Sonny Meets Hawk!
| Sonny Meets Hawk! | ||||
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| Studio album by Sonny Rollins & Coleman Hawkins | ||||
| Released | 1963 | |||
| Recorded | July 15 & 18 1963 | |||
| Genre | Jazz | |||
| Label | RCA-Victor | |||
| Producer | George Avakian | |||
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| Source | Rating |
| Down Beat |   [1] |
| Allmusic | [2] |
Sonny Meets Hawk! is a 1963 album by jazz saxophonist Sonny Rollins, with Coleman Hawkins appearing as guest artist.[3] It was recorded at RCA Victor Studio "B" in New York City on July 15 and 18, 1963.
The album marks the first time the two saxophonists had entered a recording studio together, although they had appeared on stage together briefly that same year at the Newport Jazz Festival.[4]
Tracklisting
- "Yesterdays" (Jerome Kern, Otto Harbach)
- "All the Things You Are" (J. Kern - Oscar Hammerstein II)
- "Summertime" (DuBose Heyward - George & Ira Gershwin)
- "Just Friends" (John Klenner, Sam M. Lewis)
- "Lover Man (Oh Where Can You Be?)" - (Jimmy Davis, Roger "Ram" Ramirez, James Sherman)"
- "At McKies'" - (S. Rollins)
Personnel
- Sonny Rollins - Tenor Sax
- Coleman Hawkins - Tenor Sax
- Paul Bley - Piano
- Roy McCurdy - Drums
- Bob Cranshaw - Bass (tracks 1, 2, and 5) - recorded July 15
- Henry Grimes - Bass (tracks 3, 4, and 6) - recorded July 18
References
- ↑ Down Beat:December 5, 1963 Vol. 30, No.31
- ↑ Allmusic review
- ↑ arwulf arwulf at allmusic
- ↑ Original liner notes by producer George Avakian