[TR24][OF] Coleman Hawkins - At Ease With Coleman Hawkins (Reissue) - 1960/2014 (Mainstream Jazz, Cool)

At Ease is one of the most charming and attractive of the many albums Coleman Hawkins and Tommy Flanagan made together — a collection of ballads played with great affection for the melody. Hawkins could be fiercely aggressive in his playing. In this collection, he displays his tenderness. If ever there was a master of the ballad, it was Coleman Hawkins. His romantic style and sound caused one writer to say: "Hawk turned the saxophone into the sexophone."
At Ease was done for the Moodsville series but while Hawkins, with the expert help of his pianist, Tommy Flanagan, sets a mood on eight standards, it is never merely mood music.
“I was the engineer on the recording sessions and I also made the masters for the original LP issues of these albums. Since the advent of the CD, other people have been making the masters. Mastering is the final step in the process of creating the sound of the finished product. Now, thanks to the folks at the Concord Music Group who have given me the opportunity to remaster these albums, I can present my versions of the music on CD using modern technology. I remember the sessions well, I remember how the musicians wanted to sound, and I remember their reactions to the playbacks. Today, I feel strongly that I am their messenger.” — Rudy Van Gelder

Recorded originally for the Prestige subsidiary Moodsville, Coleman Hawkins (along with the Tommy Flanagan Trio) sticks exclusively to ballads and slower pieces, all played at a low flame. Although it is nice to hear the veteran tenor interpreting "Poor Butterfly" and "I'll Get By," this CD is more successful as pleasant background music than as creative jazz.

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Analyzed: Coleman Hawkins / At Ease With Coleman Hawkins
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DR         Peak         RMS     Duration Track
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DR10      -0.10 dB   -12.48 dB      6:09 01-For You, For Me, For Evermore
DR11      -0.08 dB   -12.59 dB      3:35 02-While We're Young
DR10      -0.34 dB   -12.96 dB      5:11 03-Then I'll Be Tired Of You
DR9       -0.08 dB   -12.33 dB      4:04 04-Mighty Like A Rose
DR10      -0.05 dB   -12.84 dB      4:41 05-At Dawning
DR11      -0.30 dB   -14.40 dB      5:28 06-Trouble Is A Man
DR12      -0.45 dB   -14.42 dB      6:08 07-Poor Butterfly
DR12      -0.56 dB   -15.03 dB      6:37 08-I'll Get By (As Long As I Have You)
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Number of tracks:  8
Official DR value: DR11
Samplerate:        44100 Hz
Channels:          2
Bits per sample:   24
Bitrate:           1516 kbps
Codec:             FLAC
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