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Coleman Hawkins Encounters Ben Webster
剛發行這張 CD 時，我一直好奇這張有所謂的完整版啊
，覺得有點恐怖，終未下手，因為原來CD版本僅有7軌，VME版本增加 Blues for Yolande 兩軌，這張新的版本竟有 17 軌，可見這位樂友於 Amazon 的留言
Robin Benson
I always think re-issues are a bit of a trap for the unwary and the Hawkins and Webster 'Encounters' CD is a good example. Amazon has several editions at various prices and slightly different track listings. The original LP had seven tracks and some CDs carry two additional versions of the first track Blues for Yolande but this Essential Jazz Classics is the only one to have seventeen tracks and lasts for just over seventy-eight minutes. The additional tracks are from the same session in October 1957 with two omitting Hawkins and two omitting Webster. Of all the versions available this would seem the right one to get.
Having worked out this was the best CD I have to say I was disappointed with the contents. Webster and especially Hawkins I felt were just coasting and going through the motions of playing some relaxing but rather unremarkable jazz. Hawkins plays much better on Swingville (1960) or Blues Groove (1958) both sessions recorded by Rudy Van Gelder.
The original LP 'Encounters' tracks are blues oriented with plenty of meandering solos, the extra tracks from the session are similar. None of the seven original tracks lasted more than six and a half minutes, hardly enough time to deliver some creative improvisation though Hawkins, of course, can create wonderfully rich solos in no time at all. (`Tiny Bean' from the Blues Groove session has him playing a quite stunning bit of improvisation in less than two minutes).
'Encounters' is pleasant enough, mostly slow blues material but I thought it lacked anything original from either Hawkins or Webster.
http://www.amazon.com/Encounters-Ben-Webster-Complete-Session/dp/B001O8C5VY/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=music&qid=1264773341&sr=1-1
剛發行這張 CD 時，我一直好奇這張有所謂的完整版啊，覺得有點恐怖，終未下手，因為原來CD版本僅有7軌，VME版本增加 Blues for Yolande 兩軌，這張新的版本竟有 17 軌，可見這位樂友於 Amazon 的留言
Robin Benson
I always think re-issues are a bit of a trap for the unwary and the Hawkins and Webster 'Encounters' CD is a good example. Amazon has several editions at various prices and slightly different track listings. The original LP had seven tracks and some CDs carry two additional versions of the first track Blues for Yolande but this Essential Jazz Classics is the only one to have seventeen tracks and lasts for just over seventy-eight minutes. The additional tracks are from the same session in October 1957 with two omitting Hawkins and two omitting Webster. Of all the versions available this would seem the right one to get.
Having worked out this was the best CD I have to say I was disappointed with the contents. Webster and especially Hawkins I felt were just coasting and going through the motions of playing some relaxing but rather unremarkable jazz. Hawkins plays much better on Swingville (1960) or Blues Groove (1958) both sessions recorded by Rudy Van Gelder.
The original LP 'Encounters' tracks are blues oriented with plenty of meandering solos, the extra tracks from the session are similar. None of the seven original tracks lasted more than six and a half minutes, hardly enough time to deliver some creative improvisation though Hawkins, of course, can create wonderfully rich solos in no time at all. (`Tiny Bean' from the Blues Groove session has him playing a quite stunning bit of improvisation in less than two minutes).
'Encounters' is pleasant enough, mostly slow blues material but I thought it lacked anything original from either Hawkins or Webster.
http://www.amazon.com/Encounters-Ben-Webster-Complete-Session/dp/B001O8C5VY/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=music&qid=1264773341&sr=1-1
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