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1956 studio album by Coleman Hawkins with Billy Byers and His Orchestra
The Hawk in Hi Fi is an album by saxophonist Coleman Hawkins with an orchestra arranged and conducted by Billy Byers . It was recorded in early 1956 and released on the RCA Victor label.[ 1] [ 2] [ 3] [ 4]
Scott Yanow of AllMusic states: "Hawkins is the main soloist throughout, and he was still very much in his prime 33 years after he first joined Fletcher Henderson's orchestra; in fact, the upcoming year of 1957 would be one of his finest. However, Byers' arrangements are more functional than inspired, and some of these selections are more easy listening than they are swinging".[ 5]
On PopMatters , Matt Cibula noted "Every song here is pretty amazing. Byers’ arrangements are like simple rings on which Hawkins’ solos are beautiful diamonds. It might get a little soupy at times but there is nothing sentimental about any of these tracks, and there is real wit and verve and intelligence behind every choice here. And when they swing, they swing it hard. 'I Never Knew' rocks along very nicely, as do a couple more Hawkins originals; 'His Very Own Blues' and a new version of 'Bean and the Boys' entitled '39"-25"-39"' must have set many a late-‘50s dancefloor on fire. The alternate takes are not revelatory—they sound a whole lot like the finished versions, with the solos maybe not quite as sharp".[ 7]
All compositions by Coleman Hawkins except where noted
"Body and Soul " (Johnny Green , Frank Eyton , Edward Heyman , Robert Sour ) – 5:00
"Little Girl Blue " [Take 3] (Richard Rodgers , Lorenz Hart ) – 3:04
"I Never Knew" [Take 5] (Raymond B. Egan , Roy Marsh, Tom Pitts) – 3:07
"Dinner for One Please, James" [Take 3] (Michael Carr ) – 3:12
"The Bean Stalks Again" – 3:25
"His Very Own Blues" – 3:03
"The Day You Came Along" (Arthur Johnston , Sam Coslow ) – 4:10
"Have You Met Miss Jones? " [Take 7] (Rodgers, Hart) – 3:06
"The Essence of You" – 3:30
"There Will Never Be Another You " (Harry Warren , Mack Gordon ) – 3:00
"I'm Shooting High" (Jimmy McHugh , Ted Koehler ) – 2:36
"39-25-39" [AKA "Bean and the Boys"] – 2:52
"There Will Never Be Another You" [Alternate Take I] (Warren, Gordon) – 3:23 Additional track on CD release
"There Will Never Be Another You" [Alternate Take II] (Warren, Gordon) – 3:26 Additional track on CD release
"Little Girl Blue" [Take 1] (Rodgers, Hart) – 3:09 Additional track on CD release
"Dinner for One Please, James" [Take 2] (Rodgers, Hart) – 3:17 Additional track on CD release
"I Never Knew" [Take 2] (Egan, Marsh, Pitts) – 3:18 Additional track on CD release
"Have You Met Miss Jones?" [Take 1] (Rodgers, Hart) – 3:10 Additional track on CD release
"Have You Met Miss Jones?" [Alternate Take I] (Rodgers, Hart) – 3:20 Additional track on CD release
"Have You Met Miss Jones?" [Alternate Take II] (Rodgers, Hart) – 2:38 Additional track on CD release
"The Day You Came Along" [Alternate Take] (Johnston, Coslow) – 3:15 Additional track on CD release
Coleman Hawkins – tenor saxophone
Billy Byers – arranged and conducted
Bernie Glow (tracks 5-6 & 11-12), Jimmy Nottingham (tracks 2-4, 10 & 13-17), Lou Oles (tracks 5-6 & 11-12), Ernie Royal (tracks 5-6 & 11-12), Charlie Shavers (tracks 5-6 & 11-12), Nick Travis (tracks 5-6 & 11-12) – trumpet
Urbie Green (tracks 2-6 & 10-17), Tommy Mitchell (tracks: 2-4, 10 & 13-17), Fred Ohms (tracks 2-6 & 10-17), Jack Satterfield (tracks 2-6 & 10-17), Chauncey Welsch (tracks 5-6, 11 & 12) – trombone
Jimmy Buffington – French horn (tracks 1, 7-9 & 18-21)
Don Butterfield – tuba (tracks 2-4, 10 & 13-17)
Julius Baker – flute (tracks 1-4, 7-10 & 13-21)
Sid Jekowsky – clarinet , flute (tracks 1-4, 7-10 & 13-21)
Phil Bodner – oboe (tracks 1-4, 7-10 & 13-21)
