Ken Burns Jazz

by Coleman Hawkins

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  • Type: Compilation
  • Released: 7 November 2000
  • Label: Verve
  • Country: United States
  • Length: 1:09:18
  • Community rating: 3.98/5 from 1 rating

Album Notes & Community Reviews

The Coleman Hawkins volume of the Ken Burns Jazz companion series traces the tenor saxophone's founding voice from the Fletcher Henderson era to his bebop-era sessions. Issued by Verve, the single disc argues Hawkins's centrality to every era he passed through.

Genres

Descriptors: saxophone, improvisation, ensemble, melodic, virtuosic

Tracklist

  1. The Stampede (3:13)
  2. If I Could Be With You One Hour Tonight (3:27)
  3. Queer Notions (2:48)
  4. It's The Talk Of The Town (3:30)
  5. Honeysuckle Rose (2:44)
  6. Body And Soul (3:00)
  7. The Man I Love (5:07)
  8. Bean At The Met (2:59)
  9. Woody 'n' You (2:58)
  10. I Mean You (3:03)
  11. Bean And The Boys (2:42)
  12. Stuffy (3:01)
  13. Picasso (3:15)
  14. La Rosita (5:02)
  15. Ruby, My Dear (5:24)
  16. Just Friends (4:39)
  17. Crazy Rhythm (3:23)
  18. Driva Man (5:13)
  19. Self Portrait (Of The Bean) (3:50)

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