At The London House 1963

Personnel: Coleman Hawkins (ts), Tommy Flanagan, Eddie Higgins (p), Major Holley, Bob Cranshaw (b), Eddie Locke, Walter Perkins (d). Tracks #1-8, previously issued as "Live from the London House" (Jasmine 2521) Personnel on #1-8: Coleman Hawkins (ts), Tommy Flanagan (p), Major Holley (b), Eddie Locke (d). Recorded live at the London House, Chicago, Illinois, on June 12 [#1-4] & June 19 [#5-8], 1963. Personel on track #9: Coleman Hawkins (ts), Eddie Higgins (p), Bob Cranshaw (b), Walter Perkins (d). Recorded live at the Playboy Jazz Festival, Chicago, Illinois, on August 9, 1959. Coleman Hawkins remained perennially modern with an open ear for innovation. During the mid forties, he invited such musicians as Miles Davis, Fats Navarro, Oscar Pettiford and Max Roach to join his band, and it was thanks to Hawkins that Thelonious Monk first entered a recording studio. He would even record a celebrated date with Sonny Rollins in 1963.