Honeysuckle Rose (Coleman Hawkins)

Coleman Hawkins and His All-Star Jam Band · 1937 · A side of the first record on the Swing label (Swing 1)

Context

Recorded in Paris on April 28, 1937, this track arranged by Benny Carter opens the catalog of Swing, the first label devoted entirely to jazz, founded by Charles Delaunay and Hugues Panassié. Coleman Hawkins is joined by Carter, the French musicians André Ekyan, Alix Combelle, and Stéphane Grappelli (on piano), as well as Django Reinhardt. It was released on Swing 1 with Crazy Rhythm.

In the genealogy of jazz

This track belongs to Jazz in France (interwar years), Swing, big bands, Hot Club de France, Gypsy jazz. Among the origins and influences of Jazz in France: Symphonic jazz, dance orchestras, Swing, big bands.

Cited in 1 radio episode

• Sep 14, 2026: HONEYSUCKLE ROSE - CECI N'EST PAS UNE FLEUR (Anatomie d'un titre, TSF Jazz, in French)

By the same artist

• Crazy Rhythm (1937)
• Star Dust (Coleman Hawkins, 1937) (1937)
• Body and Soul (1939)
• Netcha's Dream (1935)
• What Harlem Is to Me (1935)

Sources

• philschaapjazz.com
• mb.videolan.org

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