Coleman Hawkins/Red Allen

[medjuck]

Hawkins' recording career was so long that I think nobody's dared try to compile a complete discography. I've been listening to a few cuts from the early recordings he did with Red Allen but have had trouble finding more. Did they do many together and is there on good cd that contains some of them?

[JSngry]

Seek it. Find it. Buy it. Own it. LOVE it!

[Peter Friedman]

Jim's suggestion above is an excellent one. Here is one that is also a beauty.

Harry Allen/Coleman Hawkins - 1933 - Hep CD 1028

[Chuck Nessa]

Also Hep CD1016

FLETCHER HENDERSON & His Orchestra

'Yeah Man'

Studio performances 1931-33 featuring Coleman Hawkins and Red Allen

[Big Beat Steve]

Too bad the Hawk and Red Allen never crossed paths in the studio (AFAIK) in the early to mid-40s when the Hawk was immensely productive in various small group settings and the Allen-Higginbotham group was hot too.

No doubt they met at after-hours jam sessions.

Being able to hear THOSE jams today would be a major GAS!

[fasstrack]

Hawkins' recording career was so long that I think nobody's dared try to compile a complete discography. I've been listening to a few cuts from the early recordings he did with Red Allen but have had trouble finding more. Did they do many together and is there on good cd that contains some of them?

I used to have on cassette something called "Everything Swings". Either it's Bean and Red Allen or what passes for my mind is playing tricks on me and it's Roy Eldridge instead. Either way great music.