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Coleman Hawkins: On Broadway
by AAJ Staff
A generous 76-minute CD, Coleman Hawkins On Broadway contains 1962 recordings originally heard on three LPs: Good Old Broadway, Coleman Hawkins Plays Make Someone Happy From Do Re Mi and The Coleman Hawkins Quartet Plays The Jazz Version Of No Strings. All of the songs Hawk interprets were from Broadway plays, and everything boasts the sparkling Tommy Flanagan on piano, Major Holley on bass and Eddie Locke on drums. Fast-tempo aggression isn't a priority here--instead, the seminal tenor saxman brings ...
Continue ReadingColeman Hawkins: Desafinado - Coleman Hawkins Plays Bossa Nova & Jazz Samba
by AAJ Staff
One of the great albatrosses around the neck of the recording industry has been the forced recording of ill-conceived “novelty" recordings. As far back as recorded music goes, artists have been forced, cajoled, and manipulated into making recordings that some marketing genius decided would “cash in" on a fad or hot idea. Often, the music called for in these projects is completely different from what the artist usually played; more often than not, these projects turned out ...
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