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A TAV Curator’s Pick.

At Ease with Coleman Hawkins is an album by saxophonist Coleman Hawkins which was recorded in 1960 and originally released on the Moodsville label.

“At Ease with Coleman Hawkins, originally released in 1960, is like a 42-minute journey into Zen simplicity, with a touch of sexy swagger on the side. Many people today have forgotten just how good the Bean was at this stage of his career. But just because none of the work here is as revolutionary as his work in the 1920s, '30s or '40s doesn't mean these songs aren't full of beauty and invention. His work here on "Then I'll Be Tired of You" starts off kind of sleepy, all loopy Dean Martin phrases, and then gets slightly more beboppy as things go on, until he sounds like Sonny Rollins or someone like that. (Funny quotation work in this solo too!) And there's no mistaking his majesty on the ancient chestnut "At Dawning" or his predatory stroll through the just-as-ancient "Poor Butterfly.”” - All About Jazz

Musicians:

• Coleman Hawkins, tenor saxophone
• Tommy Flanagan, piano
• Wendell Marshall, bass
• Osie Johnson, drums

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