COLEMAN HAWKINS & HIS ORCHESTRA Featuring DIZZY GILLESPIE: Disorder At The Border (Apollo Records 753, 10” 78RPM 1944)
Vic Coulsen, Dizzy Gillespie, Eddie Vanderveer, trumpet; Leonard Lowry, Leo Parker, alto sax; Ray Abrams, Don Byas, Coleman Hawkins, tenor sax; Budd Johnson, baritone sax; Clyde Hart, piano; Oscar Pettiford, bass; Max Roach, drums. NYC, February 22, 1944
February 16 and 22 of 1944, marked a landmark moment in the history of jazz, on this dates, Coleman Hawkins lead a combo in what was arguably the first bebop recording session. While Hawkins had been on the scene for twenty plus years, with his first recording session being with Mamie Smith in 1922, he was always on the cutting edge of the latest sound, and these dates proved it in spades.
“Disorder at the Border” was written by Hawkins, and with the young guns of Dizzy Gillespie, Don Byas, Leo Parker, Clyde Hart (who I played yesterday) and Max Roach, he brought this new sound to the world. Other bop tracks recorded at these sessions were Gillespie’s “Woody ‘N You” and Budd Johnson’s “Bu-Dee-Daht.”
I’ll throw it out there that my favorite version of Disorder At The Border was the 19:20 minute version recorded at the Elks Auditorium, Los Angeles, CA, on July 6, 1947, which featured Howard McGhee, trumpet; Trummy Young, trombone; Sonny Criss, alto sax; Dexter Gordon, Wardell Gray, tenor sax; Hampton Hawes, piano; Barney Kessel, guitar; Leroy Gray, bass; Ken Kennedy, drums.
These posts are recorded from my well worn 78s, I implore you to seek out hearing higher fidelity sources. I’ve posted it solely for educational purposes with extensive notes, and falls squarely within the guidelines of the fair use exception under copyright.
3:06
2:49
2:24
6:29
