The Hawk in Hi Fi

by Coleman Hawkins & Billy Byers

The Hawk in Hi Fi cover art
  • Type: Album
  • Released: 1956
  • Label: RCA Victor
  • Country: United States
  • Community rating: 3.23/5 from 3 ratings

Album Notes & Community Reviews

Pairing the undisputed father of the jazz tenor saxophone with the incredibly lush, highly romantic orchestrations of arranger Billy Byers, this session operates on an immense, sweeping scale. The leader's famously massive, heavily vibratoed tone is framed beautifully by deep string sections and punchy brass, prioritizing emotive balladry over high-velocity bop. The impeccably recorded, stereophonic project successfully updated his classic swing aesthetic for the mid-century adult-contemporary market.

Genres

Tracklist

  1. Body And Soul
  2. Little Girl Blue
  3. I Never Knew
  4. Dinner For One Please, James
  5. The Bean Stalks Again
  6. His Very Own Blues
  7. The Day You Came Along
  8. Have You Met Miss Jones
  9. The Essence Of You
  10. There Will Never Be Another You
  11. I'm Shooting High
  12. 39-25-39

Credits

  • Coleman Hawkins - primary artist, tenor saxophone, written-by
  • Billy Byers And His Orchestra - primary artist
  • Hal McKusick - alto saxophone
  • Sam Marowitz - alto saxophone
  • Billy Byers - arranged by
  • Sol Schlinger - baritone saxophone
  • Jack Lesberg - bass
  • Milt Hinton - bass
  • Phil Kraus - bells
  • Hank Jones - celesta, piano
  • Alan Shulman - cello
  • Bernie Greenhouse - cello
  • Edgardo Sodero - cello
  • George Ricci - cello
  • Sid Jekowsky - clarinet, flute
  • Osie Johnson - drums
  • Julius Baker - flute
  • Jim Buffington - french horn
  • Marty Wilson - glockenspiel, vibraphone, xylophone
  • Barry Galbraith - guitar
  • Phil Bodner - oboe
  • Al Cohn - tenor saxophone
  • Zoot Sims - tenor saxophone
  • Chauncey Welsch - trombone
  • Fred Ohms - trombone
  • Jack Satterfield - trombone
  • Thomas Mitchell - trombone
  • Urbie Green - trombone
  • Bernie Glow - trumpet
  • Charlie Shavers - trumpet
  • Ernie Royal - trumpet
  • Jimmy Nottingham - trumpet
  • Lou Oles - trumpet
  • Nick Travis - trumpet
  • Don Butterfield - tuba
  • Bert Fisch - viola
  • Isadore Zir - viola
  • Alvin Rudnitsky - violin
  • Arnold Eidus - violin
  • Dave Newman - violin
  • Dave Sarser - violin
  • Gene Orloff - violin
  • Harry Lookofsky - violin
  • Leo Kruczek - violin
  • Max Cahn - violin
  • Max Hollander - violin
  • Paul Gershman - violin
  • Stan Kraft - violin
  • Sy Miroff - violin
  • Tosha Samaroff - violin
  • Edward Heyman - written-by
  • Frank Eyton - written-by
  • Johnny Green - written-by
  • Robert Sour - written-by
  • Lorenz Hart - written-by
  • Richard Rodgers - written-by
  • Raymond Egan - written-by
  • Roy Marsh - written-by
  • Tom Pitts - written-by
  • Michael Carr - written-by

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