Chant

Coleman Hawkins · 1957 · Composition de Hank Jones, album The Hawk Flies High (Riverside)

Context

Track from The Hawk Flies High, recorded in New York on March 12 and 15, 1957, for Riverside. Hawkins is surrounded by a sextet several of whose members have a bebop background (J.J. Johnson, Idrees Sulieman, Hank Jones, Oscar Pettiford).

In the genealogy of jazz

This track belongs to Swing, big bands, Hard bop. Among the origins and influences of Swing, big bands: Chicago, Stride (Harlem piano), Harlem: Henderson, Redman, Ellington, Kansas City, Boogie-woogie, Symphonic jazz, dance orchestras.

By the same artist

• Think Deep (1957)
• Blue Lights (1957)
• Body and Soul (1939)
• Crazy Rhythm (1937)
• Star Dust (Coleman Hawkins, 1937) (1937)
• Honeysuckle Rose (Coleman Hawkins) (1937)

Sources

• EN: The Hawk Flies High

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