Coleman Hawkins - The Hawk Flies High

[aarfeld]

My local library has a copy of The Hawk Flies in their collection. It's quite a delightful recording.

[JazzVideoGuy]

@aarfeld Sounds like a pretty hip library.

[aarfeld]

@JazzVideoGuy: I live in Charlottesville, Va., and The Dave Matthews Band (who are locals) through their charitable organization, Bama Works, purchased for our library system an amazing Jazz collection. I've made some wonderful discoveries by delving into it.

Thanks you for the wonderful videos that you've produced on Jazz. The series with Orin Keepnews has been particularly interesting.

[JazzVideoGuy]

@aarfeld Appreciate the kind words.  Dave Matthews is doing great things, musically, and as a person, through Bama Works.

[xDaigualx]

fatastic!

[992105]

best

[Elitios]

I don't get how hawkins could be blamed for producing the most perfect jazz sound. What did modernity and originality brought that hasn't been outdated at some point? hawkins sound is just timeless.

[paulostroff99]

awesome! TY.

[skrbeleven]

whats the song in the beginning of all of these videos??

[matoflash]

@skrbeleven Check out album by Bill Evans and Cannonball Adderley - Know What I Mean, listen, and you'll find it... :)

[skrbeleven]

@matoflash ha... found it indeed!

Much Thanks.

[skrbeleven]

@matoflash Just bought the album the other day... It's Wonderful. Thanks for telling me about it

[ASSEMblerEX]

Coleman hawkins didn't get the respect of his peers in the 50's which is a damn shame. Time has shown how wrong they were.

[samadjhi]

@ASSEMblerEX Who didn't respect him?

[ASSEMblerEX]

@samadjhi Most of the people from the 50's refused to work with him as he was too "old sounding". Damn shameful.

[samadjhi]

@ASSEMblerEX Where do you get that information.

[TheShithappends]

Just great... tons to learn... where is Kenny G...? hehehe... joust kidding.

[63Brummie]

I love Coleman Hawkins sound... that fat warm tone with very smooth legato like liquid honey ...MMMMMMMMMMMMMMM

[63Brummie]

Great post!

This guy must have some great stories too tell...

Why don't people use him to produce today?

[petercrowley41]

I think it's safe to say that major record companies aren't interested in anything real anymore and most owners of small companies are convinced they can produce as well as any outside producer.

[63Brummie]

Well said mate.

A guy I really respect is Gary Giddins "a font of knowledge"...

[benzuckerman]

You should try to do an interview with Rudy Van Gelder. I corresponded with him about ten years ago, and he seemed like a very interesting person, interested in talking about the way things were recorded then as opposed to now. It would be a great video interview, and possibly good material for one of the European Jazz magazines. I think that your youtube activities definitely give you legitimacy. Rudy still lives in New Jersey. The people at Bluenote can put you in touch with them. Luck!

[newkbean]

Man!

Rudy Van Gelder's recordings are top notch! Most of my favourites in jazz of the 50 and 60:ies are his. The Englewood Cliffs and the Hackensack studios!

[mlredr]

RVG is a legend - he recorded some of the greatest music made in history!

[jmet718]

coleman hawkins a legend a hawk!!

[dreadtodred]

sounds personal with orrin

[ataribattari]

Coleman Hawkins was playing at the Village Vanguard--it must have been 1966 or '67. I was visiting from DC; my brother took me there. We were able to walk in without reservations. The second set was John Coltrane who was making sounds, as my brother described it, like "elephants humping." But what lingered to this day was the Hawk playing "Yesterdays." I didn't know back then but I'm almost certain he was remembering how Billie sang the song as he played. I'll never forget that moment.

[gamwizrd1]

is it really necessary to diss one great musician in order to compliment another...? :(

[samadjhi]

This commentator is flattering himself with a sense of importance that is self-deception. I wonder if Coltrane and Sonny Rollins felt that they had passed The great Coleman Hawkins in stature . As a matter of fact Rollins and Coltrane worshipped the Hawk. Coleman Hawkins didn't need this producer the producer needed Hawkins.Hell Hawkins is not a has been now so how could he have been a has been then.Jazz was and is too sophisticated for most to dig it!

[Bluesmen88]

I think your misunderstanding what Orrin Keepnews is trying to say. What he was saying was that the public was loosing favor with Coleman Hawkins, not saying he was any worse of a sax player. He was trying to say that Coltrane and Hawkins were at very different points in there different career.

[samadjhi]

Bluesman the point is he is not saying anything at all. He is insignificant as it relates to jazz. I have no idea why he is on the video at all.

[0tt0ni0]

thanks!!!!!!!

[scooteroo]

JazzVideoGuy, you are the man! I love this series!

[MOGLIDER]

Nat speaks volumes.

[spacepatrolman]

the actor trevor howard was a fan and friend of coleman hawkins he talks about going to see him perform in his autobiography.

[JazzVideoGuy]

I sat next to Trevor Howard at the Village Vanguard in 1968, during a performance by Pharoah Sanders!

[hankmobley]

I cant top that!!

ps wheres the solo Hawkins film from ?

[FightingTheWitness]

shut up. just stop

[spacepatrolman]

@JazzVideoGuy did you meet him he was a realy intense actor you hated him in mutiny on the bounty and loved him in ryans daughter

[JazzVideoGuy]

@spacepatrolman Did not meet him but sitting just three feet away from him during a Pharoah Sanders set gave me some sense of the man.

[javijazztazz]

great video i agree hawk is the father of tenor sax

[gsco82]

Wonderful video. Orrin Keepnews is a fountain of great memeories, and he certainly has worked with alot of jazz greats. I'm really enjoying this series!

[hremdldw]

The Hawk was the Father of the Tenor Sax.Wasn't afraid to play with modern players,all the modern players loved Hawk of course their was a whole school who loved Lester Young.I loved them both their are a lot of people who can respect only one or the other too my way of thinking that's kind of silly,they both had their own sound which is the point.When one or the other played two notes you new who was playing.And that's the point of jazz sounding like your self.

[beethovenbix]

"Right On 'hremdldw'. Hawkins and Young are equally great along with Coltrain and Rollins!

They are all Legends in their own right!"