Coleman Hawkins Encounters Ben Webster

Coleman Hawkins Encounters Ben Webster Artist: Coleman Hawkins w , Ben Webster , and Coleman Hawkins
Label: Polygram Records
Category: Music



Average customer rating: 5 out of 5 stars
Format: Original recording remastered
Media: Audio CD
Number Of Discs: 1


UPC: 731452142726
EAN: 0731452142726
ASIN: 1452142726


Release Date: 1997-07-29

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Tracks:

  1. Blues For Yolande (Stereo)
  2. It Never Entered My Mind
  3. La Rostia
  4. You'd Be So Nice To Come Home To
  5. Prisoner Of Love
  6. Tangerine
  7. Shine On Harvest Moon
  8. Blues For Yolande (Monaural)
  9. Blues For Yolande (Incomplete Takes)

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Customer Reviews:

5 out of 5 stars The Meeting of Giants.......2006-09-29

Some might say (including historians, musical producers and liner notes writers) that Hawkins was much better than Webster, that only Young could equall his power with his unique approach. Even if this is true, the level at which Hawk and Webster play is so high that I see the meeting of two true giants. Impecable rhythm section led by great Oscar Peterson always helps at these Verve style encounters and I feel that both tenor plays made the best of it. Whether it is gentle ballads, blowing the blues or harmonizing in rhythm, this CD should satisfy not only swing and mainstream fans but also modern jazz fans: mainstream by definition leans somewhat towards modern jazz and Hawk and Peterson particularly well blend the best of both worlds (as they did throught their careers; Hawkins even before modern jazz was born).
Classic.

5 out of 5 stars More Than Meets The Eye.......2005-10-11

A classic of jazz, the studio work of these 2 giants together in this mid to late 1950's period put forth some of the greatest sounding music ever layed down.
Hawkinks the master,Webster,the sweet soul bluesman on these tracks are an amazing display of blues,and jazz with the great Oscar Peterson on piano.
There are a whole slew of recordings done in this 1950's era for Verve comprising a similiar lineup of these stellar musicians and many are on the Veve master-editions issue...not to be missed for those exploring are the Genius of Coleman Hawkins,Ben Webster and Associates,Ben Webster meets Oscar Peterson,Ben Webster's Soulville..these releases were all repackaged with liner notes and given great treatment..
All of these "senior" masters were given their due late on in their careers but the greatness of their youth is revisited on this and the other fine releases.

5 out of 5 stars The nobility of tenor sax players.......2005-08-18

Without doubt Coleman Hawkins and Ben Webster are the best tenor players ever. Their distinctive sounds are the best one can produce on such a horn. That would be enough reason to buy this 'Encounter.' Apart from that, this is just a great swinging disc.

5 out of 5 stars Gorgeous album with a nasty flaw.......2005-04-06

One of the most beautiful records ever made. The "Master Edition" sound quality lets you truly hear the heartrending tone of these tenor giants. Beyond jazz, this will move anyone with a pulse. After seven tracks that leave you emotionally stunned, where you kept turning it up to savor every nuance of tone and feeling, you suddenly get the sound of a recording engineer barking into a mike! The fools just had to fill some unused CD real estate and mar one of the most beautiful records ever made with some let's look behind the curtain "Blues for Yolanda" outtakes! Why not use "Maria" and "Cocktails for Two", tracks from the same session I've found on other compilations? So be ready to shut down your CD player after "Shine On Harvest Moon". Grafitti on the Mona Lisa, fercrysakes.

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