| Review scores | |
|---|---|
| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |  [1] |
| Down Beat |  [2] |
| The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide | [3] |
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.[4]
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."[5]
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) [6] – 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
- ^ AllMusic review
- ^ Milkowski, Bill (June 2013). "Money Jungle: 50 Years After the Summit" (pdf). Down Beat. p. 34. Retrieved 7 June 2017.
- ^ Swenson, J., ed. (1985). The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide. USA: Random House/Rolling Stone. p. 69. ISBN 0-394-72643-X.
- ^ Billboard Feb 9, 1963
- ^ Watrous, Peter (17 December 1995). "Pop Briefs". The New York Times. Retrieved 8 June 2017.
- ^ 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.