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This studio session finds the great Hawkins playing as part of a five-piece sax section. Actually the other saxophonists and part of the rhythm section were taken from the Count Basie Orchestra and outfitted with arrangements by Billy Ver Planck. They play a variety of little-known but swinging material; the logical charts and high-quality solos make this LP well worth acquiring (Scott Yanow, AllMusic).

Track listing:
0:00 – There Is Nothin’ Like A Dame  (Coleman Hawkins / Oscar Hammerstein II / Richard Rodgers)
3:53 – Ooga Dooga (Coleman Hawkins)
9:40 – Thanks For The Misery (Billy Ver Planck)
13:59 – At Evening At Papa Joe’s (F. Foster / Frank Wess)
22:08 – I’ve Grown Accustomed To Your Face (Alan Jay Lerner / Frederick Loewe)

Personnel:

• Coleman Hawkins, Frank Foster – tenor saxophone
• Frank Wess, Marshall Royal – alto Saxophone
• Charlie Fowlkes – baritone saxophone
• Eddie Jones – bass
• Bobby Donaldson – drums
• Freddie Green – guitar
• Nat Pierce – piano

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Release date: 1958

Label: World Wide

Catalog number:MGS 20001

Format: LP

Performed by Hawkins and the sax section of Count Basie’s orchestra.

This album was reissued as “Coleman Hawkins Meets the Big Sax Section” (Savoy Jazz 1979).