EmArcy session · in the studio

May 24, 1944

Coleman Hawkins And His Sax Ensemble

This day's music is on 3 records: Holiday In Sax, Volume III-Giants Of Jazz - The Jazz Greats: Reeds-Part II, Battle Of The Saxes

In the room

Coleman Hawkins – tenor sax
Tab Smith – alto sax, arranger
Don Byas – tenor sax
Harry Carney – baritone sax
Johnny Guarnieri – piano
Al Lucas – bass
Sid Catlett – drums

The takes

2 of these 6 takes stayed in the vault at the time: alternates and tunes that weren't issued. Switch to hear only the ones that came out on the records.

What the numbers mean

Mercury numbered its masters by the tune; the take kept is the one that was issued.

Matrix · take	Title	First out on
HL29-1	On The Sunny Side Of The Street	Not issued at the time · later on Mercury (J) 18PJ-1051/71
HL29-2	-	MG-26026, MG-36051
HL30-1	Three Little Words	MG-36023
HL31-1	Battle Of The Saxes	MG-36023
HL32-1	Louise	Not issued at the time · later on Mercury (J) 18PJ-1051/71
HL32-2	-	MG-36023

6 takes · the ones we haven't matched yet are looked up on Spotify when you make it

Where it ended up

Various Artists – Holiday In Sax (EmArcy MG-26026)

MG-26026Holiday In SaxVarious Artists

Various Artists – Volume III-Giants Of Jazz - The Jazz Greats: Reeds-Part II (EmArcy MG-36051)

MG-36051 · 1956Volume III-Giants Of Jazz - The Jazz Greats: Reeds-Part IIVarious Artists

Various Artists – Battle Of The Saxes (EmArcy MG-36023)

MG-36023 · 1955Battle Of The SaxesVarious Artists

Together elsewhere

The other albums at least two of these players are on together.

2 of them 23 albums

No.	Title	Leader	Year	Who
MG-26019	Holiday In Trombone	Various Artists	1944	Johnny Guarnieri, Sid Catlett
MG 9008	Tenor Sax Solos Volume 1	Various Artists	1952	Coleman Hawkins, Johnny Guarnieri
BLP 5027	Swing Hi-Swing Lo	Various Artists	1953	Harry Carney, Sid Catlett
MG 9029	The "Pres" And The "Bean"	Coleman Hawkins, Lester Young	1953	Coleman Hawkins, Johnny Guarnieri
MG 9030	Jam Session At Savoy	Various Artists	1954	Coleman Hawkins, Johnny Guarnieri
MG 15039	The Hawk Talks	Coleman Hawkins	1954	Coleman Hawkins, Johnny Guarnieri
MG-26013	Bean	Coleman Hawkins	1954	Coleman Hawkins, Sid Catlett
MG-26021	Pres Meets Vice-Pres	Lester Young, Paul Quinichette	1954	Johnny Guarnieri, Sid Catlett
MG-36017	Trumpet Interlude	Various Artists	1955	Tab Smith, Al Lucas
MG-36018	Alto Altitude	Various Artists	1955	Harry Carney, Johnny Guarnieri
MG-36038	Boning Up The 'Bones	Various Artists	1955	Johnny Guarnieri, Sid Catlett
CL 901	Blues By Basie	Count Basie And His Orchestra	1956	Tab Smith, Don Byas
CL 933	At Newport	Duke Ellington / Buck Clayton All-Stars	1956	Coleman Hawkins, Harry Carney
MG-36050	Volume III-Giants Of Jazz - The Jazz Greats: Reeds-Part I	Various Artists	1956	Johnny Guarnieri, Sid Catlett
CL 997	One O'Clock Jump	Count Basie	1957	Tab Smith, Don Byas
MGV-4008	Ella Fitzgerald Sings The Duke Ellington Song Book Volume One	Ella Fitzgerald	1958	Coleman Hawkins, Harry Carney
MGV-4009	Ella Fitzgerald Sings The Duke Ellington Song Book Volume Two	Ella Fitzgerald	1958	Coleman Hawkins, Harry Carney
A-26	Duke Ellington Meets Coleman Hawkins	Duke Ellington Meets Coleman Hawkins	1963	Coleman Hawkins, Harry Carney
V-8539	Norman Granz Presents Jazz At The Philharmonic In Europe (Volume 1)	Jazz At The Philharmonic	1963	Coleman Hawkins, Don Byas
V-8540	Norman Granz Presents Jazz At The Philharmonic In Europe (Volume 2)	Jazz At The Philharmonic	1963	Coleman Hawkins, Don Byas
V-8541	Norman Granz Presents Jazz At The Philharmonic In Europe (Volume 3)	Jazz At The Philharmonic	1963	Coleman Hawkins, Don Byas
V-8542	Norman Granz Presents Jazz At The Philharmonic In Europe (Volume 4)	Jazz At The Philharmonic	1963	Coleman Hawkins, Don Byas
A-99	The Definitive Jazz Scene Volume 1	Various Artists	1964	Coleman Hawkins, Harry Carney