Today and Now

Today and Now is an album by American jazz saxophonist Coleman Hawkins featuring performances recorded in 1962 for the Impulse! label.^[2]

Today and Now
Studio album by Coleman Hawkins
Released	July/August 1963[1]
Recorded	September 9 & 11, 1962
Studio	Van Gelder, Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey
Genre	Jazz
Length	40:01
Label	Impulse! A-34
Producer	Bob Thiele
Coleman Hawkins chronology
Duke Ellington Meets Coleman Hawkins (1962) Today and Now (1963) Bluesy Burrell (1962)

Reception

The Allmusic review by Steven McDonald awarded the album 4 stars stating "Not always the most compelling title from the Hawkins catalog, the record at least has the virtue of both being listenable and worthy of somewhat deeper inspection".^[3]

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	[3]
Down Beat	[4]
The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings	[5]

Track listing

1. "Go Li'l Liza" (Traditional) – 6:25
2. "Quintessence" (Quincy Jones) – 4:46
3. "Don't Love Me" (Bill Katz, Pauline Rivelli, Ruth Roberts) – 4:40
4. "Love Song from "Apache"" (Johnny Mercer, David Raksin) – 4:14
5. "Put on Your Old Grey Bonnett" (Stanley Murphy, Percy Wenrich) – 9:51
6. "Swingin' Scotch" (Coleman Hawkins) – 5:32
7. "Don't Sit Under the Apple Tree (with Anyone Else but Me)" (Sam H. Stept, Lew Brown, Charles Tobias) – 4:33

Recorded on September 9, 1962 (1-4) and 11, 1962 (5-7).

Personnel

• Coleman Hawkins – tenor saxophone
• Tommy Flanagan – piano
• Major Holley – bass
• Eddie Locke – drums