Coleman Hawkins - Coleman Hawkins Encounters Ben Webster

Bitrate: 320K/s
Time: 46:01
Size: 105.3 MB
Styles: Saxophone jazz
Year: 1957/1997
Art: Front

[6:44] 1. Blues For Yolande
[5:46] 2. It Never Entered My Mind
[5:02] 3. La Rosita
[4:15] 4. You'd Be So Nice To Come Home To
[4:12] 5. Prisoner Of Love
[5:20] 6. Tangerine
[4:49] 7. Shine On Harvest Moon
[6:52] 8. Blues For Yolande
[2:59] 9. Blues For Yolande

One of the great studio sessions of the 1950's (and part of a series by producer Norman Granz to pair pianist Oscar Peterson’s trio with great horn players), Coleman Hawkins Encounters Ben Webster remains a jazz masterpiece. Musicians back then would often show up and call tunes instead of bringing original compositions to recording sessions. The concept may have been simple, but the performances by Hawkins and Webster, two of the greatest tenor saxophone players in jazz, are incredibly deep. The renditions of certain jazz standards on this classic album some of the most beautiful versions ever put on record.

Overall, this is a beautifully melodic and sensitive record. Its relaxed pace (it never gets faster than a medium swing) allows the masterful saxophonists to showcase their greatest strengths, namely their deep and distinctive tones and heartfelt interpretations of the melodies. While the album is a saxophone feature all around, the rhythm section provides the rhythmic depth to make the record all the more satisfying. Coleman Hawkins encounters Ben Webster displays a warmth and lyricism that is often lost in modern jazz in favour of complicated rhythms and harmonies. This record definitely goes on my list of essential classic listening. ~Jonathan Lindhorst

Recorded: October 16, 1957 on Verve Records. Coleman Hawkins – Tenor Sax; Ben Webster – Tenor Sax; Oscar Peterson – Piano; Herb Ellis – Guitar; Ray Brown – Bass; Alvin Stoller – Drums.

Coleman Hawkins Encounters Ben Webster

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