Coleman Hawkins News: The Hawk Flies High
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Presented for your perusal is the second in a series of reviews (previously: Nat Adderley) based on Concord's Keepnews Collection, a salute to legendary producer Orrin Keepnews. This edition finds us taking a look at a Coleman Hawkins classic, The Hawk Flies High, now reissued with 24-bit digital remastering. Coleman Hawkins was one of the earliest of the great jazz saxophonists, with a professional career that started in the 1920's and lasted over four decades. He was one of the pioneers of improvisational play, equally at home in the swing band era and in the later years when jazz began to...
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