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The Genius of Coleman Hawkins

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Released
  
1957

Release date
  
1957

Label
  
Verve Records

Artist
  
Coleman Hawkins

Producer
  
Norman Granz

Genre
  
Jazz

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Recorded
  
October 16, 1957 at Capitol Studios, Hollywood, Los Angeles, California

Length
  
78:36 (1997 CD reissue)

The Genius of Coleman Hawkins (1957)
  
Coleman Hawkins and Confreres (1957)

Similar
  
Coleman Hawkins albums, Jazz albums

The Genius of Coleman Hawkins is a 1957 album by tenor saxophonist Coleman Hawkins, featuring the Oscar Peterson quartet.

Contents

Track listing

  1. "I'll Never Be The Same" (Gus Kahn, Matty Malneck, Frank Signorelli) – 3:29
  2. "You're Blasé" (Ord Hamilton, Bruce Sievier) – 3:35
  3. "I Wished on the Moon" (Dorothy Parker, Ralph Rainger) – 3:38
  4. "How Long Has This Been Going On?" (George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin) – 3:54
  5. "Like Someone in Love" (Johnny Burke, Jimmy Van Heusen) – 3:55
  6. "My Melancholy Baby" (Ernie Burnett, George Norton) – 4:08
  7. "Ill Wind" (Harold Arlen, Ted Koehler) – 5:33
  8. "In a Mellow Tone" (Duke Ellington, Milt Gabler) – 4:45
  9. "There's No You" (Tom Adair, Hal Hopper) – 3:25
  10. "The World Is Waiting for the Sunrise" (Eugene Lockhart, Ernest Seitz) – 3:49
  11. "Somebody Loves Me" (G. Gershwin, Buddy DeSylva, Ballard MacDonald) – 3:51
  12. "Blues for Rene" (Coleman Hawkins) – 3:03
  13. "Begin the Beguine" (Cole Porter) – 3:02
  14. "I Never Had a Chance" (Irving Berlin) – 2:06
  15. "I Never Had a Chance" – 2:00
  16. "I Wished on the Moon" – 3:37
  17. "Like Someone in Love" – 3:55
  18. "Ill Wind" – 5:35
  19. "In a Mellow Tone" – 4:46
  20. "There's No You" – 3:26
  21. "Blues for Rene" – 3:04

Performance

  • Coleman Hawkins – tenor saxophone
  • Oscar Peterson – piano
  • Herb Ellis – guitar
  • Ray Brown – double bass
  • Alvin Stoller – drums
  • Songs

    1(It's No) Sin3:02
    2And So To Sleep Again3:00
    3Spellbound3:07

    References

    The Genius of Coleman Hawkins Wikipedia