Mega Sale Ellington, Duke / Hawkins, Coleman Duke Ellington Meets Coleman Hawkins (Acoustic Sounds Series) Verve vinyl record

1962, Jazz/ Big Band LP Repressedon Heavyweight Audiophile Record – Originally recorded in 1962 and released in 1963, Duke Ellington and Coleman Hawkins’ collaborative masterpiece remains one of the greats of all time. As well as Ellington on piano and Hawkins on saxophone, you get the sheer joy of Ray Nance on violin, Aaron Bell on bass and Sam Woodyard on drums. That’s not the whole line-up either, but fundamentally this is about Ellington’s compositions, which get played out with a silken touch. Pieces like ‘The Ricitic’ feel as light as a feather, proving how subtlety and delicacy are just as much a testament to skill as any performance fireworks.
“One of the great Ellington albums, one of the great Hawkins albums and one of the great albums of the 1960s.” This was The New York Times’ praise for Duke Ellington and Coleman Hawkins’ only recorded encounter.
Hawkins’ meeting with Ellington and an all-star group taken out of the big band does feature such greats as Ray Nance on cornet and violin, trombonist Lawrence Brown, altoist Johnny Hodges, and baritonist Harry Carney. High points include an exuberant ‘The Jeep Is Jumpin’,’ an interesting remake of ‘Mood Indigo,’ and a clutch of newly-composed Ellington pieces.
Verve’s Acoustic Sounds Series features transfers from the original analog tapes mastered by Ryan K. Smith at Sterling Sound and pressed on 180-gram vinyl at QPR. The series is supervised by Chad Kassem, CEO of Acoustic Sounds, and releases are presented in deluxe gatefold tip-on packaging.