Coleman Hawkins - Night Hawk/Very Saxy [CD New]

• 2 ORIGINAL ALBUMS ON 1 CD

This release presents two outstanding studio albums made by Coleman Hawkins in 1959-60 in their entirety. Both Night Hawk (Prestige/Swingville 2016) and Very Saxy (Prestige 7167) pair Hawk with fellow tenor saxophonist Eddie “Lockjaw” Davis. Apart from these two albums, Hawkins and Davis would never record together again.

PERSONNEL:

• COLEMAN HAWKINS & EDDIE “LOCKJAW” DAVIS tenor sax on all tracks, with:

• ON TRACKS[1-5] NIGHT HAWK
• TOMMY FLANAGAN, piano
• RON CARTER, bass
• GUS JOHNSON, drums
• Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey, December 30, 1960.

• ON TRACKS [6-10] VERY SAXY
• ARNETT COBB & BUDDY TATE, tenor sax
• SHIRLEY SCOTT, organ
• GEORGE DUVIVIER, bass
• ARTHUR EDGEHILL, drums
• Hackensack, New Jersey, April 29, 1959.

TRACKS:

• 01. Night Hawk
• 02. There Is No Greater Love
• 03. In A Mellow Tone
• 04. Don’t Take Your Love From Me
• 05. Pedalin’
• 06. Very Saxy
• 07. Lester Leaps In
• 08. Fourmost
• 09. Foot Pattin’
• 10. Light And Lovely