Coleman Hawkins on Art Ford's Jazz Party - 09 18 1958 (Part 9)

Coleman Hawkins was the first great saxophonist of Jazz. As a child he was a gifted musician. In 1922, Mamie Smith spotted him in Jesse Stone and his Blues Serenaders in Kansas City theatre and hired him away to play with her Jazz Hounds. Hawkins stayed with Smith until 1923, and appeared on some of her records. After leaving The Jazz Hounds, he played with Wilbur Sweatman and then made his first recordings with Fletcher Henderson. He joined Henderson's Orchestra in 1924 and stayed with him for the next ten years. In addition to his work with Henderson, he recorded with McKinney's Cotton Pickers, and with Red McKenzie's Mound City Blue Blowers in 1929. When he left Henderson in 1934 he moved to Europe, and stayed there until 1939 playing first with Jack Hylton's Orchestra in England and then traveling and recording throughout the continent. In 1937 he appeared on a famous recording date with Benny Carter, Django Reinhardt and Stéphane Grappelli. In 1939 as World War II started, Hawkins wisely returned to America. He recorded a version of "Body and Soul" in 1940 that became his most famous record. Hawkins was one of the few Hot Jazz musicians who made the shift to Be Bop in the Forties. He hired Thelonious Monk for his quartet in 1944 and led an early bop recording session the same year which included Dizzy Gillespie. He also hired Miles Davis and Max Roach to play on his bands early in their careers. In 1946 he recorded with J.J. Johnson and Fats Navarro. By the early 1950s, the innovations of Lester Young and Charlie Parker made Hawkins' style seem a bit old fashioned. However Hawkins was able to adapt to the changing currents in Jazz again, when he teamed up with Roy Eldridge. Throughout the rest Fifties and Sixties he appeared on records made by Thelonious Monk, Max Roach, Eric Dolphy and John Coltrane. In the early 1960s Coleman Hawkins recorded with Duke Ellington, and made a record with Sonny Rollins.


Art Ford's Jazz Party 09 18 1958 with Coleman Hawkins

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[MisterStereo]

Will let ya know soon.!!

The audio is OK; but the video is quite fuzzy.

[matoflash]

These videos are really rare nowadays. Thank you for sharing this one. I've seen it the first time in my life and I thought I have checked out all existed vids of Hawk...

[MisterStereo]

@matoflash We are certainly fortunate that video of great musicians like the Hawk are still around.

Great Jazz!!

[matoflash]

@MisterStereo Do you have any other rare videos of Hawk than this one? Or perhaps of Ben Webster, or other of the greatest?

[MisterStereo]

@matoflash Yes, I do; but, the video portion is VERY poor.

Will upload them for ya.

Will check if vids of Ben Webster are still around.

[matoflash]

@MisterStereo Thank you. When you do, please, share them with me (send me a message or so), so that I know you did. Thank you very much again. There is never enough of this great art.

[MisterStereo]

@matoflash I will.

The video is not that good; but, the audio is OK.

[MisterStereo]

@jampoles That is Theodore Charles on the vibes.

Enjoy.

[jampoles]

Is this Victor Feldman on vibes?

[MisterStereo]

@srkooy It would be neat to hear him without the minor audio distortion!

Love the "Hawk"