album · November 1, 1959
Coleman Hawkins Encounters Ben Webster
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This 1959 studio session paired two titans of the tenor saxophone, Coleman Hawkins and Ben Webster, for a set of standards that showcased their distinct but complementary styles.
- The album was recorded in a single session on November 6, 1959, at the famous Van Gelder Studio in Hackensack, New Jersey.
- Producer Norman Granz famously kept the musicians playing for hours, resulting in a relaxed yet fiery atmosphere.
- The release was among the first on the newly formed Verve Reissues label, a subsidiary of MGM Records.
Coleman Hawkins was an American jazz tenor saxophonist. He was one of the first prominent jazz musicians to make the tenor saxophone a regular C melody instrument.
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