Coleman Hawkins - Body & Soul Revisited

Bitrate: MP3@320K/s
Time: 73:54
Size: 169.2 MB
Styles: Bop, Swing, Saxophone jazz
Year: 1993
Art: Front

[2:58] 1. (It's No) Sin (Single Version)
[2:57] 2. And So To Sleep Again (Single Version)
[3:05] 3. Spellbound (Single Version)
[3:06] 4. Lost In A Fog (Single Version)
[2:27] 5. Carioca (Single Version)
[2:54] 6. Midnight Sun (Single Version)
[3:12] 7. If I Could Be With You (One Hour Tonight) (Single Version)
[2:55] 8. I Can't Get Started (Single Version)
[2:25] 9. Ruby (Single Version)
[2:58] 10. Song From Moulin Rouge (Where Is Your Heart ) (Single Version)
[2:58] 11. My Blue Heaven
[3:34] 12. Honeysuckle Rose
[3:07] 13. Organ Grinder's Swing
[4:39] 14. Perdido
[3:40] 15. Sweethearts On Parade
[7:01] 16. The Man I Love
[1:24] 17. Foolin' Around
[5:36] 18. Time On My Hands
[5:10] 19. Ornithology
[4:22] 20. Body And Soul
[3:17] 21. Unlisted Blues

Hawkins had been the dominant tenor-saxophonist from the mid-'20s up until 1940, but even though he remained a major force, his influence was waning, due to the emergence of Lester Young and then Charlie Parker. By the early '50s he only recorded on an infrequent basis. Fortunately a few years later (partly due to the rise of Sonny Rollins whose original hero was Hawk), his fortunes were on the rise again. This Decca CD contains quite a variety of music. There are ten selections of melodic "mood" music from 1951-53 in which Hawkins mostly sticks to the melody (an exception is an excellent version of "If I Could Be with You"). Then the great tenor is heard in an occasionally exciting session with Cozy Cole's All-Stars; cornetist Rex Stewart steals the show with a couple of colorful solos. The best music on this CD is taken from a 1955 radio broadcast in which Hawkins plays "Foolin' Around" (based on the chords of "Body and Soul") totally unaccompanied and roars on "The Man I Love." This set concludes with three selections (one previously unissued) from a fine session led by clarinetist Tony Scott. ~Scott Yanow

Body & Soul Revisited 

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