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Released
  
July/August 1963

Today and Now (1962)
  
Desafinado (1962)

Release date
  
1963

Label
  
Impulse! Records

Length
  
40:01

Artist
  
Coleman Hawkins

Producer
  
Bob Thiele

Genre
  
Jazz

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Recorded
  
September 9 & 11, 1962 Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs

Similar
  
The Hawk Relaxes, At Ease with Coleman, Duke Ellington Meets Co, Good Old Broadway, The Genius of Coleman Hawkins

Today and Now is an album by American jazz saxophonist Coleman Hawkins featuring performances recorded in 1962 for the Impulse! label.

Contents

Reception

The Allmusic review by Steven McDonald awarded the album 4 stars stating "Not always the most compelling title from the Hawkins catalog, the record at least has the virtue of both being listenable and worthy of somewhat deeper inspection".

Track listing

  1. "Go Li'l Liza" (Traditional) – 6:25
  2. "Quintessence" (Quincy Jones) – 4:46
  3. "Don't Love Me" (Bill Katz, Pauline Rivelli, Ruth Roberts) – 4:40
  4. "Love Song from "Apache"" (Johnny Mercer, David Raksin) – 4:14
  5. "Put on Your Old Grey Bonnett" (Stanley Murphy, Percy Wenrich) – 9:51
  6. "Swingin' Scotch" (Coleman Hawkins) – 5:32
  7. "Don't Sit Under the Apple Tree (With Anyone Else but Me)" (Sam H. Stept, Lew Brown, Charles Tobias) – 4:33

Recorded on September 9, 1962 (1-4) and 11, 1962 (5-7).

Personnel

  • Coleman Hawkins – tenor saxophone
  • Tommy Flanagan – piano
  • Major Holley – bass
  • Eddie Locke – drums
  • Songs

    1Go Li'l Liza6:25
    2Quintessence4:46
    3Don't Love Me4:41

    References

    Today and Now Wikipedia