COLEMAN HAWKINS - THE HAWK FLIES HIGH JAZZ-BLUES "Midnite Cruiser" (sometimes spelled "Midnight

"Midnite Cruiser" (sometimes spelled "Midnight Cruiser")

Johnson had hired him

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New Orleans has been the point at which sounds and cultures from around the world converge

COLEMAN HAWKINS - THE HAWK FLIES HIGH JAZZ-BLUES "Midnite Cruiser" (sometimes spelled "MidnightTracks: 1. Chant 2. Juicy Fruit 3. Think Deep 4. Laura 5. Blue Lights 6. Sancticity Description: Hawkins literally inventeed jazz saxophone, starred in the first jazz big band, and played with unfailing strength and invention into the Sisties. When Riverside invited him to assemble his choice of an ideal small group, The Hawk picked an impressive cast that ran the gamut from modern (J. J. Johnson) through mainstream (Hank Jones) and on back to Swing