Today and Now explained

Today and Now
Type:	Album
Artist:	Coleman Hawkins
Cover:	Today and Now.jpg
Released:	July/August 1963^[1]
Recorded:	September 9 & 11, 1962
Studio:	Van Gelder, Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey
Genre:	Jazz
Length:	40:01
Label:	Impulse! A-34
Producer:	Bob Thiele
Chronology:	Coleman Hawkins
Prev Title:	Duke Ellington Meets Coleman Hawkins
Prev Year:	1962
Next Title:	Bluesy Burrell
Next Year:	1962

Today and Now is an album by American jazz saxophonist Coleman Hawkins featuring performances recorded in 1962 for the Impulse! label.^[2]

Reception

The Allmusic review by Steven McDonald awarded the album 4 stars stating "Not always the most compelling title from the Hawkins catalog, the record at least has the virtue of both being listenable and worthy of somewhat deeper inspection".^[3]

Track listing

1. "Go Li'l Liza" (Traditional) – 6:25
2. "Quintessence" (Quincy Jones) – 4:46
3. "Don't Love Me" (Bill Katz, Pauline Rivelli, Ruth Roberts) – 4:40
4. "Love Song from "Apache"" (Johnny Mercer, David Raksin) – 4:14
5. "Put on Your Old Grey Bonnett" (Stanley Murphy, Percy Wenrich) – 9:51
6. "Swingin' Scotch" (Coleman Hawkins) – 5:32
7. "Don't Sit Under the Apple Tree (with Anyone Else but Me)" (Sam H. Stept, Lew Brown, Charles Tobias) – 4:33

Recorded on September 9, 1962 (1-4) and 11, 1962 (5-7).

Personnel

• Coleman Hawkins – tenor saxophone
• Tommy Flanagan – piano
• Major Holley – bass
• Eddie Locke – drums

Notes and References

1. https://books.google.com/books?id=WAsEAAAAMBAJ&dq=Today+Now+impulse+1963&pg=PA14 Billboard Aug 10, 1963
2. http://www.jazzdisco.org/impulse-records/catalog-9000-series/#a-34 Impulse! Records discography
3. McDonald, S. Allmusic Review accessed March 18, 2011