The weather's getting cooler, the days are getting shorter... 'Body and Soul' will keep you cozy.

This is a collection of tracks Hawkins and company recorded between 1939 and 1956, recently remastered and released. It contains easily my favorite jazz recording of all time - the album's namesake, on track four - which is accompanied by eighteen other irresistible tracks, featuring the tenor saxophone prodigy at his best. I can only describe every song as warm, soothing, reassuring; the perfect remedy to a bad morning, the settled ending to a long day.

But don't interpret this description to mean banal... the colorful melodies, harmonies, well-considered dynamics and arrangements are enough to peak the interest of any music enthusiast.

Jazz fan or no jazz fan, listen up.