Sonny Rollins and Coleman Hawkins – Sonny Meets Hawk! (Mono)
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Tenor Saxophone – Coleman Hawkins [click here to see more vinyl featuring Coleman Hawkins]
Tenor Saxophone - Sonny Rollins [click here to see more vinyl featuring Sonny Rollins]
Bass – Bob Cranshaw (A1-2, B2), Henry Grimes (A3, B1, B3)
Drums – Roy McCurdy
Piano – Paul Bley
1 LP, standard sleeve
Limited edition
Original analog Master tape : YES
Heavy Press : 180g
Record color : Black
Speed : 33 RPM
Size : 12'’
Mono
Studio
Record Press : Pallas
Label : Pure Pleasure
Original Label : Reprise Records
Recorded at RCA Victor's Studio B, New York City in July 15 (A1-2, B2) and 18 (A3, B1, B3), 1963
Engineered by Mickey Crofford, Paul Goodman
Produced by George Avakian
Remastered by Ray Staff at Air Mastering, Lyndhurst Hall, London
Originally released in 1963
Reissued in 2015
Tracks:
Side A:
- Yesterdays
- All the Things You Are
- Summertime
Side B:
- Just Friends
- Lover Man
- At McKie's
Reviews:
“Throughout a career that spanned more than 40 years, Coleman Hawkins consistently maintained a progressive attitude, operating at or near the cutting edge of developments in jazz. If Hawk's versatility came in handy when he backed Abbey Lincoln during Max Roach's 1960 We Insist! Freedom Now Suite, he took on an assignment of challenging dimensions when in 1963 he cut an entire album with Sonny Rollins in the company of pianist Paul Bley, bassists Bob Cranshaw and Henry Grimes, and drummer Roy McCurdy. Coleman Hawkins and Sonny Rollins each virtually defined the tenor saxophone for his respective generation. To hear the two of them interacting freely is a deliciously exciting experience. Hawkins is able to cut loose like never before. Sometimes the two collide, locking horns and wrestling happily without holding back. For this reason one might detect just a whiff of Albert Ayler's good-natured punchiness, particularly in the basement of both horns; such energies were very much in the air during the first half of the 1960s. Rather than comparing this date with the albums Hawkins shared with Ben Webster (1957), Henry "Red" Allen (1957), Pee Wee Russell (1961), or Duke Ellington (1962), one might refer instead to Hawk's wild adventures in Brussels during 1962 (see Stash 538, Dali) or Rollins' recordings from around this time period, particularly his Impulse! East Broadway Run Down album of 1965. Check out how the Hawk interacts with Rollins' drawn-out high-pitched squeaking during the last minute of "Lover Man." On Sonny Meets Hawk!, possibly more than at any other point in his long professional evolution, Hawkins was able to attain heights of unfettered creativity that must have felt bracing, even exhilarating. He obviously relished the opportunity to improvise intuitively in the company of a tenor saxophonist every bit as accomplished, resourceful, and inventive as he was.” AllMusic Review by Arwulf Arwulf
Ratings :
AllMusic : 4 / 5 ; Discogs : 4.52 / 5