Complete Vogue 1949-1950 [Import]

Coleman Hawkins | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (August 20, 2008)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: Import
• Label: Jazz Factory Spain
• ASIN: B00005UL6Z
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #566,909 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. It's Only A Paper Moon

2. Sih-Sah

3. Bean's Talking Again

4. Bah-U-Bah

5. I Surrender, Dear

6. Sophisticated Lady

7. Jump, That's All

8. Last Legs Blues (Part 1)

9. Last Legs Blues (Part 2)

10. Nix It, Mix It

11. Time On My Hands

12. Run About

13. Wishing & Waiting

14. Gat That Gee

15. That's Grand

16. Skip It

17. Perdido

18. In The Shore Of The Apple Tree

19. Mood Indigo

20. Sweet Lorraine

See all 22 tracks on this disc

Customer Reviews

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7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Two Great Sax Masters in their Prime, September 25, 2006

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Johnny Hodges (Clark Fork, ID United States) - See all my reviews

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This review is from: Complete Vogue 1949-1950 (Audio CD)

This is not Coleman Hawkins playing with Johnny Hodges, these are separate Paris sessions with the first 7 tracks from a '49 date with Coleman Hawkins and (presumedly) european artists on alto, trombone, bass, and piano and Kenny Clark on drums. Followed by 15 Hodges tracks from 3 1950 sessions backed by seven mostly Ellington alumni. (So why does Hawkins get top billing?)

The big issue here (hear) is the 24 bit remastering job. It is simply stunning. I have a LOT of CD's by both these incomperable artists, but this has quickly become a favorite. Each of these greatest saxophone players is known for a highly distinctive tone which is rendered truer here than any other CD's I've heard by either artist. Rather than process the bejeesis out of the masters to produce an overall pleasing sound, this is of the mess with it as little as possible while getting most of the noise out school.

While each of these players is well known for playing pretty, these tracks find both in an adventuresome frame of mind. While leaning heavily on standards, these trax COOK!

I'm not going to take the time to wax rhapsodic about Jeep and Hawk. If you like jazz and you're not already familiar with their work, then shame on you.