Grover Washington Jr. - Medley (1990)

01 - Hits Medley: Inner City Blues/Mercy Mercy Me/Where is the Love/Knucklehead/Black Frost/Santa Cruzin'/Just the Two of Us/Feels So Good/Sausalito

Charles Lloyd and Billy Higgins - Supreme Love Dance

Jaco Pastorius - Donna Lee

Coleman Hawkins - The Hawk Flies High (1957)

Coleman Hawkins' 1957 session for Riverside, aside from an oral documentary record in a short-lived series, was his only recording for the label under his name. Yet producer Orrin Keepnews had the good sense to invite the legendary tenor saxophonist to pick his own musicians, and Hawkins surprised him by asking for young boppers J.J. Johnson and Idrees Sulieman in addition to the potent rhythm section of Hank Jones, Oscar Pettiford, Barry Galbraith, and Jo Jones. The two days of sessions produced a number of strong performances, with Hawkins still very much at the top of his game, while both Johnson and Sulieman catch fire as well. Even though most of the focus was on new material contributed by the participants, the musicians quickly adapted to the unfamiliar music, especially the leader's old-fashioned swinger "Sancticity" (which sounds like it could have been part of Count Basie's repertoire) and the pianist's tightly woven bop vehicle "Chant." Hawkins was one of the great ballad interpreters, and his majestic performance of the standard "Laura" is no exception. The 2008 reissue in the Keepnews Collection series uncovered no previously unissued material, though expanded liner notes by the producer and improved 24-bit remastering make this edition an improvement over earlier versions.

By Ken Dryden in All Music Guide

Styles:
Mainstream Jazz

Tracks
01 - Chant (05:08)
02 - Juicy Fruit (11:20)
03 - Think Deep (03:27)
04 - Laura (04:36)
05 - Blue Lights (05:47)
06 - Sancticity (09:12)

Line-up:
Coleman Hawkins - tenor sax
Idrees Sulieman - trumpet
JJ Johnson - trombone
Hank Jones - piano
Barry Galbraith - guitar
Oscar Pettiford - bass
Jo Jones - drums.

Cedar Walton Quartet - Naima (1976)

Line-up:
Cedar Walton - piano
George Coleman - tenor sax
Sam Jones - bass
Billy Higgins - drums.

Thelonious Monk - Epistrophy

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