Duke Ellington
Meets John Coltrane and Coleman Hawkins (FSRCD 749)
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Meets John Coltrane and Coleman Hawkins
Duke Ellington
Fresh Sound Records
8427328607490
ABS 137261
FSRCD 749
JAZZ
1
Meets John Coltrane and Coleman Hawkins
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2 LPs ON 1 CD
The jazz establishment met the young iconoclast when Duke Ellington and John Coltrane recorded together in September 1962, a meeting that seems, in retrospect, as unlikely as it was daring. But it worked. Each brought a rhythm section with him; Ellington had bassist Aaron Bell and drummer Sam Woodyard, while Coltrane came with Jimmy Garrison and Elvin Jones. A surprisingly homogenous, lyrical and thoroughly engaging session was capped with a magnificent reading of “In A Sentimental Mood”, but it also included splendid performances of “My Little Brown Book”, “Take The Coltrane” and “The Feeling Of Jazz”. Ellington is probing and inventive and Coltrane blends beautifully into a mainly Ducal programme.
Recorded a month earlier, the encounter with Coleman Hawkins was an altogether more lighthearted affair, with the two old masters enjoying a friendly and entertaining joust. Hawkins was the only outsider in a band of Ellingtonians – Nance, Brown, Hodges, Carney, Bell and Woodyard – and it’s intriguing to hear his gruff, eloquent tenor emerging from the unmistakeable colours of such a group. “Limbo Jazz” perhaps sums up the mood; it’s a piece of fun, but there are other moments to savour on “Wanderlust” and a buoyant “The Jeep Is Jumpin” and “The Ricitic”.
Amazing and unpredictable as ever, Ellington here confirms, yet again, his reputation as a musician beyond category.
PERSONNEL:
(1-8) from the album Duke Ellington & John Coltrane (Impulse A(S)30)
JOHN COLTRANE (ts, ss)
DUKE ELLINGTON (p)
AARON BELL or JIMMY GARRISON (b)
SAM WOODYARD or ELVIN JONES (d)
Recorded at Rudy Van Gelder Studios in Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey, on September 26, 1962
(9-15) from the album Duke Ellington Meets Coleman Hawkins (Impulse A(S)26)
RAY NANCE (cnt)
LAWRENCE BROWN (tb)
JOHNNY HODGES (as)
COLEMAN HAWKINS (ts)
HARRY CARNEY (bs, b-cl)
DUKE ELLINGTON (p)
AARON BELL (b)
SAM WOODYARD (d).
(15 & 16) only Ray Nance (vln), Coleman Hawkins (ts), Duke Ellington (p), Aaron Bell (b), Sam Woodyard (d)
Recorded at Rudy Van Gelder Studios in Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey, on August 18, 1962
(16) from the album The Definitive Jazz Scene, Vol. 1 (Impulse A(S)99)
TRACKS:
01. In a Sentimental Mood (Ellington-Kurtz-Mills) 4:14
02. Take the Coltrane (Ellington) 4:43
03. Big Nick (Coltrane) 4:27
04. Stevie (Ellington) 4:22
05. My Little Brown Book (Strayhorn) 5:20
06. Angelica (Purple Gazelle) (Ellington) 5:59
07. The Feeling of Jazz (Ellington-Troup-Simon) 5:34
08. Limbo Jazz (Ellington) 5:14
09. Mood Indigo (Ellington-Bigard-Mills) 5:55
10. Ray Charles’ Place (Ellington) 4:04
11. Wanderlust (Ellington-Hodges) 4:59
12. You Dirty Dog (Ellington) 4:18
13. Self Portrait (Of the Bean) (Ellington-Strayhorn) 3:52
14. The Jeep Is Jumpin’ (Ellington-Hodges) 4:48
15. The Ricitic (Ellington) 5:50
16. Solitude (Ellington-DeLange-Mills) 5:51 (*)
(*) Bonus track
The jazz establishment met the young iconoclast when Duke Ellington and John Coltrane recorded together in September 1962, a meeting that seems, in retrospect, as unlikely as it was daring. But it worked. Each brought a rhythm section with him; Ellington had bassist Aaron Bell and drummer Sam Woodyard, while Coltrane came with Jimmy Garrison and Elvin Jones. A surprisingly homogenous, lyrical and thoroughly engaging session was capped with a magnificent reading of “In A Sentimental Mood”, but it also included splendid performances of “My Little Brown Book”, “Take The Coltrane” and “The Feeling Of Jazz”. Ellington is probing and inventive and Coltrane blends beautifully into a mainly Ducal programme.
Recorded a month earlier, the encounter with Coleman Hawkins was an altogether more lighthearted affair, with the two old masters enjoying a friendly and entertaining joust. Hawkins was the only outsider in a band of Ellingtonians – Nance, Brown, Hodges, Carney, Bell and Woodyard – and it’s intriguing to hear his gruff, eloquent tenor emerging from the unmistakeable colours of such a group. “Limbo Jazz” perhaps sums up the mood; it’s a piece of fun, but there are other moments to savour on “Wanderlust” and a buoyant “The Jeep Is Jumpin” and “The Ricitic”.
Amazing and unpredictable as ever, Ellington here confirms, yet again, his reputation as a musician beyond category.
PERSONNEL:
(1-8) from the album Duke Ellington & John Coltrane (Impulse A(S)30)
JOHN COLTRANE (ts, ss)
DUKE ELLINGTON (p)
AARON BELL or JIMMY GARRISON (b)
SAM WOODYARD or ELVIN JONES (d)
Recorded at Rudy Van Gelder Studios in Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey, on September 26, 1962
(9-15) from the album Duke Ellington Meets Coleman Hawkins (Impulse A(S)26)
RAY NANCE (cnt)
LAWRENCE BROWN (tb)
JOHNNY HODGES (as)
COLEMAN HAWKINS (ts)
HARRY CARNEY (bs, b-cl)
DUKE ELLINGTON (p)
AARON BELL (b)
SAM WOODYARD (d).
(15 & 16) only Ray Nance (vln), Coleman Hawkins (ts), Duke Ellington (p), Aaron Bell (b), Sam Woodyard (d)
Recorded at Rudy Van Gelder Studios in Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey, on August 18, 1962
(16) from the album The Definitive Jazz Scene, Vol. 1 (Impulse A(S)99)
TRACKS:
01. In a Sentimental Mood (Ellington-Kurtz-Mills) 4:14
02. Take the Coltrane (Ellington) 4:43
03. Big Nick (Coltrane) 4:27
04. Stevie (Ellington) 4:22
05. My Little Brown Book (Strayhorn) 5:20
06. Angelica (Purple Gazelle) (Ellington) 5:59
07. The Feeling of Jazz (Ellington-Troup-Simon) 5:34
08. Limbo Jazz (Ellington) 5:14
09. Mood Indigo (Ellington-Bigard-Mills) 5:55
10. Ray Charles’ Place (Ellington) 4:04
11. Wanderlust (Ellington-Hodges) 4:59
12. You Dirty Dog (Ellington) 4:18
13. Self Portrait (Of the Bean) (Ellington-Strayhorn) 3:52
14. The Jeep Is Jumpin’ (Ellington-Hodges) 4:48
15. The Ricitic (Ellington) 5:50
16. Solitude (Ellington-DeLange-Mills) 5:51 (*)
(*) Bonus track
