The Hawk Flies High, recorded in 1957, was the first in a series of dates ... He lost little of his edge throughout his life, and the later sessions like this one are small treasures. Coleman Hawkins ...

1. Chant 2. Juicy Fruit 3. Think Deep 4. Laura 5. Blue Lights 6. Sancticity. Coleman Hawkins - tenor sax; Idrees Sulieman - trumpet; JJ Johnson - trombone; Hank Jones - piano; Barry Galbraith - guitar ...

Flying High Again With 'The Hawk' Fresh Air's jazz critic has a listen to a re-issue of The Hawk Flies High, the 1957 album from tenor saxophonist Coleman Hawkins — who's often credited with ...

Decades earlier, the man who took the first leaps and bounds with the tenor sax in jazz was Coleman Hawkins. Before Hawkins arrived on the jazz scene with the Fletcher Henderson Orchestra in the ...