Coleman Hawkins – The Jazz Tome

Various Artists – Session at Riverside (1957)

May 9, 2026thejazztome1957, Art Ryerson, Arvell Shaw, Billy Butterfield, Capitol, Charlie Shavers, Coleman Hawkins, Ear Warren, Jerry Jerome, LN - Coss, Lou McGarity, Lou Stein, Milt Hinton, Osie Johnson, Peanuts Hucko, Urbie Green

Capitol – T-761Rec. Dates : May 25 & 26, 1956 Stream this Album Alto Sax : Earl WarrenBass : Arvell Shaw, Milt HintonClarinet : Peanuts HuckoDrums : Osie JohnsonGuitar : Art RyersonPiano : Lou SteinTenor Sax : Coleman Hawkins, Jerry JeromeTrombone : Lou McGarity, Urbie GreenTrumpet : Billy Butterfield, Charlie Shavers Billboard : 03/02/1957Score of…

Red Allen – Ride, Red, Ride in Hi-Fi (1957)

Apr 18, 2026thejazztome1957, Buster Bailey, Coleman Hawkins, Cozy Cole, Everett Barksdale, J.C. Higginbotham, Lloyd Trotman, LN - Unknown, Marty Napoleon, RCA Victor, Red Allen

RCA Victor – LPM-1509Rec. Dates : March 21 & 27, April 10, 1957 Stream this Album Trumpet/Vocals : Red AllenBass : Lloyd TrotmanClarinet : Buster BaileyDrums : Cozy ColeGuitar : Everett BarksdalePiano : Marty NapoleonTenor Sax : Coleman HawkinsTrombone : J.C. Higginbotham High FidelityJohn S. Wilson : November, 1957 The unjustified neglect in current…

Ruby Braff – Braff!! (1957)

Feb 28, 2026thejazztome1957, Buddy Drootin, Coleman Hawkins, Dave McKenna, Don Elliott, Eddie Jones, Epic, Ernie Caceres, Freddie Green, Lawrence Brown, LN - Charles Edward Smith, Nat Pierce, Ruby Braff, Steve Jordan

Epic – LN 3377Rec. Dates : June 26 & 28, July 10, 1956Album is Not Streamable Trumpet : Ruby BraffBaritone Sax : Ernie CaceresBass : Eddie JonesDrums : Buzzy DrootinGuitar : Freddie Green, Steve JordanPiano : Dave McKenna, Nat PierceTenor Sax : Coleman HawkinsTrombone : Lawrence BrownVibes : Don Elliott Billboard : 08/19/1957Special Merit…

Tiny Grimes with Coleman Hawkins – Blues Groove (1958)

Nov 16, 2025thejazztome1958, Coleman Hawkins, Earl Wormack, LN - Gitler, Musa Kaleem, Prestige, Ray Bryant, Teagle Fleming, Tiny Grimes

Prestige – PRLP 7138Rec. Date : February 28, 1958 Guitar : Tiny GrimesBass : Earl WormackDrums : Teagle FlemingFlute : Musa KaleemTenor Sax : Coleman HawkinsPiano : Ray Bryant Listening to Prestige : #268Stream this Album Billboard : 06/09/1958Two stars It’s been a long time since Tiny Grimes has been heard on records and this…

Thelonious Monk – With John Coltrane (1961)

Aug 12, 2025thejazztome1961, Art Blakey, Coleman Hawkins, Gigi Gryce, Jazzland, John Coltrane, LN - Gitler, Ray Copeland, Shadow Wilson, Thelonious Monk, Wilbur Ware

Jazzland – JLP 46 / 946SRec. Dates : April 12, 1957, June 26, 1957, July 1957Stream this Album Piano : Thelonious MonkAlto Sax : Gigi GryceBass : Wilbur WareDrums : Art Blakey, Shadow WilsonTenor Sax : Coleman Hawkins, John ColtraneTrumpet : Ray Copeland Billboard : 10/16/1961 The highly popular and musically productive combination of…

Max Roach – We Insist! Freedom Now Suite (1961)

Dec 30, 2024thejazztome1961, Abbey Lincoln, Booker Little, Candid, Coleman Hawkins, James Schenck, Julian Priester, LN - Hentoff, Max Roach, Michael Olatunji, Oscar Brown Jr., Raymond Mantillo, Tomas DuVall, Walter Benson

