Title: 1931-1946 Artist: Ben Webster Release Date: 2/3/1998 Label: Best of Jazz Duration: 68:28 Album Type(s): Greatest Hits UPCs: 3307518405226, 723723229427 Genre: Jazz Style: Swing Moods: Amiable/Good-Natured, Earthy, Exuberant, Joyous, Complex, Elegant, Freewheeling, Passionate, Stylish, Boisterous, Gentle Total Copies: 0 Members Wishing: 0 Number of Discs/SwapaCD Credits: 1

1. Just a Crazy Song (Hi-Hi-Hi)
2. Toby
3. Dream Lullaby
4. Early Session Hop
5. Cotton Tail
6. Sepia Panorama (Night House)
7. Stardust
8. Just A-Sittin' and A-Rockin'
9. Some Saturday
10. Five O'Clock Drag
11. Rain Check
12. I Don't Know What Kind of Blues I Got
13. Chelsea Bridge
14. C Jam Blues
15. What Am I Here For?
16. Ra-Da-Da-Da
17. Main Stem
18. Woke Up Clipped
19. Victory Stride
20. Kat's Fur
21. All Too Soon
22. Sweet Georgia Brown

Year Type Label Catalog # 1998 CD Best of Jazz 4052

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Duke Ellington predominates on this invigorating core sample taken from the early portion of tenor saxophonist Ben Webster's recording career (1931-1942). While more than half of the 22 tracks tap into some of Webster's finest moments with the Duke, the rest of the sources are colorful and varied, as he is heard blowing his horn with Blanche Calloway & Her Joy Boys, Bennie Moten's Kansas City Orchestra, the Benny Carter and Lionel Hampton orchestras, Slim Gaillard & His Flat Foot Floogie Boys, Tony Scott's Down Beat Club Septet, and as leader of his own small sax and rhythm combos. This anthology is a superb showcase for young Ben Webster's luscious and often meaty style. The only thing missing is an example from his tenure with Willie Bryant's Orchestra circa 1935. If they'd thrown in an example from that band, this would have been near perfect. As it is, it's merely outstanding. ~ arwulf arwulf, All Music Guide

Name Credits Al Grey Trombone Alton Moore Trombone Andy Jackson Guitar, Banjo Barney Bigard Clarinet Ben Smith Sax (Alto) Ben Webster Main Performer, Sax (Tenor) Bennie Moten Director, Performer Benny Carter Director, Performer, Clarinet, Sax (Alto) Benny Morton Trombone Big Sid Catlett Drums Billy Strayhorn Piano, Arranger Blanche Calloway Director, Performer, Vocals Booker Pittman Clarinet, Sax (Alto) Buck Clayton Trumpet Charles Drayton Bass Charlie Christian Guitar (Electric) Chu Berry Sax (Tenor) Clarence Holiday Guitar Clarence Smith Trumpet Clyde Hart Piano Coleman Hawkins Sax (Tenor) Cootie Williams Trumpet Count Basie Piano Cozy Cole Drums Dan Minor Trombone David Booth Drums Dee Stewart Trumpet Denzil Best Drums Dizzy Gillespie Trumpet Duke Ellington Director, Arranger, Performer, Piano Duke Ellington & His Orchestra Performer Duncan P. Schiedt Photography Ed Nicholson Drums Eddie Barefield Clarinet, Sax (Alto) Eddie Durham Guitar, ?, Trombone Edgar Battle Arranger, Trumpet Elmer James Bass Fred Guy Guitar Gene Ramey Bass Gilles Petard Reissue Producer Graham Colombe Liner Notes Harry Carney Sax (Baritone), Sax (Alto), Clarinet Herb Jeffries Vocals Hot Lips Page Trumpet Irving "Mouse" Randolph Trumpet Jack Washington Sax (Alto), Sax (Baritone) James P. Johnson Performer Jimmy Blanton Bass Jimmy Rowles Piano Jimmy Shirley Guitar Joe Keyes Trumpet Joe Tricky Sam Nanton Trombone John Simmons Bass Johnny Guarnieri Piano Johnny Hodges Clarinet, Sax (Soprano), Sax (Alto) Juan Tizol Trombone (Valve) Junior Raglin Bass Keg Johnson Trombone Lawrence Brown Trombone Leo Watson Drums Leroy Berry Guitar Leroy Hardy Sax (Alto) Lionel Hampton Vibraphone Lionel Hampton & His Orchestra Performer Milt Hinton Bass Oscar Pettiford Bass Otis Johnson Trumpet Otto Hardwick Sax (Alto), Sax (Bass) Ray Nance Violin, Trumpet Rex Stewart Performer, Cornet Russell Procope Sax (Alto) Russell Smith Trumpet Sarah Vaughan Vocals Sidney DeParis Trumpet Slam Stewart Bass Sonny Greer Drums Sonny White Piano Teddy Wilson Piano Tony Scott Clarinet, Sax (Alto) Trummy Young Trombone Vic Dickenson Trombone Wallace Jones Trumpet Walter Johnson Drums Walter Page Bass Willie McWashington Drums