Today and Now is an album by American jazz saxophonist Coleman Hawkins featuring performances recorded in 1962 for the Impulse! label.[2]
| Today and Now | ||||
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| Studio album by | ||||
| Released | July/August 1963[1] | |||
| Recorded | September 9 & 11, 1962 | |||
| Studio | Van Gelder, Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey | |||
| Genre | Jazz | |||
| Length | 40:01 | |||
| Label | Impulse! A-34 | |||
| Producer | Bob Thiele | |||
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Reception
editThe Allmusic review by Steven McDonald awarded the album 4 stars stating "Not always the most compelling title from the Hawkins catalog, the record at least has the virtue of both being listenable and worthy of somewhat deeper inspection".[3]
| Review scores | |
|---|---|
| Source | Rating |
| Allmusic |   [3] |
| Down Beat | [4] |
| The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings | [5] |
Track listing
edit- "Go Li'l Liza" (Traditional) – 6:25
- "Quintessence" (Quincy Jones) – 4:46
- "Don't Love Me" (Bill Katz, Pauline Rivelli, Ruth Roberts) – 4:40
- "Love Song from "Apache"" (Johnny Mercer, David Raksin) – 4:14
- "Put on Your Old Grey Bonnett" (Stanley Murphy, Percy Wenrich) – 9:51
- "Swingin' Scotch" (Coleman Hawkins) – 5:32
- "Don't Sit Under the Apple Tree (with Anyone Else but Me)" (Sam H. Stept, Lew Brown, Charles Tobias) – 4:33
Recorded on September 9, 1962 (1-4) and 11, 1962 (5-7).
Personnel
edit- Coleman Hawkins – tenor saxophone
- Tommy Flanagan – piano
- Major Holley – bass
- Eddie Locke – drums
References
edit- ^ Billboard Aug 10, 1963
- ^ Impulse! Records discography accessed March 18, 2011
- ^ a b McDonald, S. Allmusic Review accessed March 18, 2011
- ^ Down Beat:September 12, 1963 Vol. 30, No.25
- ^ Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings (9th ed.). Penguin. p. 670. ISBN 978-0-141-03401-0.