COLEMAN HAWKINS - THE HAWK FLIES HIGH JAZZ-BLUES oversized ambition

oversized ambition

The New Kid In Town

Johnson had hired him

and bassist Spanky DeBrest

But lady no be so

COLEMAN HAWKINS - THE HAWK FLIES HIGH JAZZ-BLUES oversized ambitionTracks: 1. Chant 2. Juicy Fruit 3. Think Deep 4. Laura 5. Blue Lights 6. Sancticity Description: Hawkins literally inventeed jazz saxophone, starred in the first jazz big band, and played with unfailing strength and invention into the Sisties. When Riverside invited him to assemble his choice of an ideal small group, The Hawk picked an impressive cast that ran the gamut from modern (J. J. Johnson) through mainstream (Hank Jones) and on back to Swing