Sonny Meets Hawk!
1963 studio album by Sonny Rollins and Coleman Hawkins
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Sonny Meets Hawk! is a 1963 album by jazz saxophonist Sonny Rollins, with Coleman Hawkins appearing as guest artist.[2] It was recorded at RCA Victor Studio B in New York City on July 15 and 18, 1963. The album features some of Rollins's most avant-garde playing.[4]
ReleasedOctober 1963[1]
Recorded
- July 15, 1963
- July 18, 1963
Studios
- RCA Victor Studio B, New York City
GenreJazz
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| Released | October 1963[1] | |||
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| Genre | Jazz | |||
| Length | 41:21 | |||
| Label | RCA Victor | |||
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The album marks the first time the two saxophonists had entered a recording studio together, although they had appeared on stage together briefly that same year at the Newport Jazz Festival.[5]
Track listing
Side one
- 1. "Yesterdays" (Jerome Kern, Otto Harbach) – 5:13
- 2. "All the Things You Are" (Kern, Oscar Hammerstein II) – 9:33
- 3. "Summertime" (DuBose Heyward, George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin) – 5:58
Side two
- 1. "Just Friends" (John Klenner, Sam M. Lewis) – 4:40
- 2. "Lover Man (Oh Where Can You Be?)" (Jimmy Davis, Roger "Ram" Ramirez, James Sherman) – 8:54
- 3. "At McKies'" (Sonny Rollins) – 7:03
Personnel
- Sonny Rollins – tenor saxophone
- Coleman Hawkins – tenor saxophone
- Paul Bley – piano
- Bob Cranshaw – bass (tracks 1, 2, 5)
- Henry Grimes – bass (tracks 3, 4, 6)
- Roy McCurdy – drums