COLEMAN HAWKINS – 1944 | The Classics Chronological Series – 842 (1995) FLAC (tracks+.cue), lossless

During the mid-'40s Coleman Hawkins was hitting another peak, seasoned by many years in big bands both in the States and Europe. He wasn't out of fashion during those early bop years, either, as he often played with the music's young Turks; their sound was a mix of the big band era's refined combo swing and bop's new, angular energy. This Classics disc captures some of the tenor great's best sides from the period, including an early bop milestone featuring Dizzy Gillespie and Don Byas ("Disorder at the Border") and tracks with Ben Webster and a variety of small bands graced by the likes of Byas, Teddy Wilson, Harry Carney, and Cozy Cole. Essential listening. Stephen Cook
Tracklist :
1     Flame Thrower   3:15       
Coleman Hawkins   
2     Imagination 2:49
Johnny Burke / James Van Heusen
3     Night and Day 3:20
Cole Porter   
4     Cattin' at Keynote 2:41
Harry Lim
5     Disorder at the Border 3:00
Coleman Hawkins   
6     Feeling Zero 3:01
Coleman Hawkins   
7     Rainbow Mist 3:00
Coleman Hawkins   
8     Pick-Up-Boys 3:05
Leonard Feather   
9     Porgy 3:07
Dorothy Fields / Jimmy McHugh   
10     Uptown Lullaby 3:22
Leonard Feather   
11     Salt Peanuts 2:58
Kenny Clarke / Dizzy Gillespie   
12     On the Sunny Side of the Street 4:44
Dorothy Fields / Jimmy McHugh   
13     Three Little Words  4:46      
Bert Kalmar / Harry Ruby   
14     Battle of the Saxes 4:36
Coleman Hawkins   
15     Louise 4:53
Leo Robin / Richard A. Whiting   
16     Make Believe 4:44
Oscar Hammerstein II / Jerome Kern   
17     Don't Blame Me 4:52
Dorothy Fields / Jimmy McHugh   
18     Just One of Those Things 4:31
Cole Porter       
19     Hallelujah 3:58
Clifford Grey / Leo Robin / Vincent Youmans