The High and Mighty Hawk

The High and Mighty Hawk
The High and Mighty Hawk
Studio album by Coleman Hawkins
Released	1958
Recorded	February 18–19, 1958
Studio	NYC
Genre	Jazz
Length	39:53
Label	Felsted; FAJ.7005
Producer	Stanley Dance
Coleman Hawkins chronology

Released1958

RecordedFebruary 18–19, 1958

StudioNYC

GenreJazz

The High and Mighty Hawk is an album by saxophonist Coleman Hawkins which was recorded in 1958 and released on the Felsted label.^[1]^[2]^[3]

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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 Buck Clayton
Years given are for the recording(s), not first release, unless stated otherwise.
As leader or co-leader	The Huckle-Buck and Robbins' Nest (1953) How Hi the Fi (1953–54) Buck Clayton Jams Benny Goodman (1953–54) Buck Meets Ruby (and Ruby Braff, 1954) Jumpin' at the Woodside (1954–55) All the Cats Join In (1953–56) Harry Edison Swings Buck Clayton (and Harry "Sweets" Edison, 1958) Songs for Swingers (1958) Copenhagen Concert (and Jimmy Rushing, 1959) Newport Jazz Festival All Stars (1959) Buck & Buddy (and Buddy Tate, 1960) Goin' to Kansas City (1960) Swingin' with Pee Wee (and Pee Wee Russell, 1960) Buck & Buddy Blow the Blues (1961) One for Buck (1961)
With others	The Original American Decca Recordings (Count Basie, 1937–39) The Count! (Count Basie, 1962; arranger only) Jazz Spectacular (Frankie Laine, 1955) The High and Mighty Hawk (Coleman Hawkins, 1958) Basie Reunion (Paul Quinichette, 1958) Swinging Like Tate (Buddy Tate, 1958) Bones for the King (Dicky Wells, 1958)

