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Body and Soul

Guy Barker continues to explore the history of jazz, focusing on the turning points that have shaped the genre, with a look at Coleman Hawkins.

Guy Barker continues to explore the history of jazz, focusing on the turning points and pivotal events that have shaped the genre, and discovering some great stories and larger-than-life characters along the way.

With his seminal recording of Body and Soul on 11 October 1939, Coleman Hawkins changed jazz. Never before had a musician played with such daring over a popular song, his fluid improvisation almost instantly departing from the original melody both harmonically and rhythmically, in a way that signalled a departure from the customs of 1930s jazz.

Despite Hawkins' not thinking much of the performance at the time, the record was extremely popular; but more importantly from a historical perspective, Hawkins became an inspiration to a younger generation of jazz musicians, most notably Charlie Parker. Hawkins had sown a seed in the mind of the young upstarts who would go on to change the shape of jazz, and the importance of this recording of Body and Soul should not be underestimated.

Guy Barker examines Coleman Hawkins' place in jazz and his legacy, by way of brand new interviews with Billy Taylor, Albert 'Tootie' Heath, Kenny Burrell, Ira Gitler, Junior Mance, Roy Haynes, Bill Crow, Dick Hyman, Ted Gioia, Gunther Schuller, Dan Morgenstern, and Geoffrey Smith; and of course, rare archive of the man himself, Coleman Hawkins.

1 hour

Last on

Sat 10 Oct 2020 04:00

Music Played

  • Coleman Hawkins & King Henry

    Jamaica Shout

    • Henry Allen - Coleman Hawkins 1933.
    • Hep.
    • CD-1028.
  • Fletcher Henderson

    Teapot Dome Blues

    • FLETCHER HENDERSON: A STUDY IN FRUSTRATION.
    • COLUMBIA.
    • C3K57596 / A.
  • McKinney’s Cotton Pickers

    Wherever Theres A Will Theres A Way

    • THE CENTENNIAL COLLECTION COLEMAN HAWKINS.
    • BLUEBIRD.
    • 82876 60087-2.
  • Mound City Blue Blowers & Coleman Hawkins

    If I Could Be With You One Hour Tonight

    • JAZZ GREATS-COLEMAN HAWKINS-BODY AND SOUL.
    • MARSHALL CAVENDISH PARTWORKS.
    • MC021.
  • Mound City Blue Blowers

    GEORGIA ON MY MIND

    • THE CROONERS.
    • LEGACY.
    • C2K52942.
  • Fletcher Henderson

    Queer Notions

    • Memorable Recordings.
    • Topaz.
    • 10-35.
  • Don Redman

    Chant of the Weeds

    • For Europeans only.
    • Steeplechase.
    • 36-020.
  • Duke Ellington

    SOLITUDE

    • THE AGE OF DUKE ELLINGTON.
    • RCA.
    • PL-42086.
  • Art Tatum

    Sophisticated Lady

    • JAZZ GREATS-ART TATUM-THE SHOUT.
    • MARSHALL CAVENDISH PARTWORKS.
    • MC032.
  • Art Tatum

    My Ideal

    • THE TATUM GROUP MASTERPIECES.
    • PABLO.
    • 2625-0706-BB.
  • Coleman Hawkins

    LADY BE GOOD

    • COLEMAN HAWKINS 1927-1939.
    • Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ ENTERPRISES.
    • Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔCD-698.
  • Coleman Hawkins

    Crazy Rhythm

    • Coleman Hawkins in Europe 1934-39.
    • JAZZ UP.
    • JU-31718/19.
  • Coleman Hawkins

    BODY AND SOUL

    • Body and Soul (Coleman Hawkins).
    • RCA VICTOR.
    • 685-15.
  • Coleman Hawkins

    SPOTLITE

    • Coleman Hawkins 1946?1947.
    • Classics.
    • Classics-984.
  • Coleman Hawkins

    Flyin' Hawk

    • JAZZ GREATS-MONK AND POWELL-NICE WORK IF YOU CAN GET IT.
    • MARSHALL CAVENDISH PARTWORKS.
    • MC048.
  • Jack Hylton's Band with Coleman Hawkins

    My Melancholy Baby

    • Jazz In Britain 1919-1950.
    • Proper.
    • Properbox-88.
  • Jones-Smith Incorporated

    OH LADY BE GOOD

    • THE ULTIMATE GERSHWIN.
    • CASTLE COMMUNICATIONS.
    • PBXCD-407.
  • Lester Young

    LESTER LEAPS IN

    • JAZZ AT THE PHILHARMONIC VOL 1.
    • POLYGRAM.
    • 314 523 893-2-BK01.
  • Lester Young Septet

    THIS YEARS KISSES

    • Jazz Giants '56.
    • Lonehill Jazz.
    • LHJ10330.
  • Coleman Hawkins

    Picasso

    • Be Bop Years.
    • TBC.
    • TBC.
  • Lester Young, Nat King Cole & Red Callender

    Body and Soul

    • Complete Aladdin Recordings.
    • Blue Note.
    • CDP-7243 8 32787 2 5.
  • Coleman Hawkins

    BODY AND SOUL

    • Body and Soul (Coleman Hawkins).
    • RCA VICTOR.
    • 685-15.
  • The All Seeing I

    Beat Goes On

    • FFRR.
  • Malcolm McLaren

    Double Dutch

    • Charisma.

Broadcasts

  • Wed 27 Oct 2010 22:00
  • Thu 28 Jan 2016 22:00
  • Wed 8 May 2019 01:00
  • Sat 10 Oct 2020 04:00

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