This week’s review is The Hawk Flies High a re-issue showcasing tenor saxophonist Coleman Hawkins. This album was originally released in 1957 but new listeners will still find the jazz featured here fresh and cheeky. Coleman Hawkins was in his fifties when he recorded the album (completing the project in just two afternoons!) and provides hope to any middle aged person contemplating that slippery descent into...
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