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The Hawk Flies High
Studio album by
Coleman Hawkins
ReleasedJuly 1957
RecordedMarch 12 and 15, 1957
StudioReeves Sound Studios, New York City
GenreJazz
Length39:02
LabelRiverside
RLP 12-233[1]
ProducerOrrin Keepnews and Bill Grauer
Coleman Hawkins chronology
The Gilded Hawk
(1956-57) 		The Hawk Flies High
(1957) 		The Coleman Hawkins, Roy Eldridge, Pete Brown, Jo Jones All Stars at Newport
(1957)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[2]
The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide[3]

The Hawk Flies High is a 1957 album by jazz tenor saxophonist Coleman Hawkins.[4][5] Apart from Barry Galbraith and Jo Jones on guitar and drums, the line-up of his accompanying sextet had a bebop background, namely J.J. Johnson on trombone, Idrees Sulieman on trumpet, pianist Hank Jones, and Oscar Pettiford on bass.[6]

Track listing

  1. "Chant" (Hank Jones) - 5:08
  2. "Juicy Fruit" (Idrees Sulieman) - 11:16
  3. "Think Deep" (William O. Smith) -3:24
  4. "Laura" (David Raksin, Johnny Mercer) -4:34
  5. "Blue Lights" (Gigi Gryce) -5:44
  6. "Sancticity" (Hawkins) -9:10

Personnel

References

  1. ^ Popoff, Martin (September 8, 2009). Goldmine Record Album Price Guide. Penguin. ISBN 9781440229169 – via Google Books.
  2. ^ Dryden, Ken. "Coleman Hawkins: The Hawk Flies High". AllMusic. Retrieved June 13, 2018.
  3. ^ Swenson, J., ed. (1985). The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide. USA: Random House/Rolling Stone. p. 98. ISBN 0-394-72643-X.
  4. ^ "The Hawk Flies High - Record Collector Magazine". recordcollectormag.com.
  5. ^ Jazz, All About. "Coleman Hawkins: The Hawk Flies High album review @ All About Jazz". All About Jazz.
  6. ^ Evensmo, J. The Tenor Sax of Coleman Hawkins Part 3: 1950 - 1959. Retrieved July 10, 2017



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