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The Hawk Flies High

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Released
  
July 1957

Label
  
Riverside RLP 12-233

Release date
  
July 1957

Length
  
39:02

Artist
  
Coleman Hawkins

Genre
  
Jazz

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Recorded
  
March 12 and 15, 1957 Reeves Sound Studios, New York City

The Hawk Flies High (1957)
  
The Coleman Hawkins, Roy Eldridge, Pete Brown, Jo Jones All Stars at Newport (1957)

Producers
  
Orrin Keepnews, Bill Grauer

Awards
  
Grammy Award for Best Album Notes

Similar
  
Coleman Hawkins albums, Jazz albums

The Hawk Flies High is a 1957 album by jazz tenor saxophonist Coleman Hawkins. Apart from Barry Galbraith and Jo Jones on guitar and drums, the line-up of his accompanying sextet had a bebop background, namely J.J. Johnson on trombone, Idrees Sulieman on trumpet, pianist Hank Jones, and Oscar Pettiford on bass.

Contents

Track listing

  1. "Chant" (Hank Jones) - 5:08
  2. "Juicy Fruit" (Idrees Sulieman) - 11:16
  3. "Think Deep" (William O. Smith) -3:24
  4. "Laura" (David Raksin, Johnny Mercer) -4:34
  5. "Blue Lights" (Gigi Gryce) -5:44
  6. "Sancticity" (Hawkins) -9:10

Songs

1Chant5:08
2Juicy Fruit11:19
3Think Deep3:25

References

The Hawk Flies High Wikipedia