Today and Now

Today and Now
Studio album by Coleman Hawkins
Released	July/August 1963[1]
Recorded	September 9 & 11, 1962 Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs
Genre	Jazz
Length	40:01
Label	Impulse! A-34
Producer	Bob Thiele
Coleman Hawkins chronology
Duke Ellington Meets Coleman Hawkins (1962) Today and Now (1962) Desafinado (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]

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	[3]
Down Beat	[4]

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

References