DUKE ELLINGTON AND COLEMAN HAWKINS - DUKE ELLINGTON MEETS COLEMAN HAWKINS (HYBRID SACD)

Duke Ellington Meets Coleman Hawkins on Hybrid SACD

Collaborative albums such as this one have always been something of a stunt on the part of the record label, with the artists themselves usually stuck with too little time to work out something that would easily act as a functional compromise. Many of these albums, then, have faded away with time.

Impulse, however, had more than its share of solid collaborations. Duke Ellington Meets Coleman Hawkins is a lot of fun, whether it's the daffy cut-up of "Limbo Jazz" or the slow New Orleans smoke of "Wanderlust." All present turn in nice performances on this set of Ellington numbers.

Duke Ellington Meets Coleman Hawkins Track Listing:

1.  Limbo Jazz
2.  Mood Indigo
3.  Ray Charles' Place
4.  Wanderlust
5.  You Dirty Dog
6.  Self Portrait (Of the Bean)
7.  The Jeep Is Jumpin'
8.  The Ricitic