Title: Frog Artist: Ben Webster Release Date: 2/15/2000 Album Type(s): Greatest Hits UPCs: 800488330725, 8004883533077 Genre: Jazz Styles: Big Band, Swing, Mainstream Jazz 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. Memories of You
2. Ten Lessons with Timothy
3. You're Only Happy When I'm Blue
4. Cadillac Slim
5. Ben Rides Out
6. Kat's Fur
7. Victory Stride
8. Jumpin' with Judy
9. Palm Springs Jump
10. Cotton Tail
11. All Too Soon
12. Linger Awhile
13. Until Tonight (Mauve)
14. St. James Infirmary
15. Mobile Bay
16. Just A-Sittin' and A-Rockin'
17. Five O'Clock Drag
18. Early Session Hop
19. The Voice of Old Man River
20. Tidal Wave
21. Lafayette

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Throughout his long career tenor saxophonist Ben Webster, lovingly nicknamed "The Frog," never lost his lyrical, breathy tone on the instrument and he has to be considered one of the best of the transitional jazz tenor players who emerged in the prewar years. This tight set features several of Webster's earliest sides, including tracks he recorded with bandleaders Bennie Moten, Duke Ellington, Fletcher Henderson, Benny Carter and others. The classic "Cotton Tail," recorded in the early '40s with Ellington, is here, along with a striking version of "St. James Infirmary" and a fast, strong and busy "The Voice of Old Man River." ~ Steve Leggett, All Music Guide

Name Credits Al Grey Tuba Albert Nicholas Clarinet Arnold Adams Guitar Barney Bigard Tuba, Clarinet Ben Webster Sax (Tenor), Main Performer Benny Carter Arranger, Sax (Alto) Billy Kyle Piano Billy Strayhorn Piano Brick Fleagle Guitar Buck Clayton Trumpet Budd Johnson Sax (Alto), Sax (Baritone) Buster Bailey Clarinet Charlie Christian Guitar Chu Berry Sax (Tenor) Claude Jones Tuba Clyde Hart Piano Coleman Hawkins Sax (Tenor) Cootie Williams Trumpet Count Basie Piano Cozy Cole Drums Dan Minor Tuba Dave Tough Drums David Booth Drums Dee Stewart Trumpet Dizzy Gillespie Trumpet Duke Ellington Piano Ed Nicholson Drums Eddie Barefield Sax (Alto), Clarinet Eddie Durham Guitar, Arranger, Tuba Edgar Battle Tuba, Trumpet, Vibraphone Emmett Berry Trumpet Ernest "Bass" Hill Sax (Baritone) Fred Guy Guitar Gene Ramey Bass George Matthews Tuba Glyn Paque Sax (Alto), Clarinet Harry Carney Sax (Alto), Clarinet, Sax (Baritone) Hilton Jefferson Sax (Alto) Hot Lips Page Trumpet J.C. Heard Drums Jack Washington Alto, Baritone Jimmy Blanton Bass Jimmy Rowles Piano Jimmy Shirley Piano, Guitar Joe Keyes Trumpet John Haughton Tuba John Simmons Bass Johnny Hodges Sax (Alto), Sax (Soprano) Johnny Russell Sax (Tenor) Joseph Nanton Tuba Juan Tizol Vibraphone, Tuba Keg Johnson Tuba Leo Watson Drums Leroy Berry Guitar Lionel Hampton Vibraphone Marlowe Morris Piano Milt Hinton Sax (Baritone) Oscar Pettiford Bass Otis Johnson Trumpet Otto Hardwick Sax (Bass), Sax (Alto) Pete Johnson Piano Ray Nance Trumpet Rex Stewart Cornet Richard Clark Trumpet Robert Horton Tuba Roger "Ram" Ramirez Piano Russell Procope Sax (Alto) Slam Stewart Vibraphone, Bass Stanley Payne Sax (Alto), Clarinet Tony Scott Clarinet, Sax (Alto) Trummy Young Tuba Vic Dickenson Tuba Wallace Jones Trumpet Walter Page Sax (Baritone) Walter Thomas Sax (Tenor), Sax (Alto) Willie Bryant Vibraphone