Coleman Hawkins, tenor sax; with Tommy Stevenson, Joe Guy, Tommy Lindsay and Nelson Bryant, trumpets ; William Cato, Sandy Williams and Claude Jones, trombones ; Eustis Moore, Jackie Fields, Ernie Powell, alto saxes ; Kermit Scott, tenor sax ; Gene Rodgers, piano ; Gene Fields, guitar ; Billy Taylor, bass ; J.C. Heard, drums)
Musidisc: JA 5126 (on container: 30 JA 5126).
Jazz saxophone with ensemble, in part with vocals.
"This record has been produced from hitherto unpublished recordings"--Container.
Biographical and program notes in French, with English translation, on container.
Forms part of: James McKinty Collection.
Recorded live in concert Aug. 4 (1st-7th works) and Aug. 25 (8th-14th works), 1940 at the Savoy Ballroom, Harlem, New York.
Body and soul (theme) / Green, Sour, Heyman (0:24) -- Chicago / F. Fisher (3:22) -- I can't love you any more than I do (2:45) -- The breeze and I / Lecuona, Stillman (Nelson Bryant, vocals) (4:13) -- It's a wonderful world / Savitt, Watson, Adamson (4:48) -- The Sheik of Araby / Snyder, Smith, Wheeler (3:43) -- The man I love / Gershwin (1:54) -- Body and soul (theme) / Green, Sour, Heyman (0:25) -- Chant of the groover / R. Hicks (5:21) -- Asleep in the deep / Petrie, Lamb (2:21) -- I can't get Indiana off my mind (2:12) -- Passing it around / C. Hawkins (3:15) -- When a congressman meets a senator down South / Oppenheim (Gladys Madden, vocals) (3:36) -- I can't believe that you're in love with me / McHugh, Gaskill (3:03)