COLEMAN HAWKINS - Blues Wail : Coleman Hawkins Plays the Blues (1996) RM | FLAC (tracks), lossless

Tenor great Coleman Hawkins was usually bored with the blues, at least until the period covered by this CD sampler. A master at deciphering complex chord changes, Hawkins found the blues to be overly simple but around 1957 (after 35 years of major league activity) he began to explore the blues more seriously, at least on an occasional basis. This CD has nine performances from as many sessions. The music is consistently excellent (particularly "Juicy Fruit," the lengthy "Blues For Tomorrow" which also features John Coltrane, "Stealin' The Bean" with trumpeter Charlie Shavers and a pair of collaborations with fellow tenor Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis), but it is recommended that listeners (beginners and experts alike) instead acquire the complete sessions, since the blues were only a small aspect of the Coleman Hawkins story. Scott Yanow
Tracklist :
1    Juicy Fruit 11'15
Bass – Oscar Pettiford
Drums – Joe Jones*
Guitar – Barry Galbraith
Piano – Hank Jones
Tenor Saxophone – Coleman Hawkins
Trombone – J.J. Johnson
Trumpet – Idrees Sulieman
2    Blues For Tomorrow 13'32
Alto Saxophone – Gigi Gryce
Bass – Wilbur Ware
Drums – Art Blakey
Tenor Saxophone – Coleman Hawkins, John Coltrane
Trumpet – Ray Copeland
3    Blues Wail 6'45
Bass – Earl Wormack
Drums – Teagle Fleming
Flute – Musa Kaleem
Guitar – Tiny Grimes
Piano – Ray Bryant
Tenor Saxophone – Coleman Hawkins
4    Soul Blues 9'52
Bass – Wendell Marshall
Drums – Osie Johnson
Guitar – Kenny Burrell
Piano – Ray Bryant
Tenor Saxophone – Coleman Hawkins
5    Skronk 6'00
Alto Saxophone – Jerome Richardson
Arranged By – Jerry Valentine*
Baritone Saxophone – Pepper Adams
Bass – Wendell Marshall
Drums – Walter Bolden
Guitar – Roy Gaines
Piano – Ray Bryant
Tenor Saxophone – Coleman Hawkins
Trumpet – Idrees Sulieman
6    Stealin' The Bean 4'31
Bass – George Duvivier
Drums – Osie Johnson
Guitar – Tiny Grimes
Piano – Ray Bryant
Tenor Saxophone – Coleman Hawkins
Trumpet – Charlie Shavers
7    Foot Pattin' 8'51
Bass – George Duvivier
Drums – Arthur Edgehill
Organ – Shirley Scott
Tenor Saxophone – Arnett Cobb, Buddy Tate, Coleman Hawkins, Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis
8    Blues For Ron 6'14
Bass – Doug Watkins
Drums – Charles "Specs" Wright
Piano – Red Garland
Tenor Saxophone – Coleman Hawkins
9    Pedalin' 6'35
Bass – Ron Carter
Drums – Gus Johnson
Piano – Tommy Flanagan
Tenor Saxophone – Coleman Hawkins, Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis