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Ben Webster For LoversBen Webster
Release Date: 01/25/2005
Original Release:
2005
# of Discs:
1
J&R Item # 543668_CD
UPC # 602498636176
Label: Verve (USA)
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Performer: Ben Webster
Artist: Gerry Mulligan; Hank Jones; Oscar Peterson; Billy Strayhorn; Teddy Wilson; Herb Ellis; Mundell Lowe; Les Spann; Ray Brown; Milt Hinton; Leroy Vinnegar; Louie Bellson; Jo Jones; Ed Thigpen Producer: Russell Garcia; Norman Granz; Ken Druker (Compilation) Distributor: Universal Distribution Notes: Personnel: Ben Webster (tenor saxophone); Herb Ellis, Les Spann, Mundell Lowe (guitar); Gerry Mulligan (baritone saxophone); Hank Jones , Oscar Peterson, Teddy Wilson, Billy Strayhorn (piano); Leroy Vinnegar, Milt Hinton, Ray Brown (bass instrument); Ed Thigpen, Jo Jones , Louie Bellson (drums). Liner Note Author: Al Young. Issued in time for Valentine's Day 2005, Ben Webster for Lovers collects 11 of the tenor giant's best ballads from his Verve period. Readings of "My Funny Valentine," "Someone to Watch Over Me," "Where Are You," "Love Is Here to Stay," and "Time On My Hands" are the standouts, but nothing here is superfluous. The only track that should have been included that wasn't is Webster's read of "Chelsea Bridge" from Music for Loving, the single most moving ballad he ever recorded. This set works well for its intended purpose, but it functions just as well as a stellar set of ballads by one of the jazz genre's finest practitioners of the form. ~ Thom Jurek
Saxophonist Ben Webster first gained recognition as a featured soloist with the Benny Moten band in the early 1930s. After stints with Fletcher Henderson, Benny Carter, and Cab Calloway, among others, he joined the Duke Ellington band in 1940, galvanizing its veteran reed section. Duke showcased him on such masterpieces as "Cottontail" and "All Too Soon," but the volatile tenor man left after a few years, continuing to play in a wide variety of contexts. Though perhaps less an innovator than Coleman Hawkins or Lester Young, he completes the trio of great pre-war tenors, and his warm, breathy sound is instantly recognizable.
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Berry, Chu Brown, Ray (Bass) Byas, Don Carter, Benny (Sax) Cobb, Arnett Cole, Cozy Davis, Eddie "Lockjaw" (Tenor) Edison, Harry "Sweets" Eldridge, Roy Ellington, Duke Freeman, Bud Getz, Stan Hamilton, Scott Hampton, Lionel Hawkins, Coleman Henderson, Fletcher Holiday, Billie Holloway, Red Jacquet, Illinois Johnson, Budd Lovano, Joe Marsalis, Branford Moten, Bennie Mulligan, Gerry Murray, David Parker, Charlie Peterson, Oscar Phillips, Flip Quebec, Ike Rollins, Sonny Shepp, Archie Tate, Buddy Tatum, Art Wallace, Bennie Wilson, Teddy Young, Lester
Influences:
Armstrong, Louis Beiderbecke, Bix Carter, Benny (Sax) Hawkins, Coleman Hodges, Johnny Johnson, Budd Johnson, Pete (Piano) Trumbauer, Frankie
Similar Genres:
Tenor Sax
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