Coleman Hawkins and Confrères (Acoustic Sounds) testing SW Bob Cranshaw (electric bass)

Bob Cranshaw (electric bass)

POMP ( Bob Zieff)

and drummer Joe Chambers performing six of Hill’s mercurial inside-out compositions

Cool Water

put Verve in the commercial market propelling sales of the albums the singles were drawn from

Coleman Hawkins and Confrères (Acoustic Sounds) testing SW Bob Cranshaw (electric bass)Released in 1958 on Verve, Hawkins playing is particularly confident and eloquent throughout the set. His group of confreres on the session is fortified by the Oscar Peterson Trio along with sit in guests including Hank Jones (piano), Herb Ellis (guitar), and Roy Eldridge and Buck Clayton (trumpet) among others. The relaxed atmosphere of the session is particularly noticeable in the title Sunday in which Roy Eldridge comes into the limelight with a