Sonny Meets Hawk! is a 1963 album by jazz saxophonist Sonny Rollins, with Coleman Hawkins appearing as guest artist.[5] 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.[6]

Sonny Meets Hawk!
Studio album by Sonny Rollins and Coleman Hawkins
Released	October 1963[1]
Recorded	July 15 (#1–2, 5) and 18 (#3–4, 6), 1963 RCA Victor Studio B, New York City
Genre	Jazz
Length	41:21
Label	RCA Victor LPM-2712
Producer	George Avakian
Sonny Rollins chronology
Our Man in Jazz (1962) Sonny Meets Hawk! (1963) Now's the Time (1964)
Coleman Hawkins chronology
Back in Bean's Bag (1962) Sonny Meets Hawk! (1963) Wrapped Tight (1965)

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Source	Rating
Down Beat	[2]
Allmusic	[3]
The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings	[4]

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.[7]

Track listing

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
4. "Just Friends" (John Klenner, Sam M. Lewis) – 4:40
5. "Lover Man (Oh Where Can You Be?)" – (Jimmy Davis, Roger "Ram" Ramirez, James Sherman) – 8:54
6. "At McKies'" (Rollins) – 7:03

Personnel

• Sonny Rollins – tenor saxophone
• Coleman Hawkins – tenor saxophone
• Paul Bley – piano
• Roy McCurdy – drums
• Bob Cranshaw – bass (tracks 1, 2, and 5) – recorded July 15
• Henry Grimes – bass (tracks 3, 4, and 6) – recorded July 18

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