Coleman Hawkins ‎– The 1959-1960 Studio Quartets

2 LPs ON 1 CD

FEATURING: RED GARLAND & TOMMY FLANAGAN

This release presents the two outstanding quartet studio albums made by Coleman Hawkins in 1959-60. “Coleman Hawkins with the Red Garland Trio” (Prestige / Swingville 2001) is the only existing recording of Hawkins and Garland together! The quartet album At Ease with Coleman Hawkins (Moodsville MV7) features Hawk accompanied by another great pianist: Tommy Flanagan.

PERSONNEL:

COLEMAN HAWKINS, tenor sax oOn all tracks, with:

[1-5]: COLEMAN HAWLINS WITH THE RED GARLAND TRIO
RED GARLAND, piano
DOUG WATKINS, bass
CHARLES “SPECS” WRIGHT, drums
Hackensack, New Jersey, August 12, 1959.

[6-13]: AT EASE WITH COLEMAN HAWKINS
TOMMY FLANAGAN, piano
WENDELL MARSHALL, bass
OSIE JOHNSON, drums
Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey, January 29, 1960.

INCLUDES 16-PAGE BOOKLET

TRACKS:

01. IT’S A BLUE WORLD
02. I WANT TO BE LOVED
03. RED BEANS
04. BEAN’S BLUES
05. BLUES FOR RON
06. FOR YOU, FOR ME, FOREVERMORE
07. WHILE WE’RE YOUNG
08. THEN I’LL BE TIRED OF YOU
09. MIGHTY LIKE A ROSE
10. AT DOWNING
11. TROUBLE IS A MAN
12. POOR BUTTERFLY
13. I’LL GET BY

TOTAL TIME: 78:27

BOX 11