v t e Hank Jones
Years given are for the recording(s), not first release, except where noted.
Albums as leader or co-leader	Urbanity (1947–53) Bluebird (1955) Quartet-Quintet (1955) The Trio (and Wendell Marshall, Kenny Clarke, 1955) Hank Jones' Quartet (1956) Have You Met Hank Jones (1956) Gigi (1958) Keepin' Up with the Joneses (and Elvin and Thad Jones, 1958) Porgy and Bess (1958) The Talented Touch (1958) Here's Love (1963) This Is Ragtime Now! (1964) Happenings (and Oliver Nelson, 1966) Hanky Panky (1975) Arigato (1976) Jones-Brown-Smith (1976) Satin Doll: Dedicated to Duke Ellington (1976) Bop Redux (1977) Have You Met This Jones? (1977) I Remember You (1977) Just for Fun (1977) Tiptoe Tapdance (1977–78) Ain't Misbehavin' (1978) Carnaval (and Ron Carter, Sadao Watanabe, Tony Williams, 1978) Compassion (1978) Groovin' High (1978) More Delights (and Tommy Flanagan, 1978) Our Delights (and Tommy Flanagan, 1978) Bluesette (1979) I'm All Smiles (and Tommy Flanagan, 1979) Duo (and Red Mitchell, 1987) The Spirit of 176 (and George Shearing, 1988) The Oracle (1989) Live at Maybeck Recital Hall, Volume Sixteen (1991) Steal Away (and Charlie Haden, 1994) Kids: Live at Dizzy's Club Coca-Cola (and Joe Lovano, 2006) Come Sunday (2010)
The Great Jazz Trio	I'm Old Fashioned (with Sadao Watanabe, 1976) Love for Sale (1976) Direct from L.A. (1977) Kindness Joy Love & Happiness (1977) The Great Jazz Trio at the Village Vanguard (1977) The Great Jazz Trio at the Village Vanguard Vol. 2 (1977) The Great Jazz Trio at the Village Vanguard Again (1977) Milestones (1978) New Wine in Old Bottles (1978)
With Bob Brookmeyer	Brookmeyer (1956) Jimmy Raney featuring Bob Brookmeyer (1956) Tonite's Music Today (and Zoot Sims, 1956) Whooeeee (Zoot Sims and Brookmeyer Qnt, 1956) Stretching Out (Zoot Sims and Brookmeyer Qnt, 1958) Jazz Is a Kick (1960) Gloomy Sunday and Other Bright Moments (1961) Gingerbread Men (Clark Terry and Brookmeyer, 1966)
With Al Cohn	That Old Feeling (1955) The Brothers! (and Bill Perkins, Richie Kamuca, 1955) Cohn on the Saxophone (1956) From A to...Z (and Zoot Sims, 1956) The Sax Section (1956) Son of Drum Suite (1960)
With Coleman Hawkins	The Hawk in Hi Fi (1956) The Hawk in Paris (1956) Coleman Hawkins and Confrères (1957–58) The High and Mighty Hawk (1958)
With Johnny Hodges	Sandy's Gone (1963) Wings & Things (1965) Blue Notes (1966) Don't Sleep in the Subway (1967) Triple Play (1967) 3 Shades of Blue (1970)
With Milt Jackson	Howard McGhee and Milt Jackson (1948) Opus de Jazz (1955) The Jazz Skyline (1956) Bags & Flutes (1957) Bags & Trane (1959) Statements (1962) Big Bags (1962) For Someone I Love (1963) Milt Jackson Quintet Live at the Village Gate (1963) Much in Common (and Ray Brown, 1964) Ray Brown / Milt Jackson (1965)
With J.J. Johnson	J Is for Jazz (1956) Jay and Kai (1957) J.J.'s Broadway (1963) J.J.! (1964) Broadway Express (1965) The Total J.J. Johnson (1966)
With Oliver Nelson	Encyclopedia of Jazz (1965–66) Oliver Nelson Plays Michelle (1966) The Sound of Feeling (1966–67) The Kennedy Dream (1967) The Spirit of '67 (and Pee Wee Russell, 1967)
With Sonny Stitt	Sonny Stitt Plays Arrangements from the Pen of Quincy Jones (1955) Sonny Stitt Plays (1955) Sonny Stitt with the New Yorkers (1957) Stitt in Orbit (1960–62) Now! (1962) Goin' Down Slow (1972)
With others	The Cool Sound of Pepper Adams (Pepper Adams, 1957) Pepper Adams Plays the Compositions of Charlie Mingus (Pepper Adams, 1963) Conjuration: Fat Tuesday's Session (Pepper Adams, 1983) Somethin' Else (Cannonball Adderley, 1958) The Soul of the City (Manny Albam, 1966) Bad! Bossa Nova (Gene Ammons, 1962) Big Bad Jug (Gene Ammons, 1972) Got My Own (Gene Ammons, 1972) Baker's Holiday (Chet Baker, 1965) Drummer's Holiday (Louie Bellson, 1956–58) Encore (Eddie Bert, 1955) Montage (split album, Eddie Bert, 1955) Musician of the Year (Eddie Bert, 1955) Late Date with Ruth Brown (Ruth Brown, 1959) Ruth Brown '65 (1964) Bluesin' Around (Kenny Burrell, 1961–62) Night Song (Kenny Burrell, 1968) For the Good Times (Rusty Bryant, 1973) Byrd's Word (Donald Byrd, 1955) New Formulas from the Jazz Lab (Gigi Gryce and Donald Byrd, 1957) Jazz Lab (Gigi Gryce and Donald Byrd, Jubilee, 1957) 1 + 3 (Ron Carter, 1978) Bass on Top (Paul Chambers, 1957) Kenny Clarke & Ernie Wilkins (1955) Introducing Jimmy Cleveland and His All Stars (1955) Rhythm Crazy (Jimmy Cleveland, 1959) Earl Coleman Returns (1956) Last Night When We Were Young (Art Farmer, 1957) Portrait of Art Farmer (1958) The Aztec Suite (Art Farmer, 1959) Merry Olde Soul (Victor Feldman, 1960–61) Rhythm Is My Business (Ella Fitzgerald, 1962) New Trombone (Curtis Fuller, 1957) Cabin in the Sky (Curtis Fuller, 1962) A Portrait of Duke Ellington (Dizzy Gillespie, 1960) The Bop Session (Dizzy Gillespie, 1975) Ca'Purange (Dexter Gordon, 1972) Tangerine (Dexter Gordon, 1972) Soul Groove (Johnny Griffin and Matthew Gee, 1963) Gigi Gryce (1958) You Better Know It!!! (Lionel Hampton, 1964) I Just Dropped by to Say Hello (Johnny Hartman, 1963) The Voice That Is! (Johnny Hartman, 1964) Flute-In (Bobbi Humphrey, 1971) Groovin' with Jacquet (Illinois Jacquet, 1951) French Cookin' (Budd Johnson, 1963) Elvin! (Elvin Jones, 1961–62) And Then Again (Elvin Jones, 1965) Dear John C. (Elvin Jones, 1965) The Deadly Affair (Quincy Jones, 1966) Hello, Hank Jones (Clifford Jordan, 1978) SteveIreneo! (Irene Kral, 1959) The Drum Battle (Gene Krupa and Buddy Rich, 1952) I'm All For You (Joe Lovano, 2003) Joyous Encounter (Joe Lovano, 2004) Classic! Live at Newport (Joe Lovano, 2005) Salute to the Flute (Herbie Mann, 1957) 2-3-4 (Shelly Manne, 1962) Star Highs (Warne Marsh, 1982) Eddie Costa, Mat Mathews & Don Elliott at Newport (1957) The Jazz Version of "How to Succeed in Business without Really Trying" (Gary McFarland, 1961) Helen Merrill with Strings (1955) SO Much Guitar! (Wes Montgomery, 1961) Great Day (James Mody, 1963) Salute to Satch (Joe Newman, 1956) The Midgets (Joe Newman, 1956) Hangin' Out (Joe Newman and Joe Wilder, 1984) All the Sad Young Men (Anita O'Day, 1962) New York Album (Art Pepper, 1979) So in Love (Art Pepper, 1979) Here's That Raney Day (Jimmy Raney, 1980) Together Again: For the First Time (Buddy Rich and Mel Tormé, 1978) Midnight Oil (Jerome Richardson, 1958) The Chase Is On (Charlie Rouse and Paul Quinichette, 1957) Flute Suite (A.K. Salim, 1957) The Jazz We Heard Last Summer (Sahib Shihab, 1957) Jazz Sahib (Sahib Shihab, 1957) Johnny Smith (Johnny Smith, 1967) The Incredible Ira Sullivan (1980) Lucky Thompson Plays Jerome Kern and No More (1963) Warm Wave (Cal Tjader, 1964) Breathe Easy (Cal Tjader, 1977) See You at the Fair (Ben Webster, 1964) Flutes & Reeds (Ernie Wilkins and Frank Wess, 1955) Top Brass (Ernie Wilkins, 1955) Wilder 'n' Wilder (Joe Wilder, 1956) The Pretty Sound (Joe Wilder, 1959) But Beautiful (Nancy Wilson, 1969) The Swingin' States (Kai Winding, 1958) Dance to the City Beat (Kai Winding, 1958–59) More Brass (Kai Winding, 1966) Laughin' to Keep from Cryin' (Lester Young, 1958)
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