Sam Marowitz (tracks 5-6 & 11-12), Hal McKusick (tracks 5-6 & 11-12) – alto saxophone
Al Cohn (tracks 5-6 & 11-12), Zoot Sims (tracks 5-6 & 11-12) – tenor saxophone
Sol Schlinger – baritone saxophone (tracks 5-6 & 11-12)
Marty Wilson – vibraphone , xylophone , glockenspiel
Hank Jones – piano , celesta
Barry Galbraith – guitar (tracks 5-6 & 11-12)
Milt Hinton (tracks 5-6 & 11-12), Jack Lesberg (tracks 1, 7-9 & 18-21) – bass
Osie Johnson – drums
Phil Kraus – bells (tracks 1, 7-9 & 18-21)
Alvin Rudnitsky, Arnold Eidus, Dave Newman, Dave Sarser, Gene Orloff, Harry Lookofsky, Leo Kruczek, Max Cahn, Max Hollander, Paul Gershman, Stan Kraft, Cy Miroff, Tosha Samaroff – violin
Bert Fisch (tracks 1, 7-9 & 18-21), Izzy Zir (tracks 2-4, 10 & 13-17) – viola
Alan Schulman (tracks: 2-4, 10 & 13-17), Bernie Greenhouse (tracks 1, 7-9 & 18-21), Eduardo Sodero (tracks 1, 7-9 & 18-21), George Ricci (tracks 1, 7-9 & 18-21) – cello
^ RCA Victor Popular 12" LP Main Series, Part 1000 . Retrieved July 10, 2017
^ Coleman Hawkins Discography . Retrieved July 10, 2017
^ Zoot Sims catalog . Retrieved July 10, 2017
^ Evensmo, J. The Tenor Sax of Coleman Hawkins Part 3: 1950–1959 . Retrieved July 10, 2017
^ a b Yanow, Scott. The Hawk in Hi Fi – Review at AllMusic . Retrieved July 10, 2017.
^ Cook, Richard ; Morton, Brian (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings (9th ed.). Penguin . p. 668. ISBN 978-0-141-03401-0 .
^ Cibula, M. PopMatters Review . Retrieved July 10, 2017
Years given are for the recording(s), not first release, unless stated otherwise.
Albums as leader or co-leader
Body and Soul (1939–56)/The Hawk in Hi Fi (1956)
Disorder at the Border (1952)
The Hawk Talks (1952–53)
The Hawk Returns (released 1954)
Timeless Jazz (1954)
Accent on Tenor Sax (1955)
The Hawk in Paris (1956)
The Gilded Hawk (1956–57)
Coleman Hawkins Encounters Ben Webster (1957)
The Coleman Hawkins, Roy Eldridge, Pete Brown, Jo Jones All Stars at Newport (1957)
The Genius of Coleman Hawkins (1957)
The Hawk Flies High (1957)
Bean Bags (and Milt Jackson , 1958)
Coleman Hawkins and Confrères (1958)
Soul (1958)
The High and Mighty Hawk (1958)
The Saxophone Section (1958)
Coleman Hawkins with the Red Garland Trio (1959)
Hawk Eyes (1959)
Coleman Hawkins All Stars (with Vic Dickenson and Joe Thomas , 1959)
Very Saxy (and Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis , Buddy Tate , Arnett Cobb , 1959)
At Ease with Coleman Hawkins (1960)
Coleman Hawkins and His Orchestra (1960)
Night Hawk (and Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis, 1960)
The Hawk Swings (1960)
Jazz Reunion (and Pee Wee Russell, 1961)
The Hawk Relaxes (1961)
Back in Bean's Bag (and Clark Terry , 1962)
Bluesy Burrell (with Kenny Burrell , 1962)
Coleman Hawkins Plays Make Someone Happy from Do Re Mi (1962)
Desafinado (1962)
Duke Ellington Meets Coleman Hawkins (1962)
Good Old Broadway (1962)
Hawkins! Alive! At the Village Gate (1962)
Hawkins! Eldridge! Hodges! Alive! At the Village Gate! (1962)
The Jazz Version of No Strings (1962)
Today and Now (1962)
Sonny Meets Hawk! (and Sonny Rollins , 1963)
Wrapped Tight (1965)
The Greatest Jazz Concert in the World (multiple leaders, 1967)
With others
Further Definitions (Benny Carter , 1951)
All the Cats Join In (Buck Clayton , 1953–56)
Jumpin' at the Woodside (Buck Clayton, 1954–55)
The Complete RCA Victor Recordings (Dizzy Gillespie , 1939)
Blues Groove (Tiny Grimes , 1958)
At Newport '63 (Lambert, Hendricks & Bavan , 1963)
Straight Ahead (Abbey Lincoln , 1961)
2-3-4 (Shelly Manne , 1962)
Monk's Music (Thelonious Monk , 1957)
Thelonious Monk with John Coltrane (also Hawkins, 1957)
We Insist! (Max Roach , 1960)
Ben Webster and Associates (1959)
Live at the Five Spot (Randy Weston , 1959)
At Newport '63 (Joe Williams , 1963)
Years given are for the recording(s), not first release, except where noted.
