Retrospective (1929-1963)

Coleman Hawkins

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Retrospective (1929-1963) Review

by Stephen Cook

Bluebird does right by one of jazz's finest with this career retrospective charting tenor giant Coleman Hawkins' progress from some early jazz dates with Fletcher Henderson to latter-day sides by vocalese trio Lambert, Hendricks & Ross. Including his classic readings of "Sugar Foot Stomp," "Body and Soul," and "April in Paris," Retrospective also checks in on "Bean"'s memorable stints with McKinney's Cotton Pickers, some of bebop's best, his own outfits, and plenty of all-star contingents. Along for the ride are such venerable stylists as Dizzy Gillespie, Fats Waller, Chu Berry, Sonny Rollins, and Teddy Wilson. A lot of Hawkins and all of it good.

Track Listing - Disc 1

	Title/Composer	Performer	Time	Stream
1	One Hour (If I Could Be With You One Hour Tonight) Henry Creamer / J.P. Johnson	Coleman Hawkins feat: The Mound City Blue Blowers	03:29	Amazon
2	Hello, Lola! Red McKenzie / Gordon Means	Coleman Hawkins feat: The Mound City Blue Blowers	03:17	Amazon
3	Miss Hannah John Nesbitt / Don Redman	Coleman Hawkins feat: McKinney's Cotton Pickers	03:01	Amazon
4	Wherever There's a Will There's a Way Don Redman	Coleman Hawkins feat: McKinney's Cotton Pickers	02:57	Amazon
5	Sugar Foot Stomp Louis Armstrong / King Oliver	Coleman Hawkins feat: Fletcher Henderson	03:05	Amazon
6	Sugar Foot Stomp Louis Armstrong / King Oliver	Coleman Hawkins feat: Fletcher Henderson	03:05	Amazon
7	Hocus Pocus Will Hudson	Coleman Hawkins feat: Fletcher Henderson	03:17	Amazon
8	When Lights Are Low Benny Carter / Spencer Williams	Coleman Hawkins feat: Lionel Hampton	02:13	Amazon
9	When Lights Are Low Benny Carter / Spencer Williams	Coleman Hawkins feat: Lionel Hampton	02:06	Amazon
10	One Sweet Letter from You Lew Brown / Sidney Clare / Harry Warren	Coleman Hawkins feat: Lionel Hampton	03:12	Amazon
11	Dinah Harry Akst / Sam M. Lewis / Joe Young	Coleman Hawkins feat: Lionel Hampton	02:43	Amazon
12	Dinah Harry Akst / Sam M. Lewis / Joe Young	Coleman Hawkins feat: Lionel Hampton	02:44	Amazon
13	Meet Doctor Foo Coleman Hawkins	Coleman Hawkins	02:38	Amazon
14	Fine Dinner Coleman Hawkins	Coleman Hawkins	02:34	Amazon
15	She's Funny That Way Neil Moret (Chas. N. Daniels) / Richard A. Whiting	Coleman Hawkins	03:14	Amazon
16	Body and Soul Frank Eyton / Johnny Green / Edward Heyman / Robert Sour	Coleman Hawkins	03:00	Amazon
17	When Day Is Done Buddy DeSylva / Robert Katscher	Coleman Hawkins	03:15	Amazon
18	The Sheik of Araby Harry Beasley Smith / Ted Snyder / Francis Wheeler	Coleman Hawkins	02:56	Amazon
19	My Blue Heaven Walter Donaldson / George A. Whiting	Coleman Hawkins	02:46	Amazon
20	Bouncing with Bean Coleman Hawkins	Coleman Hawkins	03:03	Amazon
21	Bugle Call Rag Billy Meyers / Jack Pettis / Elmer Schoebel	Coleman Hawkins feat: The Metronome All-Stars	03:10	Amazon
22	One O'Clock Jump Count Basie	Coleman Hawkins feat: The Metronome All-Stars	03:24	Amazon

Track Listing - Disc 2

	Title/Composer	Performer	Time	Stream
1	Say It Isn't So Irving Berlin	Coleman Hawkins	02:54	Amazon
2	Spotlite Coleman Hawkins	Coleman Hawkins	03:07	Amazon
3	Indiana Winter Leonard Feather	Coleman Hawkins feat: Esquire All-Americans	02:29	Amazon
4	Indian Summer Al Dubin / Victor Herbert	Coleman Hawkins feat: Esquire All-Americans	03:07	Amazon
5	How Did She Look? Gladys Shelley / Abner Silver	Coleman Hawkins feat: Esquire All-Americans	03:00	Amazon
6	April in Paris Vernon Duke / E.Y. "Yip" Harburg	Coleman Hawkins feat: Coleman Hawkins & His Orchestra	03:07	Amazon
7	How Strange Earl Brent / Gus Kahn / Herbert Stothart / Traditional	Coleman Hawkins	03:03	Amazon
8	Half Step Down, Please Tadd Dameron / Coleman Hawkins	Coleman Hawkins	03:03	Amazon
9	Angel Face Coleman Hawkins / Victor Herbert / Hank Jones	Coleman Hawkins	03:13	Amazon
10	There Will Never Be Another You Mack Gordon / Harry Warren	Coleman Hawkins feat: Billy Byers	02:58	Amazon
11	The Bean Stalks Again Coleman Hawkins	Coleman Hawkins feat: Billy Byers	03:26	Amazon
12	Body and Soul Frank Eyton / Johnny Green / Edward Heyman / Robert Sour	Coleman Hawkins feat: Billy Byers	04:53	Amazon
13	I Love Paris Cole Porter	Coleman Hawkins feat: Manny Albam	03:31	Amazon
14	Under Paris Skies Jean Dréjac / Kim Gannon / Hubert Giraud	Coleman Hawkins feat: Manny Albam	02:47	Amazon
15	I've Got the World on a String Harold Arlen / Ted Koehler	Coleman Hawkins feat: Henry "Red" Allen	05:37	Amazon
16	Sweet Lorraine Clifford R. Burwell / Mitchell Parish	Coleman Hawkins feat: Henry "Red" Allen	05:35	Amazon
17	Watermelon Man Herbie Hancock	Coleman Hawkins feat: Lambert, Hendricks & Bavan / Jon Hendricks	05:03	Amazon
18	All the Things You Are Oscar Hammerstein II / Jerome Kern	Coleman Hawkins feat: Lambert, Hendricks & Bavan	09:34	Amazon