Sonny Rollins & Coleman Hawkins "Lover Man" (1963)

Sonny Meets Hawk! is a 1963 album by jazz saxophonist Sonny Rollins, with Coleman Hawkins appearing as guest artist. It was recorded at RCA Victor Studio "B" in New York City on July 15 and 18, 1963.

The album marks the first time the two saxophonists had entered a recording studio together, although they had appeared on stage together briefly that same year at the Newport Jazz Festival.

Personnel
Sonny Rollins - Tenor Sax
Coleman Hawkins - Tenor Sax
Paul Bley - Piano
Roy McCurdy - Drums
Henry Grimes - Bass
Bob Cranshaw - Bass

Theodore Walter "Sonny" Rollins (born September 7, 1930 in New York City) is a Grammy-winning American jazz tenor saxophonist. Widely recognized as one of the most important and influential jazz musicians of the post-bebop era, Rollins' long, prolific career began at the age of 11, and he was playing with piano legend Thelonious Monk before reaching the age of 20. A number of his compositions, including "St. Thomas", "Oleo", "Doxy", and "Airegin", have become jazz standards.

As of 2009, Rollins is still touring and recording, having outlived most of his contemporaries such as John Coltrane, Miles Davis, Max Roach, and Art Blakey, all performers with whom he recorded. Rollins was elected to the Down Beat Jazz Hall of Fame in 1973.

Coleman Randolph Hawkins (November 21, 1904 May 19, 1969) was an American jazz tenor saxophonist. Hawkins was the first important jazz musician to use the instrument. As Joachim E. Berendt explained, "there were some tenor players before him, but the instrument was not an acknowledged jazz horn".[2] While Hawkins is most strongly associated with the swing music and big band era, he had a role in the development of bebop in the 1940s,

Lester Young, who was called "Pres", in a 1959 interview with The Jazz Review, said "As far as I'm concerned, I think Coleman Hawkins was the President first, right? As far as myself, I think I'm the second one."

Miles Davis once said: "When I heard Hawk I learned to play ballads." Hawkins was nicknamed "Hawk" and sometimes "Bean".

"Lover Man (Oh Where Can You Be?)" (often called simply "Lover Man") is a 1941 popular song written by Jimmy Davis, Roger ("Ram") Ramirez, and James Sherman. It is particularly associated with Billie Holiday, for whom it was written, and her version was inducted into the Grammy Hall of Fame in 1989. Holiday's version reached #5 on the R&B chart in 1945. Charlie Parker did a rendition of "Lover Man", considered by many to be one of his most passionate recordings, during which he was horribly intoxicated. Parker himself considered it one of his most shameful moments. Barbra Streisand recorded "Lover Man" for her 1967 album, Simply Streisand, with an arrangement by David Shire. She also sang the song live during her 1994 concert tour.

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[busterbrownation]

@nautilius24 No one sounds like Hawkins, either. Jazz greats have distinctive styles, tones, etc.,

[Glowis123]

I've taken lessons at the drummer, Roy McCurdy's house. He's an amazingly nice person who used to play at a jazz club called Charlie O's that closed down recently.

[jacquillo]

i love the articulate speach of hawkins - sonny seems to be looking for something that is not there.

[nautilius24]

@SolSorrell no ones sound like sonny

[emobetta]

When we walked with giants.

[lakisdiako1]

Two Giants!!!

[nutmegdesigns]

wow, wonderful music for this evening.. thanks!

[hubishere]

What a treat!

[MrFunxy]

@sabsaka

That would be Adolf Sax :P