Portrait

Tracklist

• CD 1: Heartbreak Blues
• 1
  Hello, Lola (New York, November 14, 1929)
  3:14
• 2
  One Hour (New York, November 14, 1929)
  3:24
• 3
  Dismal Dan (New York, April 4, 1930)
  3:07
• 4
  Poor Richard (New York, April 4, 1930)
  3:02
• 5
  Down Georgia Way (New York, April 4, 1930)
  3:30
• 6
  Georgia on My Mind (New York, June 30, 1931)
  3:20
• 7
  I Can’t Believe That You’re in Love With Me (New York, June 30, 1931)
  3:07
• 8
  The Darktown Strutter’s Ball (New York, June 30, 1931)
  3:27
• 9
  You Rascal, You (New York, June 30, 1931)
  3:00
• 10
  The Day You Came Along (New York, September 29, 1933)
  3:37
• 11
  Jamaica Shout (New York, September 29, 1933)
  2:59
• 12
  Heartbreak Blues (New York, September 29, 1933)
  3:27
• 13
  Happy Feet (New York, October 3, 1933)
  2:49
• 14
  Rhythm Crazy (New York, October 3, 1933)
  3:16
• 15
  Ol’ Man River (New York, October 3, 1933)
  3:07
• 16
  Minnie the Moocher’s Wedding Day (New York, October 3, 1933)
  3:05
• 17
  Ain’t Cha Glad (New York, October 3, 1933)
  3:19
• 18
  I’ve Got to Sing a Torch Song (New York, October 3, 1933)
  3:37
• 19
  It Sends Me (New York, March 8, 1934)
  3:14
• 20
  I Ain’t Got Nobody (New York, March 8, 1934)
  3:16
• CD 2: What Harlem Is to Me
• 1
  On the Sunny Side of the Street (New York, March 8, 1934)
  3:28
• 2
  Lullaby (London, November 18, 1934)
  2:56
• 3
  Lady Be Good (London, November 18, 1934)
  2:44
• 4
  Lost in a Fog (London, November 18, 1934)
  3:04
• 5
  Honeysuckle Rose (London, November 18, 1934)
  3:03
• 6
  Some of These Days (The Hague, February 4, 1935)
  2:32
• 7
  After You’ve Gone (The Hague, February 4, 1935)
  2:36
• 8
  I Only Have Eyes for You (The Hague, February 4, 1935)
  2:43
• 9
  I Wish I Were Twins (The Hague, February 4, 1935)
  2:33
• 10
  Hands Across the Table (The Hague, February 4, 1935)
  3:05
• 11
  Blue Moon (Paris, March 2, 1935)
  3:12
• 12
  Avalon (Paris, March 2, 1935)
  2:59
• 13
  What a Difference a Day Made (Paris, March 2, 1935)
  3:17
• 14
  Stardust (Paris, March 2, 1935)
  3:11
• 15
  Chicago (Casino Hamdorff, Laren, August 26, 1935)
  3:02
• 16
  Meditation (Casino Hamdorff, Laren, August 26, 1935)
  3:01
• 17
  What Harlem Is to Me (Casino Hamdorff, Laren, August 26, 1935)
  2:43
• 18
  Netcha’s Dream (Casino Hamdorff, Laren, August 26, 1935)
  2:35
• 19
  Love Cries (Zurich, May 4, 1936)
  3:06
• 20
  Sorrow (Zurich, May 4, 1936)
  3:02
• CD 3: Lamentation
• 1
  Tiger Rag (Zurich, May 4, 1936)
  2:22
• 2
  It May Not Be True (Zurich, May 4, 1936)
  3:11
• 3
  I Wanna Go Back to Harlem (Casino Hamdorff, Laren, April 27, 1937)
  2:58
• 4
  Consolation (Casino Hamdorff, Laren, April 27, 1937)
  3:02
• 5
  A Strange Fact (Casino Hamdorff, Laren, April 27, 1937)
  2:36
• 6
  Original Dixieland One Step (Casino Hamdorff, Laren, April 27, 1937)
  1:57
• 7
  Smiles (Casino Hamdorff, Laren, April 27, 1937)
  3:00
• 8
