Duke Ellington Meets Coleman Hawkins

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.

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) – 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

Notes

Impulse! Records albums

1963 albums

Duke Ellington albums

Coleman Hawkins albums

Albums produced by Bob Thiele

Collaborative albums

Albums produced by Michael Cuscuna