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Incredibly deep interview with Shipp by Basquiat scholar and art/cultural critic Carlo McCormick on filmmaker Robert O'Haire's YouTube channel: Enjoy! Clifford

Actually it didn't. Looking for a Selmer ad in these mags with the exact typeface used on the record label (and figuring on the instruments) - their ads from 1946 had a plain sans-serif "SELMER" typeface - I randomly pulled out the September 1950 issue and found the below ad on page 2: Wondering if this ad might be intended as a plug for a Selmer product inside the mag I looked up the Record Reviews section, and lo and behold, there was the review of "Hawk's Variations"! FWIW, here is what it says (translated relatively faithfully to stick to the tone of the French scribe - André Clergeat, it seems): "This is certainly one of the most original records we have had the pleasure of reviewing for a long time. What we have here is an unaccompanied improvisation by Coleman Hawkins. This just about says enough about how this record is bound to unsettle most fans. Provided our informations are correct, this recording was made by Moe Asch at the same time as the recording published by Norman Granz in his recent "Jazz Scene" album. Coleman Hawkins had been longing for an opportunity to make an unaccompanied recording for quite some time, and this listening experience certainly is most interesting. The lack of a rhythm section does not detract in any way from the pleasure any admirer of the great saxophonist will derive from listening to this recording where his sumptuous sonority really comes into its own. His improvisations develop into magnificent arabesques throughout both sides of the disc, and keen listeners will rapidly have imagined by themselves the rhythmic and hamronic accompaniment to go with this performance." On a side note, this review is followed by a brief review of Selmer Y 7136 (not listed on Discogs; Erroll Garner  - The Man I Love/Don't Blame Me).      

First spin.  Sounding great, so far.  Dan Weiss in the drummer's chair is always a good sign. Max Light - Henceforth (SteepleChase) This 2023 release was given to me by mi amigo, @Ken Dryden.  Thanks, Ken!     

I'd love to hear who/how the first jazz solo saxophone recording came to be made. Who had the idea and how did they make it happen? Surely Hawk was involved in the planning. He was just so ready! And other than Hawk, there seems to have been no American involvement?

Here you go: https://www.discogs.com/label/26613-Ducretet-Thomson?page=1 Ducretet was a scientific instrumentation company (responsible for early phonographs) and eventually partnered with Thomson, a large French communications corporation tied to GE. It appears to me that Ducretet Thomson, Selmer, and Pathé were linked in the production of phonograph discs. The Selmer version of this 78 is very cool-looking!