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The Genius Of Coleman Hawkins

Recorded	Oct 16, 1957
Label	Verve Records
Released	1957
Personnel	5 credited players
Discogs	master 120756

The record

A quintet date pairing the tenor's inventor with Oscar Peterson's working rhythm section, and the fit is easy -- Ellis and Brown lay a swinging cushion for Hawkins to stretch across ballads and blues alike. Late-'50s Verve at its most relaxed, proof the man who built the vocabulary was still writing new sentences in it.

Session personnel

Ray Brown — bass
Alvin Stoller — drums
Herb Ellis — guitar
Oscar Peterson — piano
Coleman Hawkins — tenor saxophone

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 35 pressings on file.

1958	Verve Records · MG V-8261 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Mono earliest on file
1958	Verve Records · MG V-8261 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Mono
1959	His Master's Voice · CLP. 1293 — Vinyl, LP, Album
1960	Verve Records · MG VS-6033 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Stereo
1960	Karusell · KEP 370 — Vinyl, 7", 45 RPM, EP
1961	Verve Records · VLS-1010 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Reissue
1966	World Record Club · T 509 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Club Edition, Mono
1966	World Record Club · ST 509 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Club Edition, Stereo
1966	World Record Club · TT 509 — Reel-To-Reel, 3 ¾ ips, 2-Track Stereo, 5" Cine Reel
1982	Verve Records · 23MJ 3152 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Reissue, Stereo
1982	Verve Records · 23MJ 3152 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Promo, Reissue, Stereo
1985	Verve Records · 825 673-2 — CD, Album, Reissue, Remastered, Stereo
1986	Verve Records — STEREO
1986	Verve Records · 825 673-2 — CD, Album, Reissue, Remastered, Stereo