The Hawk Flies High

The Hawk Flies High
The Hawk Flies High
Studio album by Coleman Hawkins
Released	July 1957
Recorded	March 12 and 15, 1957
Studio	Reeves Sound Studios, New York City
Genre	Jazz
Length	39:02
Label	Riverside; RLP 12-233
Producer	Orrin Keepnews and Bill Grauer
Coleman Hawkins chronology

ReleasedJuly 1957

RecordedMarch 12 and 15, 1957

StudioReeves Sound Studios, New York City

GenreJazz

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AllMusic	^[2]
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The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide	^[4]
The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings	^[5]

The Hawk Flies High is a 1957 album by jazz tenor saxophonist Coleman Hawkins.^[6]^[7] 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.^[8]

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v t e Coleman Hawkins
Years given are for the recording(s), not first release, unless stated otherwise.
Albums as leader or co-leader	Body and Soul (1939–56)/The Hawk in Hi Fi (1956) Disorder at the Border (1952) The Hawk Talks (1952–53) The Hawk Returns (released 1954) Timeless Jazz (1954) Accent on Tenor Sax (1955) The Hawk in Paris (1956) The Gilded Hawk (1956–57) Coleman Hawkins Encounters Ben Webster (1957) The Coleman Hawkins, Roy Eldridge, Pete Brown, Jo Jones All Stars at Newport (1957) The Genius of Coleman Hawkins (1957) The Hawk Flies High (1957) Bean Bags (and Milt Jackson, 1958) Coleman Hawkins and Confrères (1958) Soul (1958) The High and Mighty Hawk (1958) The Saxophone Section (1958) Coleman Hawkins with the Red Garland Trio (1959) Hawk Eyes (1959) Coleman Hawkins All Stars (with Vic Dickenson and Joe Thomas, 1959) Very Saxy (and Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis, Buddy Tate, Arnett Cobb, 1959) At Ease with Coleman Hawkins (1960) Coleman Hawkins and His Orchestra (1960) Night Hawk (and Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis, 1960) The Hawk Swings (1960) Jazz Reunion (and Pee Wee Russell, 1961) The Hawk Relaxes (1961) Back in Bean's Bag (and Clark Terry, 1962) Bluesy Burrell (with Kenny Burrell, 1962) Coleman Hawkins Plays Make Someone Happy from Do Re Mi (1962) Desafinado (1962) Duke Ellington Meets Coleman Hawkins (1962) Good Old Broadway (1962) Hawkins! Alive! At the Village Gate (1962) Hawkins! Eldridge! Hodges! Alive! At the Village Gate! (1962) The Jazz Version of No Strings (1962) Today and Now (1962) Sonny Meets Hawk! (and Sonny Rollins, 1963) Wrapped Tight (1965) The Greatest Jazz Concert in the World (multiple leaders, 1967)
With others	Further Definitions (Benny Carter, 1951) All the Cats Join In (Buck Clayton, 1953–56) Jumpin' at the Woodside (Buck Clayton, 1954–55) The Complete RCA Victor Recordings (Dizzy Gillespie, 1939) Blues Groove (Tiny Grimes, 1958) At Newport '63 (Lambert, Hendricks & Bavan, 1963) Straight Ahead (Abbey Lincoln, 1961) 2-3-4 (Shelly Manne, 1962) Monk's Music (Thelonious Monk, 1957) Thelonious Monk with John Coltrane (also Hawkins, 1957) We Insist! (Max Roach, 1960) Ben Webster and Associates (1959) Live at the Five Spot (Randy Weston, 1959) At Newport '63 (Joe Williams, 1963)

v t e J.J. Johnson
Years indicated are for the recording(s), not first release (except for the film scores)
As leader or co-leader	J. J. Johnson's Jazz Quintets (1946–49) Jay Jay Johnson with Clifford Brown/The Eminent Jay Jay Johnson Volume 1/ The Eminent Jay Jay Johnson Volume 2 (1953–55) The Eminent Jay Jay Johnson Volume 3 (1955) J Is for Jazz (1956) First Place (1957) Blue Trombone (1957) Dial J. J. 5 (1957) Stan Getz and J. J. Johnson at the Opera House (1957) J. J. in Person! (1957) Really Livin' (1959) Trombone and Voices (1960) J.J. Inc. (1960) A Touch of Satin (1960–61) André Previn and J. J. Johnson (1961) J. J.'s Broadway (1963) Proof Positive (1964) J.J.! (1964) Goodies (1965) Broadway Express (1965) The Total J.J. Johnson (1966) The Yokohama Concert (with Nat Adderley, 1977) Chain Reaction: Yokohama Concert, Vol. 2 (with Nat Adderley, 1977) Pinnacles (1979) Concepts in Blue (1980)
With Kai Winding	K + J.J. (aka, Nuf Said, 1955) Trombone for Two (1955) Dave Brubeck and Jay & Kai at Newport (one side each, 1956) Jay and Kai + 6 (1956) Jay and Kai (1955–57) The Great Kai & J. J. (1960) Israel (1968) Betwixt & Between (1968) Stonebone (1969)
Albums as sideman or arranger/ composer	Julian "Cannonball" Adderley (1955) Sayin' Somethin' (Nat Adderley, 1966) The Soul of the City (Manny Albam, 1966) Basie Jam (Count Basie, 1973) The Bosses (Count Basie/"Big Joe" Turner, 1973) Night Song (Kenny Burrell, 1969) I'm Tryin' to Get Home (Donald Byrd, 1964) New York Slick (Ron Carter, 1979) Birth of the Cool (Miles Davis, 1949–50) Young Man with a Horn/Miles Davis Volume 1/Miles Davis Volume 2 (1952) Summertime (Paul Desmond, 1968) Afro-Cuban (Kenny Dorham, 1955) At the Opera House (Ella Fitzgerald, 1957) The Complete RCA Victor Recordings (Dizzy Gillespie, 1949) Dee Gee Days: The Savoy Sessions (Dizzy Gillespie, 1951) Afro (Dizzy Gillespie, 1954) Dizzy and Strings (Dizzy Gillespie, 1954) Perceptions (Dizzy Gillespie, a/c only, 1960) The Modern Touch (Benny Golson, 1957) The Hawk Flies High (Coleman Hawkins, 1957) Lady in Satin (Billie Holiday, 1958) And Then Again (Elvin Jones, 1965) The Modern Jazz Society Presents a Concert of Contemporary Music (John Lewis, 1955) The Big Band (Jimmy McGriff, 1966) Happenings (Hank Jones & Oliver Nelson, 1966) Encyclopedia of Jazz (Oliver Nelson, 1965–66) Nine Flags (Chico O'Farrill, 1966) Charlie Parker on Dial (1947) Sonny Rollins, Vol. 2 (1957) Alfie (Sonny Rollins, 1966) Carnival of the Spirits (Moacir Santos, 1975) New Fantasy (Lalo Schifrin, 1964) Once a Thief and Other Themes (Lalo Schifrin, 1965) The Cape Verdean Blues (Horace Silver, 1965) Sonny Stitt Plays Arrangements from the Pen of Quincy Jones (1955) The Matadors Meet the Bull (Sonny Stitt, 1965) What's New!!! (Sonny Stitt, 1966) Joyride (Stanley Turrentine, 1965)
Film scores	Man and Boy (1971) Across 110th Street (1972) Top of the Heap (1972) Cleopatra Jones (1973) Willie Dynamite (1974)
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