Coleman Hawkins Encounters Ben Webster

Coleman Hawkins Encounters Ben Webster
Studio album by
ReleasedNovember 1959
RecordedOctober 16, 1957
Los Angeles
GenreJazz
Length36:11
LabelVerve
MG V-8327 / MG VS-6066
Coleman Hawkins chronology
The Coleman Hawkins, Roy Eldridge, Pete Brown, Jo Jones All Stars at Newport
(1957)
Coleman Hawkins Encounters Ben Webster
(1959)
The Genius of Coleman Hawkins
(1957)
Ben Webster chronology
Soulville
(1957)
Coleman Hawkins Encounters Ben Webster
(1957)
The Soul of Ben Webster
(1958)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[1]
DownBeat[2]
The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide[3]
The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings[4]

Coleman Hawkins Encounters Ben Webster is a studio album recorded on October 16, 1957,[5] by Coleman Hawkins and Ben Webster, accompanied by a rhythm section led by Oscar Peterson.[6][7]

In the United Kingdom, the album was released with the title Blue Saxophones.[8]

Track listing

  1. "Blues for Yolande" (Coleman Hawkins) – 6:44
  2. "It Never Entered My Mind" (Richard Rodgers, Lorenz Hart) – 5:47
  3. "La Rosita" (Paul Dupont, Allan Stuart) – 5:02
  4. "You'd Be So Nice to Come Home To" (Cole Porter) – 4:15
  5. "Prisoner of Love" (Russ Columbo, Clarence Gaskill, Leo Robin) – 4:13
  6. "Tangerine" (Johnny Mercer, Victor Schertzinger) – 5:21
  7. "Shine On, Harvest Moon" (Jack Norworth, Nora Bayes) – 4:49

Personnel

References

  1. ^ Coleman Hawkins Encounters Ben Webster at AllMusic
  2. ^ DeMichael, Don (4 February 1960). "Coleman Hawkins-Ben Webster: Coleman Hawkins Encounters Ben Webster". DownBeat. Vol. 27, no. 3. p. 28.
  3. ^ Swenson, J., ed. (1985). The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide. USA: Random House/Rolling Stone. p. 98. ISBN 0-394-72643-X.
  4. ^ Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings (9th ed.). Penguin. p. 668. ISBN 978-0-141-03401-0.
  5. ^ "Album Review: Coleman Hawkins Encounters Ben Webster, About.com Jazz". Archived from the original on 2012-05-05. Retrieved 2012-06-02.
  6. ^ Coleman Hawkins Encounters Ben Webster at AllMusic
  7. ^ Evensmo, J. The Tenor Sax of Coleman Hawkins Part 3: 1950 - 1959. Retrieved July 10, 2017
  8. ^ Coleman Hawkins Encounters Ben Webster at Discogs (list of releases)