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.Billboard, February 9, 1963.
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."
Track listing All tracks composed by Duke Ellington, except where noted.
"Limbo Jazz" – 5:14 "Mood Indigo" (Duke Ellington, Barney Bigard) – 5:56 "Ray Charles' Place" – 4:04 "Wanderlust" (Duke Ellington, Johnny Hodges) – 5:00 "You Dirty Dog" – 4:19 "Self-Portrait (of the Bean)" (Duke Ellington, Billy Strayhorn) – 3:52 "The Jeep Is Jumpin'" (Duke Ellington, Johnny Hodges) – 4:49 "The Ricitic" – 5:51 "Solitude" (Duke Ellington, Eddie DeLange) (1995 CD bonus track) 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. – 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
Charts + Chart performance for Duke Ellington Meets Coleman Hawkins Chart (2022) Peakposition
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