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Tangerine by Coleman Hawkins & Ben Webster

Artist Biography For Coleman Hawkins & Ben Webster

Coleman Hawkins And Ben Webster First Met At A Kansas City Jam Session At Which Hawkins Finally Encountered His Match In Local Tenors Webster Herschel Evans And Lester Young. The All-Night Meeting Has Become The Stuff Of Legend And A Continuous Thread In Robert Altman's Film Kansas City Though There It's Reduced To Two Tenors . Recorded By Norman Granz This 1957 Meeting Supports The Two With Fine Accompaniment That Includes Oscar Peterson Ray Brown And Herb Ellis. The Material Includes The Great "Blues For Yolanda " With A Honking Squeaking Solo That Suggests Hawkins Is The Father Of All R&B Tenor Saxophonists As Well As Those In Jazz While "Rosalita" Has An Engaging Latin Beat. There's Also Plenty Of Room For The Two To Display Their Ballad Art But There's No Real Competition Between The Two Big-Toned Gruff Tenorists Each A Mature Artist Enjoying The Highest Challenge A Peer Might Offer. - Stuart Broomer-

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