Saturday, March 7, 2020


Face the Music 3.12.20: Hawk’s Variations

St. Louis Shuffle - Fletcher Henderson’s Orchestra 1927
Darktown Strutters Ball - Mound City Blue Blowers 1931
Bessemer Bound Blues - Ma Rainey & her Georgia Band 1926
Poor Richard - Jack Purvis & his Orchestra 1930 
Dark Clouds - Hawkins & Allen Orchestra 1933
Heartbreak Blues - Coleman Hawkins Orchestra 1933 
Queer Notions - Fletcher Henderson’s Orchestra 1933
Lady Be Good - Coleman Hawkins with Stanley Black Trio 1934
Honeysuckle Rose - Coleman Hawkins & his All Star Jam Band 1937
Bouncing with Bean - Coleman Hawkins & his Orchestra 1939
Dinah - Lionel Hampton & his Orchestra 1939
Feedin’ the Bean - Count Basie & his Orchestra 1941
The Man I Love - Coleman Hawkins & his Orchestra 1943
Hawk’s Variations - Coleman Hawkins unaccompanied 1945
I Mean You - Coleman Hawkins & his Orchestra 1946