The great jazz saxophonists meet face to face
featuring Gerry Mulligan, Ben Webster, Paul Desmond, Art Pepper, Lee Konitz, Warne Marsh, Joshua Redman, Mark Turner, Phil Woods (above left), Lew Tabackin (above right), John Coltrane, Paul Quinichette, Oliver Nelson, Eric Dolphy, Joe Lovano, Greg Osby, Gary Bartz, Sonny Fortune, Ronnie Scott, Tubby Hayes, Illinois Jacquet, Scott Hamilton, Ken Peplowski, Spike Robinson, Bill Perkins and Ted Brown
with Bill Evans, Jimmy Rowles, Kenny Barron, Jason Moran, Mal Waldron, Richard Wyands, Michael Moore, George Duvivier, Leroy Vinnegar, Jimmy Garrison, Buster Williams, Idris Muhammad, Mel Lewis, Jack DeJohnette, Paul Motian and Roy Haynes
[1'13] Bill Perkins & Art Pepper- What Is This Thing Called Love (Just Friends, Pacific Jazz 1956) Pepper- as; Perkins- ts; Jimmy Rowles- p; Ben Tucker- b; Mel Lewis- d
[6'42] Phil Woods & Lew Tabackin- Limehouse Blues (Phil Woods/ Lew Tabackin, Omnisound 1980) Woods- as; Tabackin- ts; Jimmy Rowles- p; Michael Moore- b; Bill Goodwin- d
[14'41] Gerry Mulligan & Ben Webster- Blues in B-Flat (Gerry Mulligan Meets Ben Webster [CD version], Verve 1959) Webster- ts; Mulligan- bars; Jimmy Rowles- p; Leroy Vinnegar- b; Mel Lewis- d
[22'00] Joe Lovano & Greg Osby- The Wild East (Friendly Fire, Blue Note 1998) Lovano- ts; Osby- as; Jason Moran- p; Cameron Brown- b; Idris Muhammad- d
[28'30] Oliver Nelson & Eric Dolphy- Straight Ahead (Straight Ahead, Prestige 1961) Nelson, Dolphy- as; Richard Wyands- p; George Duvivier- b; Roy Haynes- d
[34'00] Lee Konitz & Warne Marsh- Scrapple From the Apple (Live at the Half Note, Verve 1959) Konitz- as; Marsh- ts; Bill Evans- p; Jimmy Garrison- b; Paul Motian- d
[41'51] Scott Hamilton, Ken Peplowski & Spike Robinson- Blues Up and Down (Groovin' High, Concord 1991) Hamilton, Peplowski, Robinson- ts; Gerry Wiggins- p; Howard Alden- g; Dave Stone- b; Jake Hanna- d
[46'39] John Coltrane & Paul Quinichette- Vodka (Cattin' with Coltrane and Quinichette, Prestige 1957) Coltrane, Quinichette- ts; Mal Waldron- p; Julian Euell- b; Art Taylor- d
[55'43] Ronnie Scott & Tubby Hayes- Star Eyes (The Couriers of Jazz, Carlton 1959) Scott, Hayes- ts; Terry Shannon- p; Jeff Clyne- b; Bill Eyden- d
[59'51] Joshua Redman & Mark Turner- Leap of Faith (Beyond, Warner Bros 1999) Redman, Turner- ts; Aaron Goldberg- p; Reuben Rogers- b; Gregory Hutchinson- d
[68'51] Ted Brown, Warne Marsh & Art Pepper- Long Gone (Free Wheeling, Vanguard 1956) Brown, Warne Marsh- ts; Ronnie Ball- p; Ben Tucker- b; Jeff Morton- d
[73'41] Gary Bartz & Sonny Fortune- Jeannine (Alto Memories, Verve 1994) Bartz, Fortune- as; Kenny Barron- p; Buster Williams- b; Jack DeJohnette- d
[82'52] Gerry Mulligan & Paul Desmond- Battle Hymn of the Republican (Gerry Mulligan Meets Paul Desmond, Verve 1957) Desmond- as; Mulligan- bars; Joe Benjamin- b; Dave Bailey- d
[90'35] Illinois Jacquet & Ben Webster- The Kid and the Brute (The Kid and the Brute, Clef 1954) Jacquet, Webster- ts; Johnny Acea- p; Al Lucas- b; Osie Johnson- d; Chino Pozo- cga
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