Coleman Hawkins Encounters Ben Webster
Studio album by
Coleman Hawkins, Ben Webster
ReleasedNovember 1959
RecordedOctober 16, 1957
Los Angeles
GenreJazz
Length36:11
LabelVerve
MG V-8327 / MG VS-6066
Coleman Hawkins chronology
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(1957) 		Coleman Hawkins Encounters Ben Webster
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(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)


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