Sonny Meets Hawk! is a 1963 album by jazz saxophonist Sonny Rollins, with Coleman Hawkins appearing as guest artist. It was recorded at RCA Victor Studio B in New York City on July 15 and 18, 1963. The album features some of Rollins's most avant-garde playing.
The album marks the first time the two saxophonists had entered a recording studio together, although they had appeared on stage together briefly that same year at the Newport Jazz Festival.
Track listing Side one 1. "Yesterdays" (Jerome Kern, Otto Harbach) – 5:13 2. "All the Things You Are" (Kern, Oscar Hammerstein II) – 9:33 3. "Summertime" (DuBose Heyward, George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin) – 5:58
Side two 1. "Just Friends" (John Klenner, Sam M. Lewis) – 4:40 2. "Lover Man (Oh Where Can You Be?)" (Jimmy Davis, Roger "Ram" Ramirez, James Sherman) – 8:54 3. "At McKies'" (Sonny Rollins) – 7:03
Personnel Sonny Rollins – tenor saxophone Coleman Hawkins – tenor saxophone Paul Bley – piano Bob Cranshaw – bass (tracks 1, 2, 5) Henry Grimes – bass (tracks 3, 4, 6) Roy McCurdy – drums
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