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Body And Soul compiles several Coleman Hawkins sessions recorded between 1939 and 1956, capturing the masterful tenor saxophonist at the height of the swing era, in the midst of the bop revolution, and at the helm of large orchestras. While the quality of his accompaniments varies tremendously, Hawkins' contributions don't. The earliest session climaxes with his classic solo version of "Body and Soul", a landmark in both the harmonic language of jazz and improvised musical architecture. Another four tracks come from a 1940 octet date with some of Hawkins' old associates from the Fletcher Hendersonmore… band, Benny Carter (on trumpet here) and JC Higginbotham on trombone, along with the underrated clarinettist Danny Polo. It's small-group swing of the first order, with touches of traditional jazz in the improvised ensembles. Tadd Dameron wrote the arrangements for a 1947 band that includes trumpeter Fats Navarro, trombonist JJ Johnson, pianist Hank Jones, and drummer Max Roach. While the horns all solo fluently on Dameron's "Half Step Down, Please", it's the three ballad features for the leader that stand out, Hawkins drawing inspiration from Dameron's moodily dense harmonies. The settings are pedestrian at best for a series of 1956 recordings, with Billy Byers and Manny Albam writing arrangements. Hawkins bristles with individuality, whether soaring over a substantial big band on "The Bean Stalks Again", cutting a new path through a cluttered "Body and Soul," or counterposing his ruggedly magisterial horn to still fussier arrangements of "I Love Paris" and "Under Paris Skies". --Stuart Broomer

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Coleman Hawkins - Body and Soul (1998) Retail CD

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