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List Price: £9.99
Our Price: £10.49
Artist:
Coleman Hawkins
As he grew older Coleman Hawkins lost the abundant imagination and instrumental fluency that had put him at the forefront of jazz saxophone players. But the music that he played instead was exhilarating and exciting in a different way. His sound became terse and threatening and his ideas were often punched out with great violence. This 1959 set teams him with trumpeter Charlie Shavers, guitarist Tiny Grimes and pianist Ray Bryant. This album should not be missed, for it is one of the most exciting examples of mainstream jazz ever recorded. Shavers' pyrotechnical trumpet makes a perfect foil for Hawkins and you could warm your hands in the heat that comes off this music! The huge blues of the title brings out declamatory trumpet from Shavers and Hawkins answers him with a marathon of a solo that is both gruff and eloquent. Bryant was the perfect choice on piano and, although this is a jam session, these are hardened pros and the theme statements of such classics as Trummy Young's "Through For The Night" and "I Never Knew" drop easily into place. Hawkins demonstrates that he could still play a ballad succinctly and with perfectly judged sentiment on "La Rosita"....
 Hawk and Shavers fly high, 2009-10-29
I must admit, this album didn't get to me on the first two listenings, but it payed off to give it a third chance... I suddenly liked it very very much... With Charlie Shavers as an adittional attraction on the trumpet, the things are at the same time cooking and, actually, quite subtle...
Maybe this is not the most typical of Hawk's performances, but I would argue it is among the best I've heard from the 1950s - swinging, muscular but also witty. Shavers is in full bloom here; it is no wonder he was considered a chief challenger to Roy Eldridge in the fiery trumpet department (they are not similar performers; they have different tone, attack, improvisational style; they just share the energy!)....
The rest of the group gives a very strong, muscular support the occasion requires and, all in all, this must be one of the better mainstream jazz albums of the 1950s; maybe not the first one you should hear (some other albums by Sweets, Prez, Hawk, Webster, Roy, Teddy Wilson or Peterson are a bit more accessible, I think) but hear it you should... In addition to swing, drive, force, intelligence and wit, at times it even gets romantic (which, shame on me, escaped me on first few listening attempts)
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Artist:
Kenny Burrell With Coleman Hawkins
the sublime bluesy burrell, 2009-05-20
This is one of those fabulous jazz albums that you can come home to after work, pour yourself a gin and tonic, and just lose yourself in. Turn it up loud and bask in all the loveliness: 'Tres Palabras', 'Montono Blues' and 'Its getting dark' all stand out, but the tracks between are quietly smashing too. And what a dream-team combination: Kenny Burrell inspired on guitar, Coleman Hawkins giving it some welly on sax, Tommy Flanagan heavenly on the piano and Ray Baretto weaving it through with some smart rhythms. Recorded on a rainy september day in New Jersey in 1962, these musicians are on real form. Swinging, sexy, soaring and soothing: buy this and enjoy it for the rest of your life.
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Artist:
Lester Young
The 40 tracks on these two discs include everything Lester Young recorded for the Aladdin Company in the 1940s. The opening trio titles with Young backed by Nat King Cole and bass player Red Callender date from 1942, the remainder from late 1945 to early 1948. Despite critical opinion that the US Army had robbed Young of his true musical talent during his military service, his playing is of a very high level here, especially so on the quintet dates with pianists Joe Albany and Dodo Marmarosa. In fact his version of "These Foolish Things" from the Marmarosa session is as great an improvisation as he ever created in his playing career. There are plenty of indications that Young was intrigued by the new wave then sweeping through jazz. Beboppers such as Marmarosa, Albany, Argonne Thornton and Gene DiNovi play piano on various sessions while trumpeter Howard McGhee and drummers Roy Haynes and Tiny Kahn are also present on some dates. For the sake of completeness the session under vocalist Helen Humes' name has been included on the strength of Young's presence in the backing group. The rare "Riffin' Without Helen" instrumental has also been included. --Steve Voce<...
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Artist:
Ben Webster
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