Coleman Hawkins - "Coleman Hawkins and Confreres" Acoustic Sounds label_Doddleoddle Yes: he's a singer first

Yes: he's a singer first and foremost

UMe has updated the classic Sounds Of Summer compilation by The Beach Boys

constitutes my final foray (as producer / impresario) into the all-consuming sound worlds that have been my obsession for years

In 2018 the band released their second album titled

This 40th anniversary picture disc edition includes both tracks on side A

Coleman Hawkins - "Coleman Hawkins and Confreres" Acoustic Sounds label_Doddleoddle Yes: he's a singer firstReleased in 1958 on Verve, Hawkins playing is particularly confident and eloquent throughout the set. His group of "confreres" on the session is fortified by the Oscar Peterson Trio along with sit in guests, including Hank Jones (piano), Herb Ellis (guitar), and Roy Eldridge & Buck Clayton (trumpet) among others. The relaxed atmosphere of the session is particularly noticeable in the title, "Sunday," in which Roy Eldridge comes into the limelight with