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''The Jazz Version of No Strings'' (complete title ''The Coleman Hawkins Quartet Play The Jazz Version of No Strings'') is an album by saxophonist
Coleman Hawkins Coleman Randolph Hawkins (November 21, 1904 – May 19, 1969), nicknamed "Hawk" and sometimes "Bean", was an American jazz tenor saxophonist.Yanow, Scot"Coleman Hawkins: Artist Biography" AllMusic. Retrieved December 27, 2013. One of the first ...
featuring tracks from the musical drama ''
No Strings ''No Strings'' is a musical drama with book by Samuel A. Taylor and words and music by Richard Rodgers. ''No Strings'' is the only Broadway score for which Rodgers wrote both lyrics and music, and the first musical he composed after the death o ...
'' written by
Richard Rodgers Richard Charles Rodgers (June 28, 1902 – December 30, 1979) was an American Musical composition, composer who worked primarily in musical theater. With 43 Broadway theatre, Broadway musicals and over 900 songs to his credit, Rodgers wa ...
, which was recorded in 1962 and released on the Moodsville label.Prestige Records discography
accessed March 18, 2013
Allmusic AllMusic (previously known as All-Music Guide and AMG) is an American online database, online music database. It catalogs more than three million album entries and 30 million tracks, as well as information on Musical artist, musicians and Mus ...
awarded the album 3 stars.Allmusic Review
accessed March 18, 2013


Track listing

All compositions by Richard Rodgers # "Look No Further" - 4:28 # "La La La" - 3:18 # "Nobody Told Me" - 3:20 # "Maine" - 3:11 # "Loads of Love" - 4:10 # " The Sweetest Sounds" - 4:17 # "Be My Host" - 3:03 # "The Man Who Has Everything" - 5:56 # "No Strings" - 4:44


Personnel

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Coleman Hawkins Coleman Randolph Hawkins (November 21, 1904 – May 19, 1969), nicknamed "Hawk" and sometimes "Bean", was an American jazz tenor saxophonist.Yanow, Scot"Coleman Hawkins: Artist Biography" AllMusic. Retrieved December 27, 2013. One of the first ...
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tenor saxophone The tenor saxophone is a medium-sized member of the saxophone family, a group of instruments invented by Adolphe Sax in the 1840s. The tenor and the alto are the two most commonly used saxophones. The tenor is pitched in the key of B (whi ...
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Major Holley Major "Mule" Holley Jr. (July 10, 1924 – October 25, 1990) was an American jazz upright bassist. Early life and education Holley was born in Detroit, Michigan, United States. He attended the prestigious Cass Technical High School in Detroi ...
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References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Jazz Version of No Strings, The Coleman Hawkins albums 1962 albums Moodsville Records albums Albums recorded at Van Gelder Studio Albums produced by Esmond Edwards