Body and Soul (Coleman Hawkins album)

Body and Soul
Compilation album by Coleman Hawkins
Released	1996
Recorded	1939–1956
Genre	Jazz
Length	59:42
Label	RCA
Producer	John Snyder (reissue)

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	[1]
Encyclopedia of Popular Music	[2]
Tom Hull	A−[3]

Body and Soul is an album by the jazz tenor saxophonist Coleman Hawkins, including recordings made between 1939 and 1956. It takes its name from one of Hawkins' most famous performances – a 1939 recording of "Body and Soul". The album also contains a 1956 recording of the same piece. (Because the 1939 recording is held in the highest regard, there have been a number of compilations with the same title, including an earlier CD from Records, on the Topaz Jazz Records/Pearl imprint, and a boxed set from Proper.)

Track listing

1. "Meet Doctor Foo" (Hawkins) – 2:32
2. "Fine Dinner" (Hawkins) – 2:33
3. "She's Funny That Way" (Whiting–Daniels) – 3:14
4. "Body and Soul" (Heyman–Green–Sour) – 3:00
5. "When Day Is Done" (Katscher–deSylva) – 3:15
6. "The Sheik of Araby" (Wheeler–Smith–Snyder) – 2:56
7. "My Blue Heaven" (Whiting–Donaldson) – 2:46
8. "Bouncing with Bean" (Hawkins) – 3:03
9. "Say It Isn't So" (Berlin) – 2:57
10. "Spotlite" (Hawkins) – 3:06
11. "April in Paris" (Harburg–Duke) – 3:06
12. "How Strange" (Prozorovsky–Brent–Kahn–Stothart) – 3:02
13. "Half Step Down, Please" (Dameron–Hawkins) – 3:02
14. "Angel Face" (Jones) – 3:12
15. "There Will Never Be Another You" (Warren–Gordon) – 2:57
16. "The Bean Stalks Again" (Hawkins) – 3:24
17. "Body and Soul" – 4:51
18. "I Love Paris" (Porter) – 3:30
19. "Under Paris Skies" (Gannon–Drejac–Giraud) – 2:45

Personnel

• Coleman Hawkins – Tenor saxophone
• Tommy Lindsay – Trumpet
• Joe Guy – Trumpet
• Early Hardy – Trombone
• Jackie Fields – Alto saxophone
• Eustis Moore – Alto saxophone
• Gene Rodgers – Piano
• William Oscar Smith – Double Bass
• Arthur Herbert – Drums
• Thelma Carpenter – Vocals on "She's Funny That Way"

References

1. Allmusic review
2. Larkin, Colin (2007). Encyclopedia of Popular Music (4th ed.). Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0195313734.
3. Hull, Tom (n.d.). "Essential Jazz Albums of the 1950s". tomhull.com. Retrieved March 12, 2020.