Some of us have favorite periods in jazz where we like the style of music better than other periods. Coleman Hawkins gets credit for spanning two generations of jazz and changing with the times. For me jazz started in 1939 with Body and Soul and progressed with bebop and hard bop. Why Louis Armstrong couldn't embrace bebop and hard bop is something that never sits quiet right with me somehow.
From a jazz point of view, that you "ironman464800" ought to know, which I sure hope you do, is that beeing here and all that, also means acknowledging the true foundation of reedjazz, which doesn't stem from Chris Potter, Bob Mintzer, nor from the late Bob Berg nor the late Mikael Brecker! It's from such men as Coleman Hawkins, Lester Young and Charlie Parker!
Wow... the 'race' issue again... you almost surprised me lolllll WHO CARES!?!?!? I mean you either like or dislike Coleman Hawkins' style, but talking about race as a comment to this recording is like commenting about pasta sauces on the subject of 'ferrari' lolllll - do yourselves a favor: try to bring the race issue every day, all day, everywhere and i am shore everyone will be impressed, just like i am!!! lollll
Its never a good idea...especially in the jazz history arena...to judge one era in jazz by the evolution of another. Bix was near the embryonic era of the music. By the time Mr. Hawkins came around, much had evolved. Much in regular history and music history had changed. So its not really fair to say, "he was better than Bix." You have to look at each artist according to the era in which they were coming up or coming to prominance.
Pure genius. Love it.
saabbear1 8 hours ago
awesome !
LionheartJP 4 days ago
Has the feeling of a peg-leg pirate.
SeerTrulth 1 month ago
I hear you iroman. let them think what they want
samadjhi 4 months ago
I have this in my PC, but I still listen to it from here, cause i need to see his face.. in order not to forget how a giant looks like!!
tetoviranje 6 months ago
Some of us have favorite periods in jazz where we like the style of music better than other periods. Coleman Hawkins gets credit for spanning two generations of jazz and changing with the times. For me jazz started in 1939 with Body and Soul and progressed with bebop and hard bop. Why Louis Armstrong couldn't embrace bebop and hard bop is something that never sits quiet right with me somehow.
TheMichaelJB 7 months ago
for this to have made this end of night of mine happier, thanks jazz history
rubens2501 7 months ago
This record changed the approach to the horn. Transcending all limitations created by man. A true ubiquitous state of singularity!!
funkality 9 months ago
yeah big hawky hugs
MrSnaketoe 11 months ago
gawd this piece is so gorgeous. His timbre is like a warm hug of tenor saxophone sound. LOVE IT.
Yanda107 11 months ago
@ironman464800 -
From a jazz point of view, that you "ironman464800" ought to know, which I sure hope you do, is that beeing here and all that, also means acknowledging the true foundation of reedjazz, which doesn't stem from Chris Potter, Bob Mintzer, nor from the late Bob Berg nor the late Mikael Brecker! It's from such men as Coleman Hawkins, Lester Young and Charlie Parker!
helluvagun 1 year ago 2
Wow... the 'race' issue again... you almost surprised me lolllll WHO CARES!?!?!? I mean you either like or dislike Coleman Hawkins' style, but talking about race as a comment to this recording is like commenting about pasta sauces on the subject of 'ferrari' lolllll - do yourselves a favor: try to bring the race issue every day, all day, everywhere and i am shore everyone will be impressed, just like i am!!! lollll
tetoviranje 1 year ago
somebody needs to put up eddie jefferson's version of this song
jeremy876690 1 year ago
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colinwells4 1 year ago
@colinwells4
Its never a good idea...especially in the jazz history arena...to judge one era in jazz by the evolution of another. Bix was near the embryonic era of the music. By the time Mr. Hawkins came around, much had evolved. Much in regular history and music history had changed. So its not really fair to say, "he was better than Bix." You have to look at each artist according to the era in which they were coming up or coming to prominance.
MCMLXVITNT 8 months ago