Body and Soul is an album

Album

An album is a collection of recordings, released as a single package on gramophone record, cassette, compact disc, or via digital distribution. The word derives from the Latin word for list .Vinyl LP records have two sides, each comprising one half of the album...

 by the jazz

Jazz

Jazz is a musical style that originated at the beginning of the 20th century in African American communities in the Southern United States. It was born out of a mix of African and European music traditions. From its early development until the present, jazz has incorporated music from 19th and 20th...

 tenor saxophonist

Tenor saxophone

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 Coleman Hawkins

Coleman Hawkins

Coleman Randolph Hawkins was an American jazz tenor saxophonist. Hawkins was one of the first prominent jazz musicians on his instrument. As Joachim E. Berendt explained, "there were some tenor players before him, but the instrument was not an acknowledged jazz horn"...

, including recordings made between 1939 and 1956. It takes its name from one of Hawkins' most famous performances — a 1939 recording of "Body and Soul

Body and Soul (song)

"Body and Soul" was recorded as a duet by Tony Bennett and Amy Winehouse in 2011. It was the final recording made by Winehouse before her death on July 23, 2011. The single was released worldwide on September 14, 2011 on iTunes, MTV and VH1....

"; the album also contains a 1956 recording of the same piece. (Because of the fame of the 1939 recording, there have been a number of compilations with the same title, including another from RCA

RCA

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, under its Topaz imprint, and a boxed set

Boxed set

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Track listing

1. "Meet Doctor Foo" (Hawkins) –2:32
2. "Fine Dinner" (Hawkins) –2:33
3. "She's Funny That Way" (Whiting–Daniels) –3:14
4. "Body and Soul
   Body and Soul (song)
   "Body and Soul" was recorded as a duet by Tony Bennett and Amy Winehouse in 2011. It was the final recording made by Winehouse before her death on July 23, 2011. The single was released worldwide on September 14, 2011 on iTunes, MTV and VH1....
   
   " (Heyman–Green–Sour) –3:00
5. "When Day Is Done" (Katscher–deSylva) –3:15
6. "The Sheik of Araby" Wheeler–Smith–Snyder) –2:56
7. "My Blue Heaven
   My Blue Heaven (song)
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   " (Whiting–Donaldson) –2:46
8. "Bouncing with Bean" (Hawkins) –3:03
9. "Say It Isn't So
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   " (Berlin) –2:57
10. "Spotlite" (Hawkins) –3:06
11. "April in Paris
    April in Paris (song)
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    " (Harburg–Duke) –3:06
12. "How Strange" (Prozorovsky–Brent–Kahn–Stothart) –3:02
13. "Half Step Down, Please" (Dameron–Hawkins) –3:02
14. "Angel Face" (Jones) –3:12
15. "There Will Never Be Another You
    There Will Never Be Another You
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    " (Warren–Gordon) –2:57
16. "The Bean Stalks Again" (Hawkins) –3:24
17. "Body and Soul" –4:51
18. "I Love Paris
    I Love Paris
    "I Love Paris" is a popular song written by Cole Porter and published in 1953. The song was introduced by Lilo in the musical Can-Can.Was the title of Michel Legrand's most popular album, which included an orchestral arrangement of the song...
    
    " (Porter) –3:30
19. "Under Paris Skies
    Under Paris Skies
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    " (Gannon–Drejac–Giraud) –2:45