and Eddie Costa. That is because Hawk was always ahead, harmonically. It was a thing of wonder, to be sure, to hear Hawkins blowing with those “modernists” in this relaxed set where none of the tempos rises above medium-up.
PERSONNEL IN BOTH SESSIONS
THAD JONES (trumpet)
COLEMAN HAWKINS (tenor sax)
EDDIE COSTA (piano & vibes)
GEORGE DUVIVIER (bass)
OSIE JOHNSON (drums)
Nat Pierce plays piano on #7.
(1-5) from the album Coleman Hawkins and His Orchestra (Crown CST-206)
(6-10) from the album The Hawk Swings (Crown CST-224)
All sessions recorded in New York City, 1960
TRACKS:
01. Moodsville (6:13)
02. After Midnight (4:46)
03. Bean in Orbit (6:04)
04. Stalking (9:02)
05. Hassle (6:31)
06. Cross Town (5:04)
07. Shadows (5:42)
08. Cloudy (5:36)
09. Stake Out (6:15)
10. Almost Down (8:56)
The abiding contemporaneousness of Coleman Hawkins (1904-1969) became in the late Fifties something of a cliché. But cliché or not, he was a 56-year-old veteran who started in jazz 40 years earlier with Mamie Smith’s Jazz Hounds, and who - when he recorded these sessions - more than held his own with younger jazzmen like Thad Jones and Eddie Costa. That is because Hawk was always ahead, harmonically. It was a thing of wonder, to be sure, to hear Hawkins blowing with those “modernists” in this relaxed set where none of the tempos rises above medium-up.
PERSONNEL IN BOTH SESSIONS
THAD JONES (trumpet)
COLEMAN HAWKINS (tenor sax)
EDDIE COSTA (piano & vibes)
GEORGE DUVIVIER (bass)
OSIE JOHNSON (drums)
Nat Pierce plays piano on #7.
(1-5) from the album Coleman Hawkins and His Orchestra (Crown CST-206)
(6-10) from the album The Hawk Swings (Crown CST-224)
All sessions recorded in New York City, 1960
TRACKS:
01. Moodsville (6:13)
02. After Midnight (4:46)
03. Bean in Orbit (6:04)
04. Stalking (9:02)
05. Hassle (6:31)
06. Cross Town (5:04)
07. Shadows (5:42)
08. Cloudy (5:36)
09. Stake Out (6:15)
10. Almost Down (8:56)
