Jazz
The original Riverside LP of this 1957 recording date revitalized the career of Coleman Hawkins, who had been a big star in Fletcher Henderson’s band back in the 1920s. A bunch of top players were assembled for this all-star group - which doesn’t guarantee a success - but in this case everything jelled beautifully and the six tracks have become prime examples of robust modern jazz of the period. Three of the players contributed their own tunes to the date, including Hawkins’ closing Sancticity. It’s nice to have
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The album has been reissued in several forms over the years. Mo-Fi themselves produced a mono SACD version (UDSACD 2030), and it was just reissued as part of the Keepnews Collection by Concord as a standard CD. While both the new vinyl version and the SACD better the CD in terms of richness, “air,” increased depth and transparency, the differences are not huge and the CD has the edge on price. As with several other such A/B comparisons I have made, the vinyl and the SACD sound close to identical, with perhaps a shade more resolution and clarity from the SACD, at least on my system. Perhaps with one of those special mono-only MC cartridges, the vinyl would pull ahead of the SACD. Surfaces are quite silent on the Mo-Fi LP.By John Henry.
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1957 was one of the great years for the veteran tenor-saxophonist (who was then 51); he suddenly became rediscovered, even though he had never suffered a period of decline. The Hawk Flies High found him playing mostly with bop-oriented musicians a couple decades his junior (including trombonist J.J. Johnson and trumpeter Idrees Sulieman) and more than holding his own. The memorable "Sanctity" has a particularly classic Hawkins solo but each of the six tracks are quite enjoyable.
By Scott Yanow. AMG.
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Coleman Hawkins- Tenor Sax
Idrees Sulieman- Trumpet
J.J. Johnson- Trombone
Hank Jone- Piano
Barry Galbraith- Guitar
Oscar Pettiford- Bass
Jo Jones- Drums.
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01. Chant 5.07
02. Juicy Fruit 11.17
03. Think Deep 3.24
04. Laura 4.34
05. Blue Lights 5.44
06. Sancticity 9.10
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