"Bean and the Boys" is a bebop composition written in 1948 by the American jazz tenor saxophonist Coleman Hawkins. It is a contrafact of "Lover Come Back to Me".[1]
The composition has been covered by numerous artists including notable recordings by Barry Harris, Bill Mays, Art Blakey, Jackie McLean, Bud Powell, and Tommy Flanagan.
Covered
edit- Barry Harris Magnificent (1969)[2]
- Bill Mays, Bick's Bag (2004)[3]
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ Levine, Mark (2011). The Jazz Theory Book. O'Reilly Media, Inc. p. 416. ISBN 9781457101458. Retrieved 8 April 2012.
- ^ Todd, Jim. "Magnificent". AllMusic. Retrieved 29 October 2018.
- ^ Dryden, Ken. "Bicks Bag - Bill Mays, Neil Swainson, Terry Clarke Trio". AllMusic. Retrieved 3 July 2018.
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