Coleman Hawkins - Blues Wail (1996)

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Title: Blues Wail
Year Of Release: 1996
Label: Prestige [00025218310628]
Genre: Jazz, Bop
Quality: FLAC (tracks + .cue,log,scans) | MP3/320 kbps
Total Time: 73:35
Total Size: 348 MB(+3%) | 184 MB(+3%)
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Tracklist

1.Juicy Fruit 11:17
2.Blues For Tomorrow 13:33
3.Blues Wail 6:44
4.Soul Blues 9:54
5.Skrouk 5:59
6.Stealin' the Bean 4:30
7.Foot Pattin' 8:52
8.Blues for Ron 6:14
9.Pedalin' 6:36
Coleman Hawkins - Blues Wail (1996)

Tenor great Coleman Hawkins was usually bored with the blues, at least until the period covered by this CD sampler. A master at deciphering complex chord changes, Hawkins found the blues to be overly simple but around 1957 (after 35 years of major league activity) he began to explore the blues more seriously, at least on an occasional basis. This CD has nine performances from as many sessions. The music is consistently excellent (particularly "Juicy Fruit," the lengthy "Blues For Tomorrow" which also features John Coltrane, "Stealin' The Bean" with trumpeter Charlie Shavers and a pair of collaborations with fellow tenor Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis), but it is recommended that listeners (beginners and experts alike) instead acquire the complete sessions, since the blues were only a small aspect of the Coleman Hawkins story.