Albums as leader or co-leader
Urbanity (1947–53)
Bluebird (1955)
Quartet-Quintet (1955)
The Trio (and Wendell Marshall , Kenny Clarke , 1955)
Hank Jones' Quartet (1956)
Have You Met Hank Jones (1956)
Gigi (1958)
Keepin' Up with the Joneses (and Elvin and Thad Jones , 1958)
Porgy and Bess (1958)
The Talented Touch (1958)
Here's Love (1963)
This Is Ragtime Now! (1964)
Happenings (and Oliver Nelson , 1966)
Hanky Panky (1975)
Arigato (1976)
Jones-Brown-Smith (1976)
Satin Doll: Dedicated to Duke Ellington (1976)
Bop Redux (1977)
Have You Met This Jones? (1977)
I Remember You (1977)
Just for Fun (1977)
Tiptoe Tapdance (1977–78)
Ain't Misbehavin' (1978)
Carnaval (and Ron Carter , Sadao Watanabe , Tony Williams , 1978)
Compassion (1978)
Groovin' High (1978)
More Delights (and Tommy Flanagan , 1978)
Our Delights (and Tommy Flanagan, 1978)
Bluesette (1979)
I'm All Smiles (and Tommy Flanagan, 1979)
Duo (and Red Mitchell , 1987)
The Spirit of 176 (and George Shearing , 1988)
The Oracle (1989)
Live at Maybeck Recital Hall, Volume Sixteen (1991)
Steal Away (and Charlie Haden , 1994)
Kids: Live at Dizzy's Club Coca-Cola (and Joe Lovano , 2006)
Come Sunday (2010)
The Great Jazz Trio WithBob Brookmeyer WithAl Cohn WithColeman Hawkins WithJohnny Hodges WithMilt Jackson WithJ.J. Johnson WithOliver Nelson WithSonny Stitt With others
The Cool Sound of Pepper Adams (Pepper Adams , 1957)
Pepper Adams Plays the Compositions of Charlie Mingus (Pepper Adams, 1963)
Conjuration: Fat Tuesday's Session (Pepper Adams, 1983)
Somethin' Else (Cannonball Adderley , 1958)
The Soul of the City (Manny Albam , 1966)
Bad! Bossa Nova (Gene Ammons , 1962)
Big Bad Jug (Gene Ammons, 1972)
Got My Own (Gene Ammons, 1972)
Baker's Holiday (Chet Baker , 1965)
Drummer's Holiday (Louie Bellson , 1956–58)
Encore (Eddie Bert , 1955)
Montage (split album, Eddie Bert, 1955)
Musician of the Year (Eddie Bert, 1955)
Late Date with Ruth Brown (Ruth Brown , 1959)
Ruth Brown '65 (1964)
Bluesin' Around (Kenny Burrell , 1961–62)
Night Song (Kenny Burrell, 1968)
For the Good Times (Rusty Bryant , 1973)
Byrd's Word (Donald Byrd , 1955)
New Formulas from the Jazz Lab (Gigi Gryce and Donald Byrd, 1957)
Jazz Lab (Gigi Gryce and Donald Byrd, Jubilee, 1957)
1 + 3 (Ron Carter, 1978)
Bass on Top (Paul Chambers , 1957)
Kenny Clarke & Ernie Wilkins (1955)
Introducing Jimmy Cleveland and His All Stars (1955)
Rhythm Crazy (Jimmy Cleveland , 1959)
Earl Coleman Returns (1956)
Last Night When We Were Young (Art Farmer , 1957)
Portrait of Art Farmer (1958)
The Aztec Suite (Art Farmer, 1959)
Merry Olde Soul (Victor Feldman , 1960–61)
