Soul (Coleman Hawkins album)

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Soul
File:Soul (Coleman Hawkins album).jpg
Studio album by Coleman Hawkins
Released March 1959
Recorded November 7, 1958
Van Gelder Studio, Hackensack
Genre Jazz
Length 41:21
Label Prestige
PRLP 7149
Producer Esmond Edwards
Coleman Hawkins chronology
Bean Bags
(1958)Bean Bags1958
Soul
(1958)
Hawk Eyes
(1959)Hawk Eyes1959

Soul is an album by saxophonist Coleman Hawkins which was recorded in 1958 and released on the Prestige label.[1]

Reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source Rating
Allmusic 2.5/5 stars[2]

Allmusic awarded the album 2½ stars stating "This is a decent but not very exciting outing. Then 52, Hawkins uses a typically young rhythm section and plays melodically on a variety of originals and standards".[2]

Track listing

All compositions by Coleman Hawkins except as indicated

  1. "Soul Blues" - 9:52
  2. "I Hadn't Anyone Till You" (Ray Noble) - 4:34
  3. "Groovin'" (Kenny Burrell) - 5:43
  4. "Greensleeves" (Traditional) - 3:12
  5. "Sunday Mornin'" (Burrell) - 6:29
  6. "Until the Real Thing Comes Along" (Sammy Cahn, Saul Chaplin, L.E. Freeman, Mann Holiner, Alberta Nichols) - 4:42
  7. "Sweetnin'" - 6:49

Personnel

References

  1. Prestige Records discography accessed March 14, 2013
  2. 2.0 2.1 Yanow, S. Allmusic Review accessed March 14, 2013