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Released
  
October 1963

Sonny Meets Hawk! (1963)
  
Now's the Time (1964)

Producer
  
George Avakian

Genre
  
Jazz

Length
  
41:21

Release date
  
1963

Label
  
RCA Victor

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Recorded
  
July 15 (#1-2, 5) & 18 (#3-4, 6), 1963 RCA-Victor Studio B, New York City

Artists
  
Sonny Rollins, Coleman Hawkins

Similar
  
Sonny Rollins albums, Jazz albums

Sonny Meets Hawk! is a 1963 album by jazz saxophonist Sonny Rollins, with Coleman Hawkins appearing as guest artist. It was recorded at RCA-Victor Studio "B" in New York City on July 15 and 18, 1963.

Contents

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.

Sonny meets hawk summertime


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

    • Songs

    1Yesterdays5:13
    2All the Things You Are9:34
    3Summertime5:59

    References

    Sonny Meets Hawk! Wikipedia
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