Product details
- Label Verve Records
- Artist (acoustic sound series)
- Format 1LP
- Country United States
- Released Date 2023
- Genre Jazz
- Sealed Yes
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Condition: Sealed (New)
Coleman Hawkins Encounters Ben Webster by Coleman Hawkins featuring Ben Webster.
When two of the greatest tenor saxophonists in jazz history sit down together, the result is a summit worth documenting. Recorded in Hollywood on October 16th, 1957, and originally released by Verve in 1959, this session brought Coleman Hawkins—the man who defined the tenor as a solo voice—face to face with Ben Webster, whose warm, breathy tone made him one of the instrument's most distinctive stylists. Produced under the supervision of Norman Granz, it captures a meeting of masters at the peak of their expressive powers, with liner notes by the esteemed critic Nat Hentoff and cover photography by Burt Goldblatt.
Behind the two horns sits a rhythm section of extraordinary pedigree: Oscar Peterson on piano, Herb Ellis on guitar, Ray Brown on bass, and Alvin Stoller on drums. The interplay between Hawkins and Webster is the heart of the record—two contrasting personalities trading phrases, one robust and architectural, the other velvet and intimate—buoyed by Peterson's elegant swing and Brown's deep, resonant pulse.
This 2023 reissue honors that legacy with care, mastered by Ryan Smith at Sterling Sound and cut by Bernie Grundman, pressed in the U.S.A. with etched runouts under the supervision of Chad Kassem. It's a warm, conversational listen and a genuinely desirable pressing—one that belongs in the collection of anyone who cherishes classic tenor jazz.
Pressing Details:
Track Listing:
A1. Blues For Yolande
A2. It Never Entered My Mind
A3. Rosita
B1. You'd Be So Nice To Come Home To
B2. Prisoner Of Love
B3. Tangerine
B4. Shine On Harvest Moon
Credits:
Sheldon Marks - Art Direction
Ray Brown - Bass
Alvin Stoller - Drums
Herb Ellis - Guitar
Bernie Grundman - Lacquer Cut By
Nat Hentoff - Liner Notes
Ryan Smith (2) - Mastered By [Reissue Mastering, Sterling Sound]
Burt Goldblatt - Photography By [Cover Photo], Cover [Cover Photo]
Oscar Peterson - Piano
Chad Kassem - Supervised By [Reissue Supervisor]
Norman Granz - Supervised By [Supervision]
Ben Webster - Tenor Saxophone [Tenor Saxophones]
Coleman Hawkins - Tenor Saxophone [Tenor Saxophones]
Notes:
Repress using metal parts from [r=4850394].
This Session was recorded in Hollywood, October 16th 1957.
[On rear]
A Verve Records release; Originally released in 1959 on Verve Records © 2023 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Distributed by Universal Music Enterprises, A Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
[On labels, rim text]
Verve Records, Inc. — Made in U.S.A.
Runouts are etched.
Artist: (acoustic sound series)
Supporting Artists: Ben Webster
Format: 1LP
Genre: Jazz
Label: Verve Records
Catalog Number: B0037377-01
Release Year: 2023
Country: United States
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