Sonny Meets Hawk!
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| Sonny Meets Hawk! | ||||
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| Studio album by Sonny Rollins and Coleman Hawkins | ||||
| Released | October 1963[1] | |||
| Recorded | July 15 (#1-2, 5) & 18 (#3-4, 6), 1963 RCA-Victor Studio B, New York City |
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| Genre | Jazz | |||
| Length | 41:21 | |||
| Label | RCA-Victor LPM-2712 |
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| Producer | George Avakian | |||
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| Source | Rating |
| Down Beat |   [2] |
| Allmusic | [3] |
Sonny Meets Hawk! is a 1963 album by jazz saxophonist Sonny Rollins, with Coleman Hawkins appearing as guest artist.[4] It was recorded at RCA-Victor Studio "B" in New York City on July 15 and 18, 1963.
The album marks the first time the two saxophonists had entered a recording studio together, although they had appeared on stage together briefly that same year at the Newport Jazz Festival.[5]
Track listing
- "Yesterdays" (Jerome Kern, Otto Harbach) - 5:13
- "All the Things You Are" (Kern, Oscar Hammerstein II) - 9:33
- "Summertime" (DuBose Heyward, George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin) - 5:58
- "Just Friends" (John Klenner, Sam M. Lewis) - 4:40
- "Lover Man (Oh Where Can You Be?)" - (Davis, Roger "Ram" Ramirez, James Sherman) - 8:54
- "At McKies'" (Rollins) - 7:03
Personnel
- Sonny Rollins - Tenor Sax
- Coleman Hawkins - Tenor Sax
- Paul Bley - Piano
- Roy McCurdy - Drums
- Bob Cranshaw - Bass (tracks 1, 2, and 5) - recorded July 15
- Henry Grimes - Bass (tracks 3, 4, and 6) - recorded July 18
References
- ↑ Billboard Oct 26, 1963
- ↑ Down Beat:December 5, 1963 Vol. 30, No.31
- ↑ Allmusic review
- ↑ arwulf arwulf at allmusic
- ↑ Original liner notes by producer George Avakian