  Something Is Gonna Give Me Away (Casino Hamdorff, Laren, April 27, 1937)
  3:02
• 9
  Honeysuckle Rose (Paris, April 28, 1937)
  2:45
• 10
  Crazy Rhythm (Paris, April 28, 1937)
  3:00
• 11
  Out of Nowhere (Paris, April 28, 1937)
  3:16
• 12
  Sweet Georgia Brown (Paris, April 28, 1937)
  3:00
• 13
  Lamentation (Hilversum, May 26, 1937)
  2:57
• 14
  Devotion (Hilversum, May 26, 1937)
  2:47
• 15
  Star Dust (Hilversum, August 18, 1937)
  2:30
• 16
  Well, All Right Then (Hilversum, August 18, 1937)
  2:28
• 17
  Blues Evermore (Hilversum, June 14, 1938)
  2:44
• 18
  Dear Old Southland (Hilversum, June 14, 1938)
  2:42
• 19
  ’Way Down Yonder in New Orleans (Hilversum, June 14, 1938)
  2:54
• CD 4: Bouncing With Bean
• 1
  I Know That You Know (Hilversum, June 14, 1938)
  2:51
• 2
  When Buddah Smiles (Hilversum, June 14, 1938)
  2:44
• 3
  Swinging in the Groove (Hilversum, June 14, 1938)
  3:06
• 4
  The Darktown Strutter’s Ball (London, May 26, 1939)
  2:39
• 5
  My Melancholy Baby (London, May 26, 1939)
  2:48
• 6
  Meet Doctor Foo (New York, October 11, 1939)
  2:34
• 7
  Fine Dinner (New York, October 11, 1939)
  2:34
• 8
  She’s Funny That Way (New York, October 11, 1939)
  3:15
• 9
  Body and Soul (New York, October 11, 1939)
  3:01
• 10
  It’s Tight Like That (New York, December 14, 1939)
  2:37
• 11
  Easy Rider (New York, December 14, 1939)
  3:19
• 12
  Scratch My Back (New York, December 14, 1939)
  3:16
• 13
  Save It, Pretty Mama (New York, December 14, 1939)
  3:01
• 14
  When Day Is Done (New York, January 3, 1940)
  3:22
• 15
  The Sheik of Araby (New York, January 3, 1940)
  3:00
• 16
  My Blue Heaven (New York, January 3, 1940)
  2:50
• 17
  Bouncing With Bean (New York, January 3, 1940)
  3:06
• 18
  How Long, How Long Blues (New York, January 15, 1940)
  3:14
• 19
  Shake It and Break It (New York, January 15, 1940)
  2:57
• 20
  A Pretty Girl Is Like a Melody (New York, January 15, 1940)
  2:48
• CD 5: Blues Changes
• 1
  Pom Pom (New York, January 15, 1940)
  3:11
• 2
  Dedication (New York, May 25, 1940)
  2:52
• 3
  Passin’ It Around (New York, August 9, 1940)
  3:14
• 4
  Serenade to a Sleeping Beauty (New York, August 9, 1940)
  3:05
• 5
  Rocky Comfort (New York, August 9, 1940)
  3:10
• 6
  Forgive a Fool (New York, August 9, 1940)
  2:55
• 7
  Esquire Bounce (New York, December 4, 1943)
  3:14
• 8
  Boff Boff (Mop Mop) (New York, December 4, 1943)
  3:09
• 9
  My Ideal (New York, December 4, 1943)
  3:07
• 10
  Esquire Blues (New York, December 4, 1943)
  3:15
• 11
  Voodte (New York, December 8, 1943)
  3:06
• 12
  How Deep Is the Ocean (New York, December 8, 1943)
  3:23
• 13
  Hawkins Barrel House (New York, December 8, 1943)
  2:57
• 14
  Stumpy (New York, December 8, 1943)
  3:19
• 15
  Lover Come Back to Me (New York, December 18, 1943)
  3:04
• 16
  Blues Changes (New York, December 18, 1943)
  4:12
• 17
  Crazy Rhythm (New York, December 23, 1943)
  3:14
• 18
