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Billy Verplanck Said It
All About Jazz - Mar 11, 2010
In April 1958, Coleman Hawkins recorded Meets the Big Sax Section for Savoy. The session lived up to its billing. Hawkins was teamed with Count Basie's ...

The after-Mardi
St. Joseph News-Press - Feb 27, 2010
For the past month, after the Coleman Hawkins Jazz Society's decision to cancel its annual Mardi Gras Parade, downtown bar owners banded together to salvage ...

Bag-Head for City Council?
St. Joseph News-Press - Mar 3, 2010
“For starters, them folks not wanting to call it just Coleman Hawkins Park, without adding 'At Felix Street Square' to it.” “That was a compromise that ...

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Jazz Icons: Series 4 Box Set (8 DVDs)

Jimmy Smith, Coleman Hawkins, Art Farmer, Erroll Garner, Woody Herman
"Jazz Icons" are exceptional, as well for the quality of the films as for the quality of the sound and thebooklet. Series 4 Box Set is equal to the preceding one. A delight for jazz afficionados !
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Very Saxy

The expectations from such a musical line up are very high; happily, the results were more than we could wish for.

Firstly, for this kind of occasion, a little retrospective is necessary. Eddie `Lockjaw' Davis and Buddy Tate were both, at various times, part of the Count Basie orchestra and were showcased as soloists. Arnett Cobb helped keep the excitement generated by Illinois Jacquet in the Lionel Hampton big band of the 1940's a happening thing after Illinois' departure, and Coleman Hawkins was a mainstay in the Fletcher Henderson big band of the 1920's.

Titles:
    1. Very Saxy
    2. Lester Leaps In
    3. Fourmost
    4. Foot Pattin'
    5. Light and Lovely
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Coleman Hawkins Encounters Ben Webster

The great thing about "Coleman Hawkins Encounters Ben Webster" is it's not a showcase for chops, but showcase of pure musical expression. These two play great together and their styles are very similar. The Hawk and Frog are joined by Oscar Peterson on piano, Herb Ellis on guitar, Ray Brown on bass, and Alvin Stoller on drums. This such a great recording and it would be wise to pick it up before it goes out of print.

Titles:
    1. Blues For Yolande (Stereo)
    2. It Never Entered My Mind
    3. La Rostia
    4. You'd Be So Nice To Come Home To
    5. Prisoner Of Love
    6. Tangerine
    7. Shine On Harvest Moon
    8. Blues For Yolande (Monaural)
    9. Blues For Yolande (Incomplete Takes)
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Billie Holiday - Ultimate Collection

Louis Armstrong, Danny Barker, Doc Cheatham, Vic Dickenson, Roy Eldridge
There was a good amount of footage of her, but not nearly enough and I didn't get to see her perform some of my favorites, but still worth owning.
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