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label.

Reception

In his review at

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gave the album 4 stars, writing, "Hawkins's last strong recording finds the veteran, 43 years after his recording debut with Mamie Smith's Jazz Hounds, improvising creatively on a wide variety of material... howingthat the tenor-saxophonist was still coming up with new ideas in 1965." A reviewer for ''

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'' commented: "Manny Albam's arrangements guide the larger group with swinging style and grace. 'Beautiful Girl' and 'She's Fit' are particularly outstanding." Writing for ''

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'', Carter Harman called the album "another anthology of wonderful standards," and noted that it "proves that the tenorman, in his 40th year of fame, can still compete favorably with the younger crowd on their own terms." A writer for '' Negro Digest'' stated that the album "drives home a lesson sorely needed in the often cultist world of jazz: that genuine artistry is a thing of its itself, transcending the superficialities of form, style and vogue."

Track listing

# "Marcheta" ( Victor Schertzinger) – 3:06 # "Intermezzo" ( Pietro Mascagni) – 3:37 # "Wrapped Tight" ( Manny Albam) – 3:30 # " Red Roses for a Blue Lady" (

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) – 2:25 # "She's Fit" (Coleman Hawkins) – 2:45 # "Beautiful Girl" (Micki Marlow, Irene Frank) – 4:28 # "And I Still Love You" (Pauline Rivelli, Ruth Roberts, Stanley Clayton) – 3:14 # "Bean's Place" ( Buck Clayton,

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) – 5:24 # " I Won't Dance" (

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) – 3:22 # " Indian Summer" (

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, Victor Herbert) – 5:03 # " Out of Nowhere" (

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) – 3:41

Personnel

* Coleman Hawkins —

tenor saxophone The tenor saxophone is a medium-sized member of the saxophone family, a group of instruments invented by Adolphe Sax in the 1840s. The tenor and the alto are the two most commonly used saxophones. The tenor is pitched in the key of B (while th ...

*Bill Berry (tracks 1–3 & 7–10), Snooky Young (tracks 4–6, 11 & 12) —

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* Urbie Green —

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* Barry Harris —

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—

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* Eddie Locke —

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References

{{Authority control Impulse! Records albums Coleman Hawkins albums 1965 albums Albums produced by Bob Thiele Albums recorded at Van Gelder Studio