  Get Happy (New York, December 23, 1943)
  3:23
• 19
  The Man I Love (New York, December 23, 1943)
  5:05
• CD 6: Imagination
• 1
  Sweet Lorraine (New York, December 23, 1943)
  4:18
• 2
  I Only Have Eyes for You (New York, January 31, 1944)
  3:08
• 3
  ’S Wonderful (New York, January 31, 1944)
  2:37
• 4
  I’m in the Mood for Love (New York, January 31, 1944)
  3:12
• 5
  Bean at the Met (New York, January 31, 1944)
  3:00
• 6
  Woodyn’ You (New York, February 16, 1944)
  3:01
• 7
  Bu‐Dee‐Daht (New York, February 16, 1944)
  3:14
• 8
  Yesterdays (New York, February 16, 1944)
  2:57
• 9
  Ol’ Man River (New York, May 1, 1944)
  2:53
• 10
  Wrap Your Troubles in Dreams (New York, May 1, 1944)
  2:42
• 11
  Flame Thrower (New York, February 17, 1944)
  3:15
• 12
  Imagination (New York, February 17, 1944)
  2:48
• 13
  Night and Day (New York, February 17, 1944)
  3:19
• 14
  Cattin’ at Keynote (New York, February 17, 1944)
  2:40
• 15
  Disorder at the Border (New York, February 22, 1944)
  2:58
• 16
  Feeling Zero (New York, February 22, 1944)
  3:00
• 17
  Rainbow Mist (New York, February 22, 1944)
  2:59
• 18
  Pick‐Up Boys (New York, May 17, 1944)
  3:03
• 19
  Porgy (New York, May 17, 1944)
  3:04
• CD 7: Battle of the Saxes
• 1
  On the Sunny Side of the Street (New York, May 24, 1944)
  4:42
• 2
  Three Little Words (New York, May 24, 1944)
  4:45
• 3
  Battle of the Saxes (New York, May 24, 1944)
  4:35
• 4
  Louise (New York, May 24, 1944)
  4:52
• 5
  Make Believe (New York, May 29, 1944)
  4:43
• 6
  Don’t Blame Me (New York, May 29, 1944)
  4:50
• 7
  Just One of Those Things (New York, May 29, 1944)
  4:30
• 8
  Hallelujah (New York, May 29, 1944)
  3:59
• 9
  Step on It (New York, July 27, 1944)
  3:06
• 10
  Riding on 52nd Street (New York, July 27, 1944)
  2:49
• 11
  Memories of You (New York, July 27, 1944)
  2:56
• 12
  Out to Lunch (New York, October 11, 1944)
  2:52
• 13
  In the Hush of the Night (New York, October 11, 1944)
  2:55
• 14
  Look Out Jack! (New York, October 11, 1944)
  2:45
• 15
  Every Man for Himself (New York, October 11, 1944)
  2:50
• 16
  I’m Yours (New York, October 12, 1944)
  3:27
• 17
  Under a Blanket of Blue (New York, October 12, 1944)
  3:07
• 18
  Beyond the Blue Horizon (New York, October 12, 1944)
  2:53
• CD 8: On the Bean
• 1
  A Shanty in Old Shanty Town (New York, October 12, 1944)
  2:57
• 2
  My Man (New York, October 18, 1944)
  3:12
• 3
  El Salon de Gutbucket (New York, October 18, 1944)
  2:57
• 4
  Embraceable You (New York, October 18, 1944)
  2:59
• 5
  Undecided (New York, October 18, 1944)
  3:03
• 6
  Recollections (New York, October 19, 1944)
  2:52
• 7
  Drifting on a Reed (New York, October 19, 1944)
  3:02
• 8
  Flyin’ Hawk (New York, October 19, 1944)
  2:48
• 9
  On the Bean (New York, October 19, 1944)
  2:40
• 10
  Sportsman’s Hop (New York, January 11, 1945)
  2:57
• 11
  Bean Stalking (New York, January 11, 1945)
  3:06
• 12
