Ben Webster - Compact Jazz: Ben Webster

Title: Compact Jazz: Ben Webster Artist: Ben Webster Release Date: 1992 Label: Verve Duration: 67:25 Album Type(s): Greatest Hits, Instrumental UPCs: 731451363320, 731451363344 Genre: Jazz Styles: Bop, Mainstream Jazz, Traditional Pop, Jazz Instrument, Saxophone Jazz Moods: Elegant, Sophisticated, Confident, Laid-Back/Mellow, Refined/Mannered, Rollicking, Soothing, Stylish, Playful, Amiable/Good-Natured, Energetic, Reserved, Restrained, Romantic, Boisterous, Earthy, Exuberant Total Copies: 0 Members Wishing: 1 Number of Discs/SwapaCD Credits: 1

1. Bounce Blues
2. Danny Boy
3. Cotton Tail
4. Chelsea Bridge
5. Prelude to a Kiss
6. What Am I Here For?
7. Sophisticated Lady
8. Who's Got Rhythm?
9. Time After Time
10. Fajista
11. The Touch of Your Lips
12. How Deep Is the Ocean?
13. When I Fall in Love
14. Makin' Whoopee
15. Sunday

Year Type Label Catalog # 1992 CD Verve 513633

Compact Jazz: Coleman Hawkins and Ben Webster

The two fierce but gentle lions of the jazz saxophone bring more than four combined decades of experience to the table here, from both juke joint and concert hall, European café and New York recording studio. Ably supported by Oscar Peterson's quartet featuring Herb Ellis and Ray Brown, Bean and Ben trade solos full of burnished warmth and proud articulation: Hawkins with his deep, opaque tone and chunky phrasing and Webster piping melodious and genteel, ready for any blues battle thanks to a sweaty and suggestive tone. The '50s may have been for the scions of bebop, but for these two hip veterans the days were still ripe for new ideas, all anchored by valuable skills picked up in the swing-era ranks. That ease of expression and assured sense of song is heard from choice ballads ("It Never Entered My Mind") and wide-open blues ("Budd Johnson") to bop-tinged swingers ("De-Dar") and breezy strollers ("I'll Never Be the Same"); plus, there's one of the all-time great jazz performances: the dusky Latin gem "La Rosita." So, relax and sit a spell while two masters show how it's done. ~ Stephen Cook, All Music Guide

Name Credits Al Young Flute, Sax (Alto) Barney Kessel Guitar Ben Webster Saxophone Billy Strayhorn Arranger, Piano Bob Porter Research, Sequencing Chet Amsterdam ? Cliff Preiss Compilation, Release Preparation Danny Bank Baritone Ed Thigpen Drums Gary N. Mayo Remastering George Duvivier Bass Gerry Mulligan Baritone Hank Jones Piano Herb Ellis Guitar Holger Matthies Art Direction J.C. Heard Drums Jimmy Hamilton Clarinet Jimmy Rowles Piano Jo Jones Drums Leroy Vinnegar Bass Les Spann Guitar Louie Bellson ? Mel Lewis Drums Michael Lang Sequencing Milt Hinton Bass Mundell Lowe Guitar Oscar Peterson Piano Osie Johnson Drums Phil Schaap Technical Consultant Ralph Burns Conductor, Arranger Ray Brown Bass Richard Seidel Sequencing Stan Levey Drums Teddy Wilson Piano Tony Scott Clarinet Wendell Marshall Bass