The Hawk Flies High

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The Hawk Flies High
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Studio album by
ReleasedJuly 1957
RecordedMarch 12 and 15, 1957
StudioReeves Sound Studios, New York City
Genre Jazz
Length39:02
Label Riverside
RLP 12-233 [1]
Producer Orrin Keepnews and Bill Grauer
Coleman Hawkins chronology
The Gilded Hawk
(1956-57)
The Hawk Flies High
(1957)
The Coleman Hawkins, Roy Eldridge, Pete Brown, Jo Jones All Stars at Newport
(1957)
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The Hawk Flies High is a 1957 album by jazz tenor saxophonist Coleman Hawkins. [6] [7] Apart from Barry Galbraith and Jo Jones on guitar and drums, the line-up of his accompanying sextet had a bebop background, namely J.J. Johnson on trombone, Idrees Sulieman on trumpet, pianist Hank Jones, and Oscar Pettiford on bass. [8]

Contents

Track listing

  1. "Chant" (Hank Jones) – 5:08
  2. "Juicy Fruit" (Idrees Sulieman) – 11:16
  3. "Think Deep" (William O. Smith) – 3:24
  4. "Laura" (David Raksin, Johnny Mercer) – 4:34
  5. "Blue Lights" (Gigi Gryce) – 5:44
  6. "Sancticity" (Hawkins) – 9:10

Personnel

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