Personnel:
Coleman Hawkins, Ben Webster (ts), Oscar Peterson (p), Herb Ellis (g), Ray Brown (b), Alvin Stoller, Stan Levey (d)
Reference: EJC55434
Bar code: 8436028694341
This release contains the complete classic album "Coleman Hawkins Encounters Ben Webster", as well as the other six tunes from the session, originally issued on different Hawkins albums and long out-of-print anthologies.
As a further bonus, it is added four tunes from sessions recorded on both the previous and the same day by each saxophonist alone with the same rhythm section. The sessions end with each player presenting his own reading of Ill Wind.
Tracklisting:
01. BLUES FOR YOLANDE (6:48)
02. IT NEVER ENTERED MY MIND (5:50)
03. LA ROSITA (5:06)
04. YOUD BE SO NICE TO COME HOME TO (4:19)
05. PRISONER OF LOVE (4:16)
06. TANGERINE (5:24)
07. SHINE ON, HARVEST MOON (4:49)
08. MARIA (6:35) (*) Bonus Track
09. COCKTAILS FOR TWO (2:39) (*) Bonus Track
10. BLUES FOR YOLANDE (Mono Version) (6:48) (*) Bonus Track
11. LA ROSITA (Short Alternate Version) (2:37) (*) Bonus Track
12. SHINE ON, HARVEST MOON (Short Alternate Version) (2:18) (*) Bonus Track
13. MY MELANCHOLY BABY (4:08) (*) Bonus Track
14. WHERE ARE YOU (4:42) (*) Bonus Track
15. ILL WIND [Coleman Hawkins] (5:33) (*) Bonus Track
16. ILL WIND [Ben Webster] (3:31) (*) Bonus Track
17. BLUES FOR YOLANDE (Incomplete Take) (2:49) (*) Bonus Track
Total time: 78:19 min.
Tracks #1-7 originally issued as Verve MGV 8327.
Personnel on tracks #1-6: Coleman Hawkins, Ben Webster (ts), Oscar Peterson (p), Herb Ellis (g), Ray Brown (b) and Alvin Stoller (d). Recorded in Los Angeles, on October 16, 1957.
Personnel on tracks #13 & 15: Same personnel, place and date but omit Ben Webster.
Personnel on tracks #14 & 16: Same personnel and place but omit Coleman Hawkins and Stan Levey replaces Alvin Stoller. Recorded on October 15, 1957.
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Notes:
"These aren't encounters in the confrontational sense, but a merger of great musical minds."
Ron Wynn -All Music Guide
