This 14-track sampler on the Varese-Sarabande label gives a superb overview of one of the key architects of jazz saxophone. Coleman Hawkins helped develop the instrument's voice and vocabulary, pushing the boundaries of each until he arrive...
Personnel: Coleman Hawkins (tenor saxophone); Tommy Flanagan (piano); Wendell Marshall (bass); Osie Johnson (drums).Recorded at the Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey on January 29, 1960. Originally released on Moodsville (7...
Personnel: Duke Ellington (piano); Coleman Hawkins (tenor saxophone); Johnny Hodges (alto saxophone); Harry Carney (baritone saxophone, bass clarinet); Ray Nance (cornet, violin); Lawrence Brown (trombone); Aaron Bell (bass); Sam Woodyard (...
Personnel: Coleman Hawkins (tenor saxophone); Freddie Green (guitar); Frank Wess, Marshall Royal (alto saxophone); Frank Foster (tenor saxophone); Charlie Fowlkes (baritone saxophone); Nat Pierce (piano); Eddie Jones (bass guitar); Bobby Do...
THE GENIUS OF COLEMAN HAWKINS contains previously unreleased bonus tracks.Personnel: Coleman Hawkins (tenor saxophone); Oscar Peterson (piano); Herb Ellis (guitar); Ray Brown (bass); Alvin Stoller (drums).Producer: Norman Granz.Rei...
Recorded in Paris and New York, 1935-1946.This attractive LP (which contains quite a few photos in its gateway liners) is drawn from four separate recording sessions. Hawkins is heard as the main soloist with Michel Warlop's orchestra in...
Personnel: Coleman Hawkins, Ben Webster (tenor saxophone); Oscar Peterson (piano); Herb Ellis (guitar); Ray Brown (bass); Alvin Stoller (drums).Producer: Norman Granz.Reissue producer: Michael Lang.Recorded at Capitol Studios, Holl...
Personnel: Coleman Hawkins (tenor saxophone); Tommy Flanagan (piano); Wendell Marshall (bass); Osie Johnson (drums).Recorded at the Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey on January 29, 1960. Originally released on Moodsville (7...
Tributee: Coleman Hawkins.It's hard to believe that the saxophone once took a back seat to the trumpet and the cornet as a jazz instrument, but in fact, that was very much the case in the 1890s, 1900s, and 1910s. The rise of Coleman "Bea...
Personnel includes: Bob Wilber, Antti Sarpila, Harry Allen, Tommy Whittle (tenor saxophone); Mick Pyne (piano).Personnel: Bob Wilber (clarinet, soprano saxophone, alto saxophone, tenor saxophone); Dave Cliff (guitar); Harry Allen, Antti ...
Personnel: Coleman Hawkins (tenor saxophone); Barry Harris (piano); Gene Taylor (bass); Roy Brooks (drums).Recorded live at the Left Bank Jazz Society, Baltimore, Maryland in 1966. Includes liner notes by Hans-Jurgen Schaal.Digitally ...
Personnel: Coleman Hawkins (tenor saxophone); Idrees Sulieman (trumpet); J.J. Johnson (trombone); Hank Jones (piano); Barry Galbraith (guitar); Oscar Pettiford (bass); Jo Jones (drums).Recorded at Reeves Sound Studios, New York, New York...
Personnel: Coleman Hawkins (tenor saxophone); Barry Harris (piano); Gene Taylor (bass); Roy Brooks (drums).Recorded live at the Left Bank Jazz Society, Baltimore, Maryland in 1966. Includes liner notes by Hans-Jurgen Schaal.Digitally ...
An illuminating history of Coleman Hawkins' many musical partnerships in the decade that ended with his return from Europe prior to the outbreak of World War Two, this collection features the tenor saxophone master performing with such lege...
Personnel: Coleman Hawkins (tenor saxophone); Ronnell Bright (piano); Kenny Burrell (guitar); Ron Carter (bass); Andrew Cyrille (drums).Recorded at the Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey on February 28, 1961. Originally rele...
Personnel: Coleman Hawkins (tenor saxophone); Pete Brown (alto saxophone); Roy Eldridge (trumpet); Ray Bryant (piano); Al McKibbon (bass instrument); Jo Jones (drum).By the late 1950s, Coleman Hawkins's influence on the saxophone had bee...
Personnel: Coleman Hawkins (tenor saxophone); Coleman Hawkins; Jack Bland, Jack Pet, Lawrence Lucie, Bernard Addison (guitar); Eddie Condon (banjo); Andre Van Den Ouderaa (violin, clarinet, tenor saxophone); Wim Poppink (clarinet, alto saxo...