Coleman Hawkins and His Orchestra captures him at a moment of renewed vitality: mature, assured, and quietly adventurous, leading a small group of musicians who share both his sense of discipline and his appetite for exploration.

This release of the final night of the 1952 Curran Theatre run of shows (May 26-June 22, 1952) is based on a new high-resolution restoration of a set of transcription discs fortuitously found in pristine condition, digitized with the best choice of stylus and carefully pitch-corrected.

Among the stellar musicians who brought Mancini’s vision to life was alto saxophonist Ted Nash. A master of his instrument and one of the most in-demand session players of the West Coast scene, Nash’s playing stood out in the original soundtrack recordings. In 1959, Crown Records released this album, The Music of Peter Gunn, conducted by Nash and arranged under the watchful ear of producer Maxwell Davis.