Duke Ellington Meets Coleman Hawkins Explained

Duke Ellington Meets Coleman Hawkins is a jazz album by Duke Ellington and Coleman Hawkins that was recorded on August 18, 1962, and released in February 1963 by Impulse! Records.^[1]

In 1995, The New York Times called it "one of the great Ellington albums, one of the great Hawkins albums and one of the great albums of the 1960s."^[2]

Track listing

All tracks composed by Duke Ellington, except where noted.

1. "Limbo Jazz" – 5:14
2. "Mood Indigo" (Duke Ellington, Barney Bigard) – 5:56
3. "Ray Charles' Place" – 4:04
4. "Wanderlust" (Duke Ellington, Johnny Hodges) – 5:00
5. "You Dirty Dog" – 4:19
6. "Self-Portrait (of the Bean)" (Duke Ellington, Billy Strayhorn) – 3:52
7. "The Jeep Is Jumpin'" (Duke Ellington, Johnny Hodges) – 4:49
8. "The Ricitic" – 5:51
9. "Solitude" (Duke Ellington, Eddie DeLange) (1995 CD bonus track) ^[3] – 5:51

Personnel

• Duke Ellington – piano
• Coleman Hawkins – tenor saxophone
• Johnny Hodges – alto saxophone
• Harry Carney – baritone saxophone, bass clarinet
• Lawrence Brown – trombone
• Ray Nance – cornet, violin
• Aaron Bell – double bass
• Sam Woodyard – drums

Production

• Bob Thiele – producer
• Rudy Van Gelder – engineer
• Joe Alper – photography
• Jason Claiborne – graphic design
• Stanley Dance – liner notes
• Hollis King – art direction

Reissue

• Michael Cuscuna – liner notes, reissue producer
• Erick Labson – digital remastering

Notes and References

1. https://books.google.com/books?id=dQsEAAAAMBAJ&dq=Duke+Ellington+Meets+impulse&pg=PA29 Billboard
2. Web site: Watrous. Peter. Pop Briefs. The New York Times. June 8, 2017. December 17, 1995.
3. CD reissue only. "Solitude" was until the 1995 CD reissue never part of the album. Originally issued on the compilation album The Definitive Jazz Scene-Volume 1 (Impulse! A-99) in the 1960s.