The Big Three - Coleman Hawakins, Lester Young and Ben Webster - RCA Mono SF 8456

The Big Three - Coleman Hawakins, Lester Young and Ben Webster - RCA Mono SF 8456

SIDE A

BEN WEBSTER
I Got It Bad and That Ain't Good (2:54)
(D. Ellington, P.F.Webster)

Spang (3:15)
(Ben Webster)

Dark Corners (3:01)
(Ben Webster)

Blues Mr. Brim (3:14)
(Ben Webster)

Frog and Mule (3:08) (Ben Webster)

The Jeep Is Jumpin' (2:56) (D. Ellington, J. Hodges)

SIDE B

COLEMAN HAWKINS
Lover Come Back to Me (3:02) (S.Romberg, O.Hammerstein II)
Blues Changes (4:11) (Coleman Hawkins)

LESTER YOUNG
I'm Per It Too (4:07) (Dicky Wells)
I Got Rhythm (4:09) (George & Ira Gershwin)
Hello Babe (3:04) (Dicky Wells)

PERSONNEL:

I GOT IT BAD AND THAT AIN'T GOOD, DARK CORNERS, BLUES MR. BRIM and THE JEEP IS JUMPIN' were recorded May 3,1946 by Ben Webster, tenor sax; Idrees Sulieman, trumpet; Tony Scott, clarinet; ArgonneThornton (Sadik Hakim), piano; Bill De Arango, guitar; John Simmons, bass; Sid Catlett, drums.

SPANG and FROG AND MULE were recorded May 15,1946 by Ben Webster, tenor sax; Al Haig, piano; Bill De Arango, guitar; John Simmons, bass; Sid Catlett, drums.

LOVER COME BACK TO ME and BLUES CHANGES were recorded December 18,1943 by Coleman Hawkins, tenor sax; Ellis Larkins, piano; Jimmy Shirley, guitar; Oscar Petti ford, bass; Max Roach, drums.

I'M PER IT TOO, I GOT RHYTHM and HELLO BABE were recorded December 21,1943 by Lester Young, tenor sax; Bill Coleman, trumpet; Dicky Wells, trombone; Ellis Larkins, piano; Freddie Green, guitar; Al Hall, bass; Jo Jones, drums. Note: The "takes" of I'M FER IT TOO and HELLO BABE are those used for the original 78 releases and have not been previously issued on LP.

Produced by Bob Thiele
Remastered by: Don Miller
Photographer: Chuck Stewart

original 78 rpm recordings provided by Art Director: Dick Smith, Dan Morgenstern & Bob Thiele

This is a monophonic recording playable on Mono and Stereo equipment