  Ladies Lullaby (New York, January 11, 1945)
  3:03
• 13
  The Night Ramble (New York, January 11, 1945)
  2:26
• 14
  Leave My Heart Alone (New York, January 11, 1945)
  2:37
• 15
  Hawk’s Variations – Part I (New York, January, 1945)
  2:20
• 16
  Hawk’s Variations – Part II (New York, January, 1945)
  2:20
• 17
  April in Paris (Los Angeles, February 23, 1945)
  2:56
• 18
  Rifftide (Los Angeles, February 23, 1945)
  2:55
• 19
  Stardust (Los Angeles, February 23, 1945)
  3:15
• 20
  Stuffy (Los Angeles, February 23, 1945)
  3:00
• CD 9: Bean Soup
• 1
  Hollywood Stampede (Los Angeles, February 23, 1945)
  3:09
• 2
  I’m Through With Love (Los Angeles, February 23, 1945)
  3:13
• 3
  What Is There to Say (Los Angeles, February 23, 1945)
  3:09
• 4
  Wrap Your Troubles in Dreams (Los Angeles, February 23, 1945)
  3:06
• 5
  Too Much of a Good Thing (Los Angeles, March 9, 1945)
  2:53
• 6
  Bean Soup (Los Angeles, March 9, 1945)
  3:04
• 7
  Someone to Watch Over Me (Los Angeles, March 9, 1945)
  2:49
• 8
  It’s the Talk of the Town (Los Angeles, March 9, 1945)
  3:06
• 9
  Just a Riff (Los Angeles, October, 1945)
  3:18
• 10
  What’s Happenin’ (Los Angeles, October, 1945)
  2:55
• 11
  Mop de Mop Mop (Los Angeles, October, 1945)
  3:11
• 12
  My Ideal (New York, January 8, 1944)
  3:17
• 13
  Indian Summer (New York, December 4, 1946)
  3:13
• 14
  Phantomesque (New York, June, 1947)
  2:55
• 15
  April in Paris (New York, December 11, 1947)
  3:08
• 16
  How Strange (New York, December 11, 1947)
  3:02
• 17
  Half Step Down Please (New York, December 11, 1947)
  3:02
• 18
  Angel Face (New York, December 11, 1947)
  3:12
• 19
  Jumpin’ for Jane (New York, December 11, 1947)
  3:08
• 20
  Picasso (July‐August, 1948)
  3:12
• CD 10: Bean’s Talking Again
• 1
  It’s Only a Paper Moon (Paris, December 21, 1949)
  3:02
• 2
  Sih – Sah (Paris, December 21, 1949)
  3:13
• 3
  Bean’s Talking Again (Paris, December 21, 1949)
  3:15
• 4
  Bah – U – Bah (Paris, December 21, 1949)
  3:21
• 5
  I Surrender Dear (Paris, December 21, 1949)
  3:12
• 6
  Sophisticated Lady (Paris, December 21, 1949)
  3:11
• 7
  (It’s No) Sin (New York, October 19, 1951)
  2:58
• 8
  And So to Sleep Again (New York, October 19, 1951)
  2:58
• 9
  Spellbound (New York, January 31, 1952)
  3:06
• 10
  Lost in a Fog (New York, January 31, 1952)
  3:07
• 11
  Carioca (New York, January 31, 1952)
  2:27
• 12
  Midnight Sun (New York, February 26, 1952)
  2:55
• 13
  If I Could Be With You (New York, July 30, 1952)
  3:13
• 14
  I Can’t Get Started (New York, July 30, 1952)
  2:56
• 15
  My Blue Heaven (New York, Mid 1950)
  2:58
• 16
  Honeysuckle Rose (New York, Mid 1950)
  3:35
• 17
  Organ Grinder’s Swing (New York, Mid 1950)
  3:07
• 18
  Perdido (New York, Mid 1950)
  4:34
• 19
  Sweethearts on Parade (New York, Mid 1950)
  3:41
• 20
  Ruby (New York, April 27, 1953)
  2:27
• 21
  Song From Moulin Rouge (New York, April 27, 1953)
  2:57

