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November 21, 1913—Most boys of the time likely requested a toy or baseball equipment for their birthdays, but Coleman Hawkins got a more unusual piece of his heart’s desire from his mother when he turned nine: a C-melody tenor saxophone. Cordelia Hawkins could never have guessed that her son—whom she had coaxed into practicing classical music on the piano and cello with rewards--could use this gift...
… was born on this date in 1904. As writer Len Weinstock noted, Hawkins himself didn’t think there was anything outstanding about his Body and Soul saying “it was nothing special, just an encore I use in the clubs to get off the stand. I thought nothing of it and didn’t even bother to [...]
Google Eyed Magritte: Google's Holiday Logos and the Culture War The titans of the internet love to rub our face in their “sophisticated” view of holidays and art Google’s oddball choices of “holiday” logos have reached a new height of surreality. Though they famously almost never memorialize Easter or Columbus Day (the last Easter was in 2000, the last Columbus Day [...]
This is the Coleman Hawkins’ Quintet (Hawkins on tenor saxophone, Harry “Sweets” Edison on trumpet, Jimmy Woode on bass, Charles Thompson on piano, and Papa Jo Jones on drums) performing “Stoned” in 1964. Coleman Randolph Hawkins (1904 – 1969) was a prominent American jazz tenor saxophonist. He is commonly regarded as the first important and influential jazz musician to use the tenor saxophone. He...
I thought I'd start a new regular post on Fridays, which I've decided to call Take Five Friday and designed a special image (with a deep bow to the Dave Brubeck Quartet album Time Out on which Paul Desmond's Take...
Idrees & Jamila Sulieman “The Camel” Columbia Records (Scandinavia) 1964 Idrees Sulieman was an early bebop pioneer on trumpet. He was born Leonard Graham, and took up trumpet when his father could not afford to buy him a saxophone (he later played alto saxophone after moving to Europe). He began his professional career with the Carolina Cotton [...]
The September Jazz Times has my rather long review of Mosaic's box of Lionel Hampton's small-band recordings from the late 1930s and early forties. The five CDs contain a sizeable percentage of the best combo music of the period. From...
Sonny Rollins, aka the Saxophone Colossus, turns 78 today. Check out the multimedia celebration at his web site. This year’s focus is on his fans, his web visitors, his greatest inspiration, Coleman Hawkins, and an extraordinary new recording. Sonny doesn’t seem to be slowing down. The year began with his 50th Anniversary Carnegie Hall concert. He’s [...]
Sonny Rollins, aka the Saxophone Colossus, turns 78 on Sunday, September 7. His website, sonnyrollins.com, is hosting a multimedia celebration that focuses on his fans, his web visitors, his greatest inspiration, Coleman Hawkins, and his extraordinary new recording, Road Shows, Vol. 1. Content available for viewing or download includes an animated transcription of The Everywhere Calypso, The Sonny...
Legendary bassist Henry Grimes has a rerelease on ESP-Disk, of the one and only disc he has been a leader on named “The Call” . For all those who need a recap about his extraordinary life story, Grimes was one of the most sought after bass players in the 50s playing with Albert Ayler, Coleman [...]
When compiling a list of the most essential jazz albums, the same, basic titles from Louis Armstrong, Count Basie, Miles Davis, John Coltrane and other legends usually top the list. While these are, indeed, the most accessible recordings and masterpieces of the genre, they are also the most known, making it difficult to expand your [...]
