Ellington, Duke - Meets Coleman Hawkins

RARE/2HAND VINYL LP ON IMPULSE 1962.

Impulse AS-26 made in USA in gatefold cover with original inner sleeve.

Vinyl NM. Cover NM.

Surprisingly, this Impulse album is the only recorded meeting between these two swing giants. Born just five years apart, Ellington and Hawkins led parallel lives through the swing era, but somehow never ended up in a recording studio together until this 1962 session. The pairing is certainly a good one that should have been repeated more often. Hawkins' famously robust tenor sax fits in seamlessly with Ellington and a small group of his top sidemen including Johnny Hodges, Harry Carney, and Ray Nance. These old pros work smoothly through a relaxed set of new and old Ellington compositions. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Duke_Ellington

Tracklist.

1.  Limbo Jazz
2.  Mood Indigo
3.  Ray Charles' Place
4.  Wanderlust
5.  You Dirty Dog
6.  Self Portrait (Of the Bean)
7.  The Jeep Is Jumpin'
8.  The Ricitic