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Sittin' In

Sittin' In 1958

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Coleman Hawkins and His Orchestra 2025

Release credits

• Al Casey
  guitar [7-9, 11-12]
• Al Lucas
  double bass [1, 4]
• Andy Fitzgerald
  clarinet [11-12]
• Art Tatum
  piano [7-9]
• Arthur Herbert
  drums (drum set) [6-9]
• Benny Carter
  trumpet [15-17]
• Bernard Addison
  guitar [5.2, 1.11, 1.16]
• Bill Coleman
  trumpet [11-12]
• Billy Taylor Sr.
  double bass [5.4, 6.2, 8.3]
• Bobby Stark
  trumpet [16]
• Budd Johnson
  alto saxophone [17-19], tenor saxophone [10, 17]
• Chuck Wayne
  guitar [17-19]
• Claude Jones
  trombone [1.16, 5.4]
• Clyde Hart
  piano [17]
• Coleman Hawkins
  tenor saxophone [4.6-9, 4.15-17, 5.2, 5.4, 5.7-9, 5.9, 5.11-12, 5.15, 5.18, 1.11, 1.16, 3.8, 3.19, 9.17, 9.19, 6.2, 6.10-11, 6.13-14, 6.17, 8.3, 8.14, 7.1, 7.4, 2.2, 2.4-5, 2.7-10, 2.14]
• Cootie Williams
  trumpet [7-9]
• Cozy Cole
  drums (drum set) [2, 10-11, 13-14]
• Danny Polo
  clarinet [15-17]
• Denzil Best
  drums (drum set) [3, 14]
• Dicky Wells
  trombone [16]
• Dizzy Gillespie
  trumpet [17]
• Django Reinhardt
  guitar [14]
• Don Byas
  tenor saxophone [6.17, 7.1, 7.4]
• Earl Hardy
  trombone [6-9]
• Eddie Heywood
  piano [18]
• Eddie Robinson
  double bass [14]
• Eddie Vanderveer
  trumpet [17]
• Edmond Hall
  clarinet [7-9]
• Ellis Larkins
  piano [11-12, 15]
• Emmett Berry
  trumpet [10]
• Ernie Powell
  alto saxophone [4]
• Eustis Moore
  alto saxophone [4.6-9, 5.4]
• Fats Navarro
  trombone [17-19]
• Freddy Johnson
  piano [8, 19]
• Fritz Reinders
  guitar [8]
• Gene Rodgers
  piano [5.4, 4.6-9, 4.15-17]
• Hank Jones
  piano [17-19]
• Harry Carney
  baritone saxophone [1, 4]
• Henry “Red” Allen
  trumpet [11, 16]
• Hilton Jefferson
  alto saxophone [11, 16], clarinet [11], reeds [16]
• Horace Henderson
  piano [11, 16]
• Howard McGhee
  trumpet [14]
• Israel Crosby
  double bass [11, 13-14]
• J.C. Heard
  drums (drum set) [4]
• J.C. Higginbotham
  trombone [4.15-17, 1.11]
• J.J. Johnson
  trombone [17-19]
• Jack Lesberg
  double bass [17-19]
• Jack Pet
  double bass [8]
• Jackie Fields
  alto saxophone [5.4, 4.6-9]
• Jimmy Shirley
  guitar [15]
• Joe Guy
  trumpet [5.4, 4.6-9]
• John Kirby
  bass [16], double bass [5.2, 1.11, 1.16]
• Johnny Guarnieri
  piano [7.1, 7.4, 6.10]
• Johnny Williams
  double bass [15-17]
• Kees Kranenburg
  drums (drum set) [8]
• Lawrence Lucie
  guitar [15-17]
• Leo Parker
  alto saxophone [17]
• Leonard Feather
  producer [2, 9]
• Leonard Lowry
  alto saxophone [17]
• Mack Shopnick
  double bass [10]
• Marion DeVeta
  bass [17-19]
• Maurice van Kleef
  drums (drum set) [19]
• Max Roach
  drums (drum set) [6.17, 5.15, 9.17-19]
• Milt Gabler
  producer [2]
• Nelson Bryant
  trumpet [4]
• Oscar Pettiford
  double bass [5.7-9, 5.9, 5.11-12, 5.15, 5.18, 6.17]
• Ray Abrams
  tenor saxophone [17]
• Roy Eldridge
  trumpet [2]
• Russell Procope
  reeds [16]
• Russell Smith
  trumpet [16]
• Sandy Williams
  trombone [4]
• Shelly Manne
  drums (drum set) [11-12, 18]
• Sid Catlett
  drums (drum set) [7.1, 7.4, 5.2, 5.9]
• Sir Charles Thompson
  piano [14]
• Stanley Black
  piano [5]
• Stéphane Grappelli
  piano [14]
• Tab Smith
  alto saxophone [1, 4]
• Teddy Wilson
  piano [6.2, 6.11, 6.13-14, 8.3]
• Thelma Carpenter
  vocal [8]
• Tommy Lindsay
  trumpet [4.6-9, 5.4]
• Tommy Stevenson
  trumpet [4]
• Victor Coulsen
  trumpet [17]
• Walter "Foots" Thomas
  alto saxophone [10]
• Walter Catlett
  drums (drum set) [9]
• Walter Johnson
  drums (drum set) [1.11, 1.16, 4.15-17]
• William Cato
  trombone [4]
• William Oscar Smith
  double bass [6-9]
• Show all credits (87)

Issues

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  Portrait

  10x CD
  2001