Ben Webster and Associates
Ben Webster and Associates | ||||
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Studio album by Ben Webster | ||||
Released | 1959 | |||
Recorded | April 9, 1959 New York City | |||
Genre | Jazz | |||
Length | 45:03 | |||
Label | Verve MGV 8318 | |||
Producer | Norman Granz | |||
Ben Webster chronology | ||||
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Ben Webster and Associates is an album by American jazz saxophonist Ben Webster featuring tracks recorded in 1959 for the Verve label.[1]
Reception
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Source | Rating |
Allmusic | [2] |
The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide | [3] |
Allmusic awarded the album 4½ stars with its review by Al Cambell stating: "Ben Webster and Associates is a 1959 session that took full advantage of the long-playing LP format. Highlighted by the 20-minute version of Ellington's 'In a Mellow Tone' (taking up the entirety of side one) in which tenor titans Ben Webster, Coleman Hawkins, and Budd Johnson plus trumpeter Roy Eldridge stretch out, not so much in a cutting contest as a laid-back jam session amongst friends. This summit meeting turned out to be a tribute to another tenor master of the same generation, Lester Young, who had died less than four weeks before this session".[2]
Track listing
All compositions by Ben Webster except as indicated
- "In a Mellow Tone" (Duke Ellington, Milt Gabler) - 20:16
- "De-Dar" - 4:39
- "Young Bean" - 6:02
- "Time After Time" (Sammy Cahn, Jule Styne) - 4:35
- "Budd Johnson" - 9:02
Personnel
- Ben Webster, Coleman Hawkins, Budd Johnson - tenor saxophone
- Roy Eldridge - trumpet
- Les Spann - guitar
- Jimmy Jones - piano
- Ray Brown - bass
- Jo Jones - drums
References
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- King of the Tenors (1953)
- Music for Loving (1954)
- Soulville (1957)
- Coleman Hawkins Encounters Ben Webster (1957)
- The Soul of Ben Webster (1958)
- Ben Webster and Associates (1959)
- Ben Webster Meets Oscar Peterson (1959)
- Gerry Mulligan Meets Ben Webster (1959)
- The Warm Moods (1961)
- BBB & Co. (1962)
- Wanted to Do One Together (1962)
- Soulmates (1963)
- See You at the Fair (1964)
- Ben Webster at the Renaissance (1960)
- My Man: Live at Montmartre 1973 (1973)
- 1953: An Exceptional Encounter (1953)