Today and Now

Today and Now is an album by American jazz saxophonist Coleman Hawkins featuring performances recorded in 1962 for the Impulse! label.^[1]

Reception

The Allmusic review by Steven McDonald awarded the album 4 stars stating "Not always the most compelling title from the Hawkins catalog, the record at least has the virtue of both being listenable and worthy of somewhat deeper inspection".^[2]

Track listing

1. "Go Li'l Liza" (Traditional) – 6:32
2. "Quintessence" (Quincy Jones) – 4:50
3. "Don't Love Me" (Bill Katz, Pauline Rivelli, Ruth Roberts) – 4:44
4. "Love Song from "Apache"" (Johnny Mercer, David Raksin) – 4:18
5. "Put on Your Old Grey Bonnett" (Stanley Murphy, Percy Wenrich) – 9:59
6. "Swingin' Scotch" (Coleman Hawkins) – 5:37
7. "Don't Sit Under the Apple Tree (With Anyone Else but Me)" (Sam H. Stept, Lew Brown, Charles Tobias) – 4:32

• Recorded at Rudy Van Gelder Studio in Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey on September 9, 1962 (tracks 1-4) and September 11, 1962 (tracks 6-7)

Personnel

• Coleman Hawkins – tenor saxophone
• Tommy Flanagan – piano
• Major Holley – bass
• Eddie Locke – drums

References