Ben Webster - Storyville Ben Webster

Title: Storyville Ben Webster Artist: Ben Webster Release Date: 7/11/2006 Label: Storyville Album Type(s): Greatest Hits UPC: 717101850426 Genre: 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. Johnny Come Lately
2. You'd Be So Nice to Come Home To
3. Stompy Jones
4. Cotton Tail
5. Going Home
6. Come Sunday
7. Our Blues
8. I Got It Bad and That Ain't Good
9. C Jam Blues
10. Stardust [Live]
11. In a Mellotone [Live]
12. Sunday
13. Old Folks

Year Type Label Catalog # 2006 CD Storyville 1018504

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This 13-cut set in the Storyville Masters of Jazz series is a showcase of Ben Webster at the very end of his career, from 1967-1970 recorded in Europe. There are a number of stellar players on Storyville Ben Webster, including Dexter Gordon, Palle Mikkelborg, Tootie Heath, and of course, a slew of European sessions players who are truly the cream of the crop. Webster is featured in numerous settings from trio, quartet, quintet, and larger, to units where he is backed by a small string section. Of all the swing and bop era saxophonists, Charlie Parker included, no one blew over string sections like Webster. His lyricism is so utterly tender and understated that he literally trounces all other players who did sessions like this. Check cuts like "Come Sunday" or the other ballads here, such as "Old Folks," "In a Mellotone," and "Going Home." This set is one of those special cases where a recording makes the case that a truly seasoned veteran goes out at the top of his game, rather than in decline. ~ Thom Jurek, All Music Guide

Name Credits Aage Bertelsen Strings Albert "Tootie" Heath Drums Allan Botschinsky Trumpet Anders Stefansen Producer Anton Kontra Strings Axel Windfel Trombone Ben Webster Sax (Tenor) Bent Juul Nielsen Reeds Bent Schjærff Piano Bjarne Rostvold Drums Borge Madsen Strings Dexter Gordon Sax (Tenor), Reeds Erling Christensen Strings Finn Ziegler Strings Hans Nielsen Engineer Holger Bjerre Strings Hugo Rasmussen Bass Jan Persson Photography Jesper Thilo Reeds Kurt J. Jensen Strings Makaya Ntsoko ? Mogens Holm Larsen Strings Niels Jorgen Steen Director Niels-Henning Ørsted Pedersen Bass Ole Kock Hansen Piano Ole Kurt Jensen Trombone Ole Molin Guitar Ole Streenberg Drums Ove Winther Strings Palle Bolvig Trumpet Palle Mikkelborg Trumpet Pearce Marchbank Design Per Espersen Trombone Per Ludolph Strings Perry Knudsen Trumpet Sahib Shihab Reeds Stanley Carlson Strings The Mike Hennessey Chastet Liner Notes Torolf Molgaard Trombone Uffe Karskov Reeds