Coleman Hawkins | Wrapped Tight

AllMusic Review by Scott Yanow

Hawkins's last strong recording finds the veteran, 43 years after his recording debut with Mamie Smith's Jazz Hounds, improvising creatively on a wide variety of material on this CD, ranging from "Intermezzo" and "Here's That Rainy Day" to "Red Roses for a Blue Lady" and "Indian Summer." Best is an adventurous version of "Out of Nowhere" that shows that the tenor-saxophonist was still coming up with new ideas in 1965.

 
1 Wrapped Tight
2 Intermezzo
3 Out of Nowhere
4 Indian Summer
5 Red Roses for a Blue Lady
6 Marcheta
7 Beautiful Girl
8 She's Fit
9 And I Still Love You
10 Bean's Place


Coleman Hawkins — tenor saxophone
Bill Berry (tracks 1-3 & 7-10), Snooky Young (tracks 4-6, 11 & 12) — trumpet
Urbie Green — trombone
Barry Harris — piano
Buddy Catlett — bass