Rhythm Is My Business (Ella Fitzgerald , 1962)
New Trombone (Curtis Fuller , 1957)
Cabin in the Sky (Curtis Fuller, 1962)
A Portrait of Duke Ellington (Dizzy Gillespie , 1960)
The Bop Session (Dizzy Gillespie, 1975)
Ca'Purange (Dexter Gordon , 1972)
Tangerine (Dexter Gordon, 1972)
Soul Groove (Johnny Griffin and Matthew Gee , 1963)
Gigi Gryce (1958)
You Better Know It!!! (Lionel Hampton , 1964)
I Just Dropped by to Say Hello (Johnny Hartman , 1963)
The Voice That Is! (Johnny Hartman, 1964)
Flute-In (Bobbi Humphrey , 1971)
Groovin' with Jacquet (Illinois Jacquet , 1951)
French Cookin' (Budd Johnson , 1963)
Elvin! (Elvin Jones , 1961–62)
And Then Again (Elvin Jones, 1965)
Dear John C. (Elvin Jones, 1965)
The Deadly Affair (Quincy Jones , 1966)
Hello, Hank Jones (Clifford Jordan , 1978)
SteveIreneo! (Irene Kral , 1959)
The Drum Battle (Gene Krupa and Buddy Rich , 1952)
I'm All For You (Joe Lovano , 2003)
Joyous Encounter (Joe Lovano, 2004)
Classic! Live at Newport (Joe Lovano, 2005)
Salute to the Flute (Herbie Mann , 1957)
2-3-4 (Shelly Manne , 1962)
Star Highs (Warne Marsh , 1982)
Eddie Costa, Mat Mathews & Don Elliott at Newport (1957)
The Jazz Version of "How to Succeed in Business without Really Trying" (Gary McFarland , 1961)
Helen Merrill with Strings (1955)
SO Much Guitar! (Wes Montgomery , 1961)
Great Day (James Mody , 1963)
Salute to Satch (Joe Newman , 1956)
The Midgets (Joe Newman, 1956)
Hangin' Out (Joe Newman and Joe Wilder , 1984)
All the Sad Young Men (Anita O'Day , 1962)
New York Album (Art Pepper , 1979)
So in Love (Art Pepper, 1979)
Here's That Raney Day (Jimmy Raney, 1980)
Together Again: For the First Time (Buddy Rich and Mel Tormé , 1978)
Midnight Oil (Jerome Richardson , 1958)
The Chase Is On (Charlie Rouse and Paul Quinichette , 1957)
Flute Suite (A.K. Salim , 1957)
The Jazz We Heard Last Summer (Sahib Shihab , 1957)
Jazz Sahib (Sahib Shihab, 1957)
Johnny Smith (Johnny Smith , 1967)
The Incredible Ira Sullivan (1980)
Lucky Thompson Plays Jerome Kern and No More (1963)
Warm Wave (Cal Tjader , 1964)
Breathe Easy (Cal Tjader, 1977)
See You at the Fair (Ben Webster , 1964)
Flutes & Reeds (Ernie Wilkins and Frank Wess , 1955)
Top Brass (Ernie Wilkins, 1955)
Wilder 'n' Wilder (Joe Wilder , 1956)
The Pretty Sound (Joe Wilder, 1959)
But Beautiful (Nancy Wilson , 1969)
The Swingin' States (Kai Winding , 1958)
Dance to the City Beat (Kai Winding, 1958–59)
More Brass (Kai Winding, 1966)
Laughin' to Keep from Cryin' (Lester Young , 1958)
Years given are for the recording(s), not first release, unless stated otherwise.
