Rainbow Mist

Coleman Hawkins music is brilliant. Love listening to this.

Listening

CD arrived with a broken spindle in the case. Pieces fell out as I opened the case.

Rainbow Mist by Coleman Hwakins is a rare CD. Released on 1944 in the Apollo label it was officiall the first be-bop record released.While other labels sold for around 35 cents each circa 1944, the Apollos cost over$1.50! I am so glad they are now available on the Delmark label in CD form. For be-bop or jazz fans...Rainbow Mist is a highly collectable CD!

If you still use this format, and haven't got the wallet to buya comprehensive set, this is terrific. Good quality recordingand great compilation of tunes.

Very fine older datr

Coleman Hawkins was the first important tenor in jazz, a true legend, he was an innovator and a vital influence for fourty years. Every jazz collection needs to include some Hawk, and few cds are more essential than this one. Famous for including what is considered the first be-bop recording, Dizzy Gillspie's "Woody'n You", this is a cd that is not short on classic performances. The opening track is a beautiful reworking of Hawk's signature piece, "Body and Soul", titled "Rainbow Mist". The legendary recording of "Woody'n You" has a hard swinging Hawk totally digging into the music, and one of Gillespie's first great solos. Adding to this cd's value, there is the spirited initial recording of "Salt Peanuts", and several high energy solos from fellow saxmen Ben Webster and George Auld. Hearing Hawk in his early prime as well as young future icons such as Dizzy Gillespie, Oscar Pettiford, and Max Roach makes this cd a must have. This music is classic and inspired, and belongs in every jazz listener's library.

Apollo recordings were not top of the heap but they deserved way better than the cedar process.