{"product_id":"coleman-hawkins-quartet-today-and-now-2024-verve-by-request-reissue","title":"Coleman Hawkins Quartet – Today And Now (2024 Verve By Request Reissue)","description":"\u003cp\u003eColeman Hawkins was the first important tenor saxophonist and he remains one of the greatest of all time. A consistently modern improviser whose knowledge of chords and harmonies was encyclopedic, Hawkins had a 40-year prime (1925-1965) during which he could hold his own with any competitor. Coleman Hawkins started piano lessons when he was five, switched to cello at age seven, and two years later began on tenor. At a time when the saxophone was considered a novelty instrument, used in vaudeville and as a poor substitute for the trombone in marching bands, Hawkins sought to develop his own sound. A professional when he was 12, Hawkins was playing in a Kansas City theater pit band in 1921, when\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eMamie Smith\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003ehired him to play with her\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eJazz Hounds. Hawkins was with the blues singer until June 1923, making many records in a background role and he was occasionally heard on instrumentals. After leaving\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eSmith, he freelanced around New York, played briefly with\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eWilbur Sweatman, and in August 1923 made his first recordings with\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eFletcher Henderson. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eHawkins appeared in a wide variety of settings, from \u003c\/span\u003eRed Allen\u003cspan\u003e's heated Dixieland band at the Metropole and leading a bop date featuring \u003c\/span\u003eIdrees Sulieman\u003cspan\u003e and \u003c\/span\u003eJ.J. Johnson\u003cspan\u003e, to guest appearances on records that included \u003c\/span\u003eThelonious Monk\u003cspan\u003e, \u003c\/span\u003eJohn Coltrane\u003cspan\u003e, and (in the early '60s) \u003c\/span\u003eMax Roach\u003cspan\u003e and \u003c\/span\u003eEric Dolphy\u003cspan\u003e. During the first half of the 1960s, Coleman Hawkins had an opportunity to record with \u003c\/span\u003eDuke Ellington\u003cspan\u003e, collaborated on one somewhat eccentric session with \u003c\/span\u003eSonny Rollins\u003cspan\u003e, and even did a bossa nova album. This album was r\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eecorded in 1962, Hawkins’ quartet featuring Tommy Flanagan (Piano), Major Holley (Bass) and Eddie Locke (Drums) puts forth an easily palatable selection of repertoire, with up-tempo moments like “Go Li’l Liza,” \u0026amp; \"Swingin’ Scotch\" alongside a trio of ballads including Quincy Jones’ “Quintessence.”  — via Label\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ciframe width=\"100%\" height=\"152\" style=\"border-radius: 12px;\" src=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/embed\/album\/4c0LKvyOYloadl5pezO07S?utm_source=generator\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" allow=\"autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; fullscreen; picture-in-picture\" loading=\"lazy\"\u003e\u003c\/iframe\u003e\u003cbr\u003e↓\u003cbr\u003eLabel: Impulse!\u003cbr\u003eSeries: Verve By Request\u003cbr\u003eFormat: Vinyl, LP, Album, Reissue, Stereo\u003cbr\u003eReissued: 2024 \/ Original Release: 1962\u003cbr\u003eGenre: Jazz\u003cbr\u003eStyle: Bop\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFile under: Jazz - Saxophone\u003cbr\u003e⦿\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Impulse!","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45232309862558,"sku":"602465694895","price":48.0,"currency_code":"SGD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0584\/5434\/3838\/files\/61CKAJOhqkL-_UF1000-1000_QL80.jpg?v=1741685024","url":"https:\/\/theanalogvault.mom\/products\/coleman-hawkins-quartet-today-and-now-2024-verve-by-request-reissue","provider":"The Analog Vault","version":"1.0","type":"link"}