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Coleman Hawkins Coleman Randolph Hawkins (November 21, 1904 – May 19, 1969), nicknamed "Hawk" and sometimes "Bean", was an American jazz tenor saxophonist.Yanow, Scot"Coleman Hawkins: Artist Biography" AllMusic. Retrieved December 27, 2013. One of the first p ...

, including recordings made between 1939 and 1956. It takes its name from one of Hawkins' most famous performances – a 1939 recording of " Body and Soul". The album also contains a 1956 recording of the same piece. (Because the 1939 recording is held in the highest regard, there have been a number of compilations with the same title, including an earlier CD from

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, on the Topaz Jazz Records/Pearl imprint, and a

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Track listing

#" Meet Doctor Foo" (Hawkins) – 2:32 #" Fine Dinner" (Hawkins) – 2:33 #"

She's Funny That Way "She's Funny That Way" or "He's Funny That Way" is a popular song, composed by Neil Moret, with lyrics by Richard Whiting. It was composed for the short film ''Gems of MGM'' in 1929 for Marion Harris, but the film was not released until 1931. Harr ...

" (Whiting–Daniels) – 3:14 #" Body and Soul" (Heyman–Green–Sour) – 3:00 #" When Day Is Done" (Katscher–deSylva) – 3:15 #"

The Sheik of Araby "The Sheik of Araby" is a song that was written in 1921 by Harry B. Smith and Francis Wheeler, with music by Ted Snyder. It was composed in response to the popularity of the Rudolph Valentino feature film '' The Sheik''. "The Sheik of Araby" was ...

" (Wheeler–Smith–Snyder) – 2:56 #" My Blue Heaven" (Whiting–Donaldson) – 2:46 #" Bouncing with Bean" (Hawkins) – 3:03 #" Say It Isn't So" (Berlin) – 2:57 #" Spotlite" (Hawkins) – 3:06 #" April in Paris" (Harburg–Duke) – 3:06 #" How Strange" (Prozorovsky–Brent–Kahn–Stothart) – 3:02 #" Half Step Down, Please" (Dameron–Hawkins) – 3:02 #" Angel Face" (Jones) – 3:12 #"

There Will Never Be Another You "There Will Never Be Another You" is a popular song with music by Harry Warren and lyrics by Mack Gordon that was written for the Twentieth Century Fox musical ''Iceland'' (1942) starring Sonja Henie and John Payne. The songs in the film feature ...

" (Warren–Gordon) – 2:57 #" The Bean Stalks Again" (Hawkins) – 3:24 #"Body and Soul" – 4:51 #"

I Love Paris "I Love Paris" is a popular song written by Cole Porter and published in 1953. The song was introduced by Lilo in the musical '' Can-Can''. A line in the song's lyrics inspired the title of the 1964 movie ''Paris When It Sizzles''. Notable recor ...

" (Porter) – 3:30 #"

Under Paris Skies ''Under Paris Skies'' is the seventh studio album by American pop singer Andy Williams and was released in the fall of 1960 by Cadence Records. This, his final LP for the label, is a collection of songs that Joseph Laredo describes in the lin ...

" (Gannon–Drejac–Giraud) – 2:45

Personnel

– Tenor saxophone * Tommy Lindsay – Trumpet * Joe Guy – Trumpet * Early Hardy – Trombone *

Jackie Fields Jackie Fields (Jacob Finkelstein, February 9, 1908 – June 3, 1987) was an People of the United States, American professional boxer who won the World Welterweight Championship twice. Statistical boxing website BoxRec lists Fields as the #19 ran ...

– Alto saxophone * Eustis Moore – Alto saxophone *

Gene Rodgers Gene Rodgers (March 5, 1910, New York City – October 23, 1987, New York City) was an American jazz pianist, composer, and arranger. He is best known for being the pianist on Coleman Hawkins' famous 1939 recording of " Body and Soul". Early life ...

– Piano * William Oscar Smith – Double Bass * Arthur Herbert – Drums *

Thelma Carpenter Thelma Carpenter (January 15, 1922 – May 14, 1997) was an American jazz singer and actress, best known as "Miss One", the Good Witch of the North in the movie ''The Wiz''. She was born in Brooklyn, New York, the only child of Fred and Mary C ...

– Vocals on "She's Funny That Way"

References

Coleman Hawkins albums RCA Records compilation albums 1996 compilation albums {{1990s-jazz-album-stub