Sonny Meets Hawk!

Sonny Meets Hawk!
Studio album by Sonny Rollins and Coleman Hawkins
Released	October 1963[1]
Recorded	July 15 (#1-2, 5) & 18 (#3-4, 6), 1963 RCA-Victor Studio B, New York City
Genre	Jazz
Length	41:21
Label	RCA-Victor LPM-2712
Producer	George Avakian
Sonny Rollins chronology
Our Man in Jazz (1962) Sonny Meets Hawk! (1963) Now's the Time (1964)

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Sonny Meets Hawk! is a 1963 album by jazz saxophonist Sonny Rollins, with Coleman Hawkins appearing as guest artist.^[4] 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.^[5]

Track listing

1. "Yesterdays" (Jerome Kern, Otto Harbach) - 5:13
2. "All the Things You Are" (Kern, Oscar Hammerstein II) - 9:33
3. "Summertime" (DuBose Heyward, George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin) - 5:58
4. "Just Friends" (John Klenner, Sam M. Lewis) - 4:40
5. "Lover Man (Oh Where Can You Be?)" - (Davis, Roger "Ram" Ramirez, James Sherman) - 8:54
6. "At McKies'" (Rollins) - 7:03

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

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