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Tenor Giants
| Recorded | Oct 16, 1957 & Apr 9, 1959 |
|---|---|
| Label | Verve Records |
| Released | 1957 |
| Personnel | 11 credited players |
| Discogs | master 670015 |
The record
Hawkins and Budd Johnson join him for this 1957 summit, three tenors passing phrases back and forth over Peterson's rhythm section while Eldridge cuts in on trumpet. Nothing here rushes.
Session personnel
- Ray Brown — bass
- Alvin Stoller — drums
- Jo Jones — drums
- Herb Ellis — guitar
- Les Spann — guitar
- Jimmy Jones — piano
- Oscar Peterson — piano
- Ben Webster — tenor saxophone
- Budd Johnson — tenor saxophone
- Coleman Hawkins — tenor saxophone
- Roy Eldridge — trumpet
Contemporary reception
No period review located yet. The vintage-press pipeline searches DownBeat, Cash Box, and Billboard for this session.
Pressings
| 1977 | Verve Records · VE-2-2520 — Vinyl, LP, Compilation, Gatefold, Terre Haute earliest on file · gatefold |
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| 1977 | Verve Records · VE-2-2520 — Vinyl, LP, Compilation, Promo · gatefold |
| 1977 | Verve Records · VE-2-2520 — Vinyl, LP, Compilation, Gatefold · gatefold |
| 1978 | Verve Records · 2610 046 — Vinyl, LP, Compilation · gatefold |
| 1980 | World Record Club · R-08420 — Vinyl, LP, Compilation, Club Edition, Stereo |
| — | Verve Records |
| — | Verve Records · 2610 046 — Vinyl, LP, Compilation, Reissue · gatefold |
| — | Verve Records · VE-2-2520 — Vinyl, LP, Compilation |
| — | Verve Records · 2610 046 — Vinyl, LP, Compilation, Reissue · gatefold |
| — | Verve Records · 833 549-1 — Vinyl, LP, Compilation, Gatefold · gatefold |
| — | Verve Records · 2610 046 — Vinyl, LP, Compilation, Reissue, Gatefold · gatefold |
| — | Not On Label — CD, Compilation, Reissue, Unofficial Release |
| — | Verve Records · 2610 046 — Vinyl, LP, Compilation, Reissue, Repress, Gatefold · gatefold |
Follow the players
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