This 1962 Moodsville quartet date finds Coleman Hawkins in excellent form performing tunes from Broadway shows. It's an unusually lively date for this label that specialized mainly in slow ballad treatments in a jazz setting, and it's a terrific date because of that. Hawk stays down in the lower register of his tenor throughout most of the selections, and his breathy, smoky tone is most attractive. I'LL TALK TO THE TREES and HERE I'LL STAY are wonderful songs, and Hawk delivers them up brilliantly. Pianist Tommy Flanagan offers superb support and also takes his share of excellent solos (the one on STRANGE MUSIC is especially fine). Not a CD filled with unforgettable masterpieces by the master, just a solid, solid set of wonderful jazz playing by Bean and the boys. ~ Amazon Customer's Review
01. I Talk To The Trees [4:24]
02. Smoke Gets In Your Eyes [4:40]
03. Wanting You [2:27]
04. Strange Music [6:18]
05. The Man That Got Away [4:08]
06. Get Out Of Town [4:14]
07. Here I'll Stay [4:09]
08. A Fellow Needs A Girl [4:47]
Recorded at the Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey on January 2, 1962. Includes liner notes by Nat Hentoff.
Coleman Hawkins: Tenor Saxophone
Tommy Flanagan: Piano
Major Holley: Bass
Eddie Locke: Drums
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