Candid ‎- CJM-8002 / CJS-9002Rec. Dates : August 31, 1960, September 6, 1960Stream this Album Drums : Max RoachBass : James SchenckConga Drums : Michael OlatunjiLyrics : Oscar Brown Jr.Percussion : Tomas DuVall, Raymond MantilloTenor Sax : Coleman Hawkins, Walter BentonTrombone : Julian PriesterTrumpet : Booker LittleVocals : Abbey Lincoln Billboard : 01/23/1961 Roach group is joined for this striking suite by singer Abbey Lincoln,…

Various Artists – Blues for Tomorrow (1958)

Feb 13, 2024thejazztome1958, Art Blakey, Billy Taylor, Bobby Jaspar, Buddy Clark, Coleman Hawkins, Ed Thigpen, Elvin Jones, Gene Quill, George Wallington, Gigi Gryce, Herbie Mann, Idrees Sulieman, Jack Sheldon, Jimmy Rowles, John Coltrane, Les Grinage, LN - Keepnews, Mel Lewis, Mundell Lowe, Paul Chambers, Ray Copeland, Riverside, Roy Haynes, Sonny Clark, Sonny Rollins, Wilbur Little, Wilbur Ware

Riverside – RLP 12-243Rec. Dates : April 10, 1957, May 28, 1957, June 19, 1957, June 26, 1957, July 3, 1957Stream this Album Alto Sax : Gene Quill, Gigi GryceBass : Les Grinage, Wilbur Little, Wilbur Ware, Paul Chambers, Buddy ClarkBass Clarinet / Flute : Herbie MannDrums : Ed Thigpen, Elvin Jones, Roy Haynes, Art Blakey, Mel LewisGuitar : Mundell LowePiano : Billy…

Benny Carter and His Orchestra – Further Definitions (1962)

Dec 3, 2023thejazztome1962, Benny Carter, Charlie Rouse, Coleman Hawkins, Dick Katz, Impulse!, Jimmy Garrison, Jo Jones, John Collins, LN - Williams, Phil Woods

Impulse! A-12Rec. Dates : November 13, 1961, November 15, 1961Stream this AlbumLiner Notes courtesy of HatNBeard Alto Sax : Benny Carter, Phil WoodsBass : Jimmy GarrisonDrums : Jo JonesGuitar : John CollinsPiano : Dick KatzTenor Sax : Coleman Hawkins, Charlie Rouse Billboard : 03/03/1962Four stars Trad fans should get a boot out of this fine new album featuring jazz giants such as Benny Carter (now back…

Buck Clayton – Jumpin’ at the Woodside (1955)

Jun 15, 2023thejazztome1955, Al Cohn, Al Waslohn, Bennie Green, Billy Kyle, Buck Clayton, Buddy Tate, Charlie Fowlkes, Coleman Hawkins, Columbia, Dicky Harris, Freddie Green, Jimmy Jones, Jo Jones, Joe Newman, Lem Davis, LN - Avakian, Milt Hinton, Ruby Braff, Steve Jordan, Trummy Young, Urbie Green, Walter Page, Woody Herman

Columbia – CL 701Rec. Dates : March 31, 1954, August 13, 1954, March 15, 1955 Stream this Album Trumpet : Buck Clayton, Joe Newman, Ruby BraffBass : Milt Hinton, Walter PageClarinet : Woody HermanDrums : Jo JonesGuitar : Freddie Green, Steve JordanPiano : Al Waslohn, Billy Kyle, Jimmy JonesSaxophone : Al Cohn, Buddy Tate, Charlie…

Thelonious Monk – Monk’s Music (1957)

Mar 12, 2023thejazztome1957, Art Blakey, Coleman Hawkins, Gigi Gryce, John Coltrane, LN - Keepnews, Ray Copeland, Riverside, Thelonious Monk, Wilbur Ware

Riverside – RLP 12-242Rec. Dates : June 25, 1957, June 26, 1957Stream this Album Piano : Thelonious MonkAlto Sax : Gigi GryceBass : Wilbur WareDrums : Art BlakeyTenor Sax : Coleman Hawkins, John ColtraneTrumpet : Ray Copeland Billboard : 11/18/1957Special Merit Jazz Album During these performances Monk’s compositions, always harmoniously arresting, assume the beauty and richness they have suggested in the past. In…

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