COLEMAN HAWKINS - THE HAWK FLIES HIGH JAZZ-BLUES Come Closer To Me

Come Closer To Me

" says World Circuit's Nick Gold

and bassist Spanky DeBrest

New Orleans has been the point at which sounds and cultures from around the world converge

oversized ambition

COLEMAN HAWKINS - THE HAWK FLIES HIGH JAZZ-BLUES Come Closer To MeTracks: 1. Chant 2. Juicy Fruit 3. Think Deep 4. Laura 5. Blue Lights 6. Sancticity Description: Hawkins literally inventeed jazz saxophone, starred in the first jazz big band, and played with unfailing strength and invention into the Sisties. When Riverside invited him to assemble his choice of an ideal small group, The Hawk picked an impressive cast that ran the gamut from modern (J. J. Johnson) through mainstream (Hank Jones) and on back to Swing