Ken Burns Jazz

Performer: Coleman Hawkins
Artist: Fletcher Henderson; Max Roach; Abbey Lincoln; Duke Ellington; Sonny Rollins; Ben Webster; Dizzy Gillespie; Gene Krupa
Distributor: Universal Distribution

Notes: Personnel includes: Coleman Hawkins (tenor saxophone, clarinet); Abbey Lincoln (vocals); Benny Carter, Phil Woods, Johnny Hodges (alto saxophone); Don Byas, Ben Webster, Sonny Rollins, Charlie Rouse (tenor saxophone); Roy Eldridge, Dizzy Gillespie, Fats Navarro, Howard McGhee, Booker Little (trumpet); Ray Nance (cornet); Glenn Miller, J.J. Johnson, Julian Priester (trombone); Pee Wee Russell (clarinet); Fletcher Henderson, Teddy Wilson, Hank Jones, Oscar Peterson, Thelonious Monk, Paul Bley, Duke Ellington (piano); Django Reinhardt, Herb Ellis (guitar); John Kirby, Oscar Pettiford, Ray Brown, Jimmy Garrison (bass); Max Roach (drums, percussion); Gene Krupa, Shelly Manne, Cozy Cole, Max Roach, Art Blakey, Jo Jones (drums). Compilation producers: Ben Young, Richard Seidel. Recorded between 1926 and 1963. Includes liner notes by Carl Woideck. Digitally remastered by Kevin Reeves (Universal Mastering Studios-East). This is part of the Verve Records Ken Burns JAZZ series. Personnel: Coleman Hawkins (clarinet, tenor saxophone); Abbey Lincoln, Red McKenzie (vocals); Django Reinhardt, John Collins, Jack Bland, Herb Ellis, Allan Reuss, Bernard Addison (guitar); Eddie Condon, Charlie Dixon (banjo); Don Redman, Russell Procope (clarinet, alto saxophone); Pee Wee Russell, Buster Bailey (clarinet); Leonard Lowry, Eustis Moore, Jackie Fields, Hilton Jefferson, Johnny Hodges, Leo Parker, Andre Ekyan, Phil Woods, Benny Carter (alto saxophone); Don Byas, Alix Combelle, Sonny Rollins, Walter Benton, Ben Webster, Bill Pierce , Ray Abrams, Charlie Rouse (tenor saxophone); Harry Carney, Budd Johnson (baritone saxophone); Dizzy Gillespie, Fats Navarro, Henry "Red" Allen, Howard McGhee, Ed Van Dever, Tommy Lindsay, Russell Smith, Vic Coulson, Joe Guy, Joe "Fox" Smith , Roy Eldridge, Bobby Stark , Booker Little (trumpet); Ray Nance, Rex Stewart (cornet); Dicky Wells, Glenn Miller, J.J. Johnson , Earl Hardy, Julian Priester, Lawrence Brown , Sandy Williams , Vic Dickenson, Benny Morton, Claude Jones (trombone); Bob Escudero (tuba); Clyde Hart, Dick Katz, Duke Ellington, Eddie Heywood, Fletcher Henderson, Gene Rodgers, Hank Jones , Oscar Peterson, Paul Bley, Sir Charles Thompson, St�phane Grappelli, Teddy Wilson, Thelonious Monk (piano); Milt Jackson (vibraphone); Max Roach (drums, percussion); Cozy Cole, Denzil Best, Joseph Marshall, Gene Krupa, Arthur Herbert, Jo Jones , Alvin Stoller, Roy McCurdy, Sam Woodyard, Art Blakey, Shelly Manne, Tommy Benford, Walter Johnson (drums). Liner Note Authors: Carl Woideck; Peter Keepnews. Recording information: 05/14/1926-08/18/1962. Photographers: Paul J. Hoeffler; Lee Tanner; Herman Leonard. Arrangers: Dizzy Gillespie; Don Redman; Fletcher Henderson; Horace Henderson; Benny Carter . With cooperation from the Verve and Columbia Legacy catalogs, the Ken Burns Jazz series on CD individually spotlights the musical excellence of 22 jazz originators whose careers and influence are explored in Burns' PBS documentary Jazz. Coleman Hawkins created the voice of the tenor saxophone in jazz, maintaining an open mind throughout his career while playing an important part in the transition from swing to bebop. This compilation starts with Hawkins' early recordings as a member of the Fletcher Henderson Orchestra in 1926, and moves through "Picasso," "Body and Soul," and "The Man I Love," his solo triumphs in the '30s and '40s. The disc concludes with a number of Hawkins' companion dates in the late '50s and early '60s. Included are dates with Thelonious Monk (Hawkins gave Monk his first break on record, employing him when everyone else thought he was too weird), Ben Webster, Sonny Rollins, Duke Ellington, and Benny Carter, as well as Max Roach's powerful civil rights statement "Driva Man" from his We Insist date. While it's impossible to sum up the history of Coleman Hawkins on a single disc, the highlights here should make the listener interested enough to continue searching out more material. The Ken Burns Jazz series holds no new material for the aficionado. ~ Al Campbell Coleman Hawkins was the man who put the tenor saxophone on the jazz map. Though the great Bud Freeman had preceded him, Hawkins' big, bold, and affectionately rough tone set the standard for jazz saxophone styles for decades to come, influencing players from the swing era to bebop and beyond. This collection is a superb, wide-ranging summary of Hawkins' career. This set kicks off with "The Stampede" from 1926, a Fletcher Henderson tune that heralded the swing sound that would soon take the jazz world by storm. "Body and Soul" was and is Hawkins' best-known (and loved) tune. In a sublime example of jazz ballad playing, here Hawkins adapts a well-known pop tune and makes it his own. Hawkins was also one of the first swing era giants to take to bebop, playing and recording with bop icons Dizzy Gillespie ("Woody 'N' You"), Thelonious Monk ("Ruby, My Dear"), and Sonny Rollins ("Just Friends"). Later collaborations with Duke Ellington ("Self Portrait"), and Max Roach ("Driva Man"), prove that Hawkins still had the right stuff in the 1960s.

Coleman Hawkins was the first great tenor saxophonist, one of those who did the most to establish that instrument's role in jazz. When he joined the Fletcher Henderson band in 1924, Hawkins's smooth legato and powerful sense of swing, combined with an unusually broad knowledge of harmony and theory, quickly made him the dominant tenor man of the time. His return in 1939 from a long period in Europe was capped by a record date that included a watershed version of "Body and Soul." One of the few older musicians to embrace the intricacies of bebop, Hawkins continually challenged himself throughout a long and illustrious career.

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