Hawk in Paris

Coleman Hawkins | Format: Audio Cassette

Product Details

• Audio Cassette (June 8, 1993)
• Label: RCA
• ASIN: B00000EU4I
• Also Available in: Audio CD  |  Vinyl
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,689,374 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. April in Paris

2. Mon Homme (My Man)

3. Under Paris Skies

4. Mimi

5. La Chnouf

6. La Vie en Rose

7. La Mer (Beyond the Sea)

8. Paris in the Spring

9. I Love Paris

10. Mademoiselle de Paris

11. Chiens Perdus Sans Collier (The Little Lost Dog)

12. Tu N' Peux T' Figurer (Dawn over Paris)

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

4 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars One of Coleman Hawkins Best, November 28, 2006

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Timothy Shiels (Portland, OR USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Hawk in Paris (Audio CD)

I disagree with the other review of this fine album. I own over twenty of the Hawk's albums - this is among my favorites. This is not a sleepy strings album- it consists of many up tempo tunes which the Hawk rips into with unabashed joy and some his best playing on record. All the songs perfectly reflect the feel of Paris in the 1950s. I would however avoid his other "with strings" album "Hawk Talk" - that is one his few bad albums.

5 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Hawk flies under the bridge, November 25, 2005

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bukhtan (Chicago, Illinois, USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Hawk in Paris (Audio CD)

Somewhere on the liner notes I read: "this is not just schlock but [something positive, can't remember what they said it was]. Well, it IS schlock, Coleman Hawkins with strings, recorded I think in 1956; I don't have the thing in front of me, it's buried somewhere I don't usually look, though I didn't GIVE the thing away, as I didn't want anyone to be turned off Coleman Hawkins.
Remember the recordings Bird made with a string & oboe orchestra? Well, imagine the orchestra and its arrangements sounding much worse, with Parker really drunk and really bored, and you'll have some idea of what this outrage sounds like. I don't think Hawkins was drunk, the impression is more like Ralph Nader being interviewed by MTV or Fox.
I've given it an extra star because Coleman Hawkins really IS on it, it's not false advertising.
One of the worst records I've ever heard filed under "jazz".

1 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Track Listing, April 29, 2011

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Dmitrirex (Tucson, AZ) - See all my reviews

This review is from: The Hawk in Paris (Audio CD)

1. April in Paris
2. Mon Homme (My Man)
3. Under Paris Skies
4. Mimi
5. La Chnouf
6. La Vie en Rose
7. La Mer (Beyond the Sea)
8. Paris in the Spring
9. I Love Paris
10. Mademoiselle de Paris
11. Chiens Perdus Sans Collier (The Little Lost Dog)
12. Tu N' Peux T' Figurer (Dawn over Paris)