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And Confrères

Coleman Hawkins

Recorded	Oct 3, 1957 & Feb 7, 1958
Label	Verve Records
Released	1957
Personnel	10 credited players
Discogs	master 410179

The record

Webster and Hawkins share the frontline here, two heavyweight tenors trading phrases over Oscar Peterson's rhythm section, a 1957 Verve pairing built on mutual respect rather than competition.

Session personnel

George Duvivier — bass
Ray Brown — bass
Alvin Stoller — drums
Mickey Sheen — drums
Herb Ellis — guitar
Hank Jones — piano
Oscar Peterson — piano
Ben Webster — 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

Showing the first pressing, audiophile reissues and copies carrying a collector marker, out of 17 pressings on file.

1960	Verve Records · MG V-8346 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Mono earliest on file · deep groove
1963	Verve Records · V6-8346 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Reissue, Stereo · deep groove
1960	Verve Records · MG VS-6110 — Vinyl, LP, Album
1963	Verve Records · V6-8346 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Reissue, Stereo
1988	Verve Records · 835 255-2 — CD, Album, Reissue, Remastered, Stereo
1988	Verve Records · 835 255-2 — CD, Album, Reissue, Remastered
1988	Verve Records · J28J 25086 — CD, Album, Reissue, Remastered
1991	Verve Records · POCJ-2125 — CD, Album, Reissue, Remastered
2006	Verve Records · MG VS-6110 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Reissue, Remastered, 180g
2012	Analogue Productions · AP-6110 — Vinyl, 12", 45 RPM, Album, Limited Edition, Numbered, Reissue, Remastered, Stereo, 200 g
2012	Analogue Productions · CVRJ 6110 SA — SACD, Hybrid, Stereo, Album, Reissue, Remastered
2012	Analogue Productions · AP-6110 — Vinyl, 12", 45 RPM, Album, Reissue, Remastered, Stereo, 200g
2014	Verve Records — File, FLAC, Album, Reissue, 24bit 192kHz
2025	Verve Records — STEREO