Sirius (Coleman Hawkins album)

Sirius
Studio album by
Coleman Hawkins
Released1974
RecordedDecember 20, 1966
StudioNew York City
GenreJazz
Length41:20
LabelPablo
2310 707
ProducerNorman Granz
Coleman Hawkins chronology
The Hawk & the Hunter
(1965) 		Sirius
(1974) 		The Greatest Jazz Concert in the World
(1967)

Sirius is an album by saxophonist Coleman Hawkins recorded in 1966 but not released by the Pablo label until 1974.[1][2]

Reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[3]
The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings[4]

AllMusic reviewer Scott Yanow stated "Hawkins's final studio session is rather sad ... Recorded in late 1966, this quartet set finds Hawk constantly short of breath and unable to play long phrases. He is able to get away with this deficiency on the faster pieces but the ballads are rather painful to hear. Even at this late stage Hawkins still had his majestic tone but this recording is only of historical interest".[3]

Track listing

  1. "The Man I Love" (George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin) – 5:09
  2. "Don't Blame Me" (Jimmy McHugh, Dorothy Fields) – 4:38
  3. "Just a Gigolo" (Leonello Casucci, Irving Caesar) – 2:56
  4. "The One I Love (Belongs to Somebody Else)" (Isham Jones, Gus Kahn) – 3:53
  5. "Time on My Hands" (Vincent Youmans, Harold Adamson, Mack Gordon) – 4:03
  6. "Sweet and Lovely" (Gus Arnheim, Jules LeMare, Harry Tobias) – 4:24
  7. "Exactly Like You" (McHugh, Fields) – 6:52
  8. "Street of Dreams" (Victor Young, Sam M. Lewis) – 4:12
  9. "Sugar" (Maceo Pinkard, Edna Alexander, Sidney Mitchell) – 5:13

Personnel

References

  1. ^ Edwards, D. & Callahan, M. Both Sides Now: Pablo Album Discography Preview accessed May 27, 2019
  2. ^ Jazzdisco: Pablo Records Catalog: 2310-700 series. Retrieved May 27, 2019
  3. ^ a b Yanow, Scott. Coleman Hawkins: Sirius – Review at AllMusic. Retrieved May 27, 2019.
  4. ^ Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings (9th ed.). Penguin. p. 670. ISBN 978-0-141-03401-0.