As leader or co-leader
The Brothers (and Stan Getz , 1949–52)
Jutta Hipp with Zoot Sims (1956)
The Modern Art of Jazz by Zoot Sims (1956)
Tonite's Music Today (and Bob Brookmeyer , 1956)
Whooeeee (and Bob Brookmeyer, 1956)
Zoot! (1956)
Locking Horns (and Joe Newman , 1957)
Stretching Out (and Bob Brookmeyer, 1958)
Jazz Alive! A Night at the Half Note (and Al Cohn, Phil Woods , 1959)
Down Home (1960)
Two Jims and Zoot /Otra Vez (Jimmy Raney and Jim Hall , 1964)
Inter-Action (and Sonny Stitt , 1965)
Waiting Game (1966)
The Greatest Jazz Concert in the World (multiple leaders, 1967)
Nirvana (and Bucky Pizzarelli , Buddy Rich , 1974)
Basie & Zoot (and Count Basie , 1975)
The Tenor Giants Featuring Oscar Peterson (and Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis , 1975)
Zoot Sims and the Gershwin Brothers (and Joe Pass , Oscar Peterson , 1975)
Soprano Sax (1976)
Hawthorne Nights (1976)
If I'm Lucky (and Jimmy Rowles , 1977)
For Lady Day (1978)
Warm Tenor (and Jimmy Rowles , 1979)
The Sweetest Sounds (and Rune Gustafsson , 1979)
Just Friends (and Harry Edison , 1980)
Art 'n' Zoot (and Art Pepper , 1981)
Recordings withAl Cohn
From A to...Z (1956)
The Sax Section (Cohn led, 1956)
Tenor Conclave (and Hank Mobley , John Coltrane , 1957)
The Four Brothers... Together Again! (and Herbie Steward , Serge Chaloff , 1957)
Al and Zoot (1957)
Blues and Haikus (Jack Kerouac , 1959)
SteveIreneo! (and Irene Kral , Steve Allen , 1959)
Son of Drum Suite (Cohn, 1960)
You 'n' Me (1960)
Either Way (1961)
Jazz Mission to Moscow (Cohn, 1962)
Body and Soul (1973)
Motoring Along (1974)
WithQuincy Jones WithGerry Mulligan With others
Pepper Adams Plays the Compositions of Charlie Mingus (1963)
Encounter! (Pepper Adams , 1968)
Trigger Happy! /East Coast Sounds (Trigger Alpert /Sims, Cohn, Tony Scott , 1956)
Chet Baker & Strings (1953–54)
Chet Baker Plays the Best of Lerner and Loewe (1959)
The Bosses (Count Basie and "Big Joe" Turner , 1973)
Louis Bellson Quintet (1954)
The Genius of Ray Charles (1959)
Jazz Is Universal (Kenny Clarke/Francy Boland Big Band , 1961)
Chris Connor (1956)
The Book Cooks (Booker Ervin , 1960)
Loose Blues (Bill Evans , 1962)
The Aztec Suite (Art Farmer , 1959)
South American Cookin' (Curtis Fuller , 1961)
Creole Cookin' (Bobby Hackett , 1967)
The Hawk in Hi Fi (Coleman Hawkins , 1956)
Portraits on Standards (Stan Kenton , 1953)
The Kenton Era (Stan Kenton, 1953)
The Manhattan Transfer (released 1975)
Profiles (Gary McFarland , 1966)
Something to Swing About (Carmen McRae , 1959)
Ms. Jazz (Carmen McRae, 1973)
Metronome All-Stars 1956 (1956)
The Complete Town Hall Concert (Charles Mingus , 1962)
Arranged by Montrose (Jack Montrose , 1954)
Encyclopedia of Jazz (Oliver Nelson , 1966)
The Sound of Feeling (Oliver Nelson, 1966)
Jazzhattan Suite (Oliver Nelson/Jazz Interactions Orchestra, 1967)
All the Sad Young Men (Anita O'Day , 1962)
Transition (Buddy Rich, Lionel Hampton , 1974)
Shorty Rogers Courts the Count (1954)
Samba Para Dos (Lalo Schifrin , Bob Brookmeyer, 1963)
Moonlight in Vermont (Johnny Smith , 1952)
Phoebe Snow (1974)
Broadway Soul (Sonny Stitt , 1965)
Vaughan and Violins (Sarah Vaughan , 1958)
The Duke Ellington Songbook, Vol. 1 (Sarah Vaughan, 1979)
Linger Awhile: Live at Newport and More (Sarah Vaughan, 1979)
The Jazz Guitarist (Chuck Wayne, 1953)
At Newport '63 (Joe Williams , 1963)