grösstenteils aus dem Gedächtnis:
Tenor Giants (Commodore, 1940/43) *****
1943-1944 (Classics) *****
The Complete Keynote Recordings (1944) *****
(enthält auch Sessions von Cozy Cole, Charlie Shavers, Buck Clayton & Teddy Wettling)
Rainbow Mist (Delmark/Apollo, 1944) *****
1944-1945 (Classics) *****
Bean and the Boys (Fantasy, 1944/46) ****1/2
(Walter „Foots“ Thomas Session (1944), Hawkins‘ Prestige-Session mit Monk (1944) und eine Hawkins-Session von 1946 mit Fats Navarro, J.J. Johnson, Milt Jackson, Max Roach etc.)
Hollywood Stampede (Capitol, 1945/46, Aladdin 1947) *****
The Vogue Recordings (1949) ****
Lausanne 1949 (TCB „Swiss Radio Days“) ****
The Hawk in Paris (RCA, 1956) ****
The Hawk in Hi-Fi (RCA, 1956) ****
The Gilded Hawk (Capitol, 1956/57) ***1/2
The Genius of Coleman Hawkins (Verve, 1957) *****
Coleman Hawkins Encounters Ben Webster (Verve, 1957) *****
The Coleman Hawkins, Roy Eldridge, Pete Brown, Jo Jones All Stars At Newport (Verve, 1957) ***1/2
The Hawk Flies High (Riverside, 1957) *****
Coleman Hawkins & Roy Eldridge at the Opera House (Verve, 1957) ****1/2
Sittin‘ In with Dizzy Gillespie, Stan Getz, Coleman Hawkins & Paul Gonsalves (Verve, 1957) ***1/2
Coleman Hawkins and Confreres (Verve, 1957/58) ****
Soul (Prestige, 1958) ****1/2
Tiny Grimes & Coleman Hawkins – Blues Groove (Prestige, 1958) **** (Tendenz zu ****1/2)
Hawk Eyes (Prestige, 1959) ****
Coleman Hawkins with the Red Garland Trio (Prestige, 1959) ****
Eddie „Lockjaw“ Davis, Buddy Tate, Coleman Hawkins & Arnett Cobb – Very Saxy (Prestige, 1959) ****
Coleman Hawkins All Stars feat. Joe Thomas, Vic Dickenson (Swingville, 1960) ***1/2
Night Hawk (Prestige, 1960) *****
At Ease With Coleman Hawkins (Prestige, 1960) ****
The Hawk Swings & The Hawk Swings Vol. 2 (Crown, 1960) ****
Bean Stalkin‘ (Pablo, 1960) ***1/2
The Hawk Relaxes (Prestige, 1961) ****
Coleman Hawkins & Pee Wee Russell – Jam Session in Swingville (Swingville, 1961) ***1/2
(„Things Ain’t What They Used to Be“ + „Years Ago“)
On Broadway (Prestige, 1962) ***
(„Good Old Broadway“, „Plays Make Someone Happy from Do Re Mi“, plus zwei Tracks von „Plays the Jazz Version of No Strings“)
Hawkins! Eldridge! Hodges! Alive! At the Village Gate (Verve, 1962) ****1/2
Alive! At the Village Gate (Verve, 1962) ****1/2
Duke Ellington – Duke Ellington Meets Coleman Hawkins (Impulse, 1962) ****1/2
Today and Now (Impulse, 1962) *****
Desafinado (Impulse, 1962) ***
Wrapped Tight (Impulse, 1965) ***1/2
Supreme – Live at the Left Bank Jazz Society (Enja, 1966) ***
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