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