martes, 15 de junio de 2010

Coleman Hawkins encounters Ben Webster - THE COMPLETE SESSION


Thank's to Luci


Mp3, 320 kbps. Scans.

Tracklisting:

01. BLUES FOR YOLANDE (6:48)
02. IT NEVER ENTERED MY MIND (5:50)
03. LA ROSITA (5:06)
04. YOU’D BE SO NICE TO COME HOME TO (4:19)
05. PRISONER OF LOVE (4:16)
06. TANGERINE (5:24)
07. SHINE ON, HARVEST MOON (4:49)
08. MARIA (6:35) (*) Bonus Track
09. COCKTAILS FOR TWO (2:39) (*) Bonus Track
10. BLUES FOR YOLANDE (Mono Version) (6:48) (*) Bonus Track
11. LA ROSITA (Short Alternate Version) (2:37) (*) Bonus Track
12. SHINE ON, HARVEST MOON (Short Alternate Version) (2:18) (*) Bonus Track
13. MY MELANCHOLY BABY (4:08) (*) Bonus Track
14. WHERE ARE YOU (4:42) (*) Bonus Track
15. ILL WIND [Coleman Hawkins] (5:33) (*) Bonus Track
16. ILL WIND [Ben Webster] (3:31) (*) Bonus Track
17. BLUES FOR YOLANDE (Incomplete Take) (2:49) (*) Bonus Track

Total time: 78:19 min.


Tracks #1-7 originally issued as Verve MGV 8327.


Personnel on tracks #1-6: Coleman Hawkins, Ben Webster (ts), Oscar Peterson (p), Herb Ellis (g), Ray Brown (b) and Alvin Stoller (d). Recorded in Los Angeles, on October 16, 1957.

Personnel on tracks #13 & 15: Same personnel, place and date but omit Ben Webster.

Personnel on tracks #14 & 16: Same personnel and place but omit Coleman Hawkins and Stan Levey replaces Alvin Stoller. Recorded on October 15, 1957.


This release contains the complete classic album "Coleman Hawkins Encounters Ben Webster", as well as the other six tunes from the session, originally issued on different Hawkins’ albums and long out-of-print anthologies.

As a further bonus, it is added four tunes from sessions recorded on both the previous and the same day by each saxophonist alone with the same rhythm section. The sessions end with each player presenting his own reading of “Ill Wind”.

lunes, 14 de junio de 2010

Gene Krupa & Buddy Rich at Jatp - The Drum Battle (1952)


Mp3, 320 kbps. Scans.

Tracks 01 - 05:
Willie Smith (alto sax)
Hank Jones (piano)
Gene Krupa (drums)

Track 06 ("The Drum Battle"):
Gene Krupa (drums)
Buddy Rich (drums)

Track 07 ("Perdido"):
Roy Eldridge, Charlie Shavers (trumpet)
Benny Carter (alto sax)
Flip Phillips, Lester Young (tenor sax)
Oscar Peterson (piano)
Barney Kessel (guitar)
Ray Brown (bass)
Buddy Rich (drums)
Ella Fitzgerald (vocal)

Recorded 13 September 1952
with JATP at Carnegie Hall, New York City