Today's artists need no introduction (so here it is anyway) - Coleman Hawkins, the first tenor sax star, and pianist Horace Silver, the father, along with Art Blakey, of the hard bop style which, along with cool jazz, moved the music away from late-'40's bop.
| Hocus Pocus (1934) Fletcher Henderson (w/Coleman Hawkins) - Three Great Swing Saxophones |
| Crazy Rhythm (1943) Coleman Hawkins Swing Four - Bass Hits |
| Body & Soul (1939) Coleman Hawkins - Best |
| I Mean You (1946) Coleman Hawkins - Best |
| Prelude To A Kiss Horace Silver - The Horace Silver Trio (1952) |
| The Preacher Horace Silver - The Horace Silver Quintet, vol. 2 (1955) |
| You'd Be So Nice To Come Home To Coleman Hawkins - Coleman Hawkins Encounters Ben Webster (1957) |
| Blues Wail Tiny Grimes/Coleman Hawkins Swingtet - Blues Groove (1958) |
| Senor Blues Horace Silver Quintet - Swiss Radio Days, vol. 40 (1959) |
| Stealin' The Bean Coleman Hawkins - Hawk Eyes (1959) |
| Shirl Horace Silver Quintet - Swiss Radio Days, vol. 40 |
| The Midnight Sun Will Never Set Benny Carter & His Orchestra (w/Coleman Hawkins) - Further Definitions (1961) |
| Self Portrait (Of The Bean) Coleman Hawkins - Duke Ellington Meets Coleman Hawkins (1962 |
| Disorder At The Border Coleman Hawkins Quintet - radio broadcast - NYC, 1962 |
| Song For My Father Horace Silver - Song For My Father (1964) |
| Swingin' Scotch Coleman Hawkins - Today & Now (1962) |
| The Cape Verdean Blues Horace Silver - The Cape Verdean Blues (1965) |
| O Pato Coleman Hawkins - Desifinado (1962) |
| Red Beans & Rice Horace Silver - Pencil Packin' Papa (1994) |
| Out Of Nowhere Coleman Hawkins - Wrapped Tight (1965) |
| I Got The Blues In Santa Cruz Horace Silver - The Hardbop Grandpop (1965) |
| Hawkin' Horace Silver - The Hardbop Grandpop |
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