Video Coleman Hawkins - The Body and Soul of Saxophone - Recordings 1939/40

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COLEMAN HAWKINS

"the Body and Soul of Saxophone"

1939/40 recordigs


COLEMAN HAWKINS AND HIS ORCHESTRA: 9 piece band incl. Coleman Hawkins (ts), Joe Guy (tp), Earl Hardy (tb), Gene Rodgers (p), Thelma Carpenter

(voc) - december 21, 1939

1 Body And Soul (Heyman - Sour - Eyton - Green)

2 Meet Doctor Foo (Hawkins) 03:00

3 She’s Funny That Way (Whiting - Moret) 05:33

4 Fine Dinner (Hawkins) 08:50


VARSITY SEVEN: Benny Carter (as, p), Danny Polo (cl), Coleman Hawkins (ts), Joe Sullivan (p), Ulysses Livingston (g, voc), Artie Shapiro (b), Georges Wettling (dm), Jeanne Burns (voc) - december 14, 1939

5 It’s Tight Like That (Dorsey - Whittaker) 11:24

6 Easy Rider (Brooks) 14:02

7 Scratch My Back (Feather) 17:2

8 Save It Pretty Mama (Redman) 20:39


COLEMAN HAWKINS AND HIS ORCHESTRA: Benny Carter (tp), J.C. Higgionbotham (tb), Danny Polo (cl), Gene Rodgers (p), Lawrence Lucie (g), Johnny Williams (b), Walter Johnson (dm) - january 3, 1940

9 When Day Is Done (DeSylva - Katscher) 23:41

10 The Sheik of Araby (Smith - Wheeler - Snyder) 26:57

11 My Blue Heaven (Whiting - Donaldson) 29:55

12 Bouncin' with Bean (Hawkins) 32:42


VARSITY SEVEN: same as above, Joe Turner (voc) replaces Burns - january 15, 1940

13 How Long Blues (Carr - Williams) 35:46

14 Shake It and Break It (Clark) 39:04

15 A Pretty Girl Is Like a Melody (Berlin) 41:58

16 Pom Pom (Carter) 44:50


THE CHOCOLATE DANDIES: Roy Eldridge (tp), Benny Carter (as, p), Coleman Hawkins (ts), Bernard Addison (g), John Kirby (b), Sidney Catlett (dm) - may 25, 1940

17 Smack (Feather) 48:01

18 I Surrender Dear (Barris - Clifford) 50:41

19 I Can’t Believe That You’re in Love with Me (Gaskill - McHugh) 55:17

20 Dedication (Feather) 59:31


COLEMAN HAWKINS AND HIS ORCHESTRA: 16 piece band incl. Coleman Hawkins (ts), Joe Guy (tp), Sandy Williams (tb), Gene Rodgers (p), Billy Taylor (b), J.C. Heard (dm), Gladys Madden (voc) - august 9, 1940

21 Passin' It Around (Hawkins) 01:02:27

22 Serenade to a Sleeping Beauty (Sampson - Hawkins) 01:05:44

23 Rocky Comfort (Hawkins) 01:08:50

24 Forgive a Fool (Werner) 01:12:03


bonus track:

25 I Surrender Dear (Barris - Clifford) same as track 18, different

take (-3) 01:15:02