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The Soul of Ben Webster

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Released
  
1959

Artist
  
Ben Webster

Producer
  
Norman Granz

Genre
  
Jazz

Length
  
44:55

Release date
  
1959

Label
  
Verve Records

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Recorded
  
July, 1958New York City

The Soul of Ben Webster(1958)
  
Ben Webster and Associates(1959)

Similar
  
Ben Webster albums, Jazz albums

Ben webster fajista


The Soul of Ben Webster is an album by American jazz saxophonist Ben Webster featuring tracks recorded in 1958 for the Verve label.

Contents

Reception

Allmusic awarded the album 4 stars with its review by Scott Yanow stating "The great tenor is at his best on a beautiful version of "Chelsea Bridge" and "When I Fall in Love"... Recommended".

Track listing

All compositions by Ben Webster except as indicated

  1. "Fajista" - 3:48
  2. "Chelsea Bridge" (Billy Strayhorn) - 3:40
  3. "Charlotte's Piccolo" - 15:31
  4. "Coal Train" - 4:10
  5. "When I Fall in Love" (Edward Heyman, Victor Young) - 4:59
  6. "Ev's Mad" - 4:23
  7. "Ash" - 8:24

Personnel

  • Ben Webster, Harold Ashby - tenor saxophone
  • Art Farmer - trumpet
  • Mundell Lowe - guitar
  • Jimmy Jones - piano
  • Milt Hinton - bass
  • Dave Bailey - drums

    • Songs

    1Fajista3:43
    2Chelsea Bridge3:42
    3Charlotte's Piccolo15:32

    References

    The Soul of Ben Webster Wikipedia
    (Text) CC BY-SA


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