COLEMAN HAWKINS - 1943-1944 | The Classics Chronological Series – 807 (1995) FLAC (tracks+.cue), lossless

A fine set that finds Hawkins in his mid-'40s prime. Having already spent five years in Europe and returning home to triumph with his classic reading of "Body and Soul," Hawkins spent a good portion of the '40s playing with the younger, up-and-coming players of the burgeoning bebop era. This very enjoyable Classics disc brings together highlights from both his 52nd Street collaborations and ongoing recordings with contemporaries he played with during the swing years. On the more modern end, Hawkins heads up a quartet featuring a young Thelonious Monk at the piano. Hawkins then switches things around and is heard teaming up with pianist Teddy Wilson and Basie alum and trumpeter Buck Clayton for such standouts as "Under a Blanket of Blue" and "I'm Yours." And like many of his contemporaries, Hawkins did a little R&B time, in particular on the two cuts here by Walter Thomas and His Jump Cats. The tenor giant returns to jazz form, though, on four stellar sides with trumpeter Charlie Shavers and His All-American Five. A solid yet non-essential Hawkins collection. Stephen Cook
Tracklist :
1     Esquire Bounce 3'15
Leonard Feather
2     Boff Boff (Mop Mop) 3'10
Coleman Hawkins    
3     My Ideal 3'09
Newell Chase / Leo Robin / Richard A. Whiting    
4     Esquire Blues 3'18
Leonard Feather    
5     Voodte 3'07
Coleman Hawkins    
6     How Deep Is the Ocean? 3'25
Irving Berlin    
7     Hawkins Barrel House 2'58
Coleman Hawkins    
8     Stumpy 3'20
Coleman Hawkins    
9     Lover, Come Back to Me 3'06
Oscar Hammerstein II / Sigmund Romberg    
10     Blues Changes 4'14
Coleman Hawkins    
11     Crazy Rhythm 3'15
Irving Caesar / Roger Wolfe Kahn / Joseph Meyer    
12     Get Happy 3'24
13    Harold Arlen / Ted Koehler 5'08
The Man I Love
George Gershwin / Ira Gershwin    
14     Sweet Lorraine 4'20
Clifford R. Burwell / Sidney Mitchell / Mitchell Parish
15     I Only Have Eyes for You 3'10
Al Dubin / Harry Warren    
16     'S Wonderful 2'39
George Gershwin / Ira Gershwin    
17     I'm in the Mood for Love 3'14
Dorothy Fields / Jimmy McHugh    
18     Bean at the Met 3'02
Coleman Hawkins    
19     Woodyn' You 3'03
Dizzy Gillespie    
20     Bu-Dee-Daht 3'16
Charlie Hart / Budd Johnson    
21     Yesterdays 2'58
Otto Harbach / Jerome Kern