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  • Artist: Ben Webster
  • Format: CD
  • Year: 2002
  • Number of Discs: 4
  • UPC: 805520020374
  • Item Number: MSI002037
  • Release date: 04/30/2002
  • 1. Without That Gal
  • 2. Toby
  • 3. The Blue Room
  • 4. Happy as the Day Is Long
  • 5. Hotter Than 'Ell
  • 6. Dream Lullaby
  • 7. Everybody Shuffle
  • 8. The Ghost of Dinah
  • 9. Rigamarole
  • 10. What a Little Moonlight Can Do
  • 11. A Sunbonnet Blue (And a Little Straw Hat)
  • 12. The Voice of Old Man River
  • 13. Truckin'
  • 14. In a Jam
  • 15. The Wedding of Mr and Mrs Swing
  • 16. Easy to Love
  • 17. I'll See You in My Dreams
  • 18. Sing You Sinners
  • 19. Early Session Hop
  • 20. 71
  • 21. Solitude
  • 22. Conga Brava
  • 23. Cotton Tail
  • 24. Bojangles (A Portrait of Bill Robinson)
  • 1. All Too Soon
  • 2. Sepia Panorama
  • 3. Chloe (Song of the Swamp)
  • 4. Linger Awhile
  • 5. Stardust
  • 6. Lament for Javanette
  • 7. St. James Infirmary
  • 8. The World Is Waiting for the Sunrise
  • 9. Big Eight Blues
  • 10. Shine
  • 11. Blue Serge
  • 12. Just A-Settin' and A-Rockin'
  • 13. Five O'Clock Drag
  • 14. Chelsea Bridge
  • 15. Perdido
  • 16. The C Jam Blues
  • 17. Palm Springs Jump
  • 18. Ra-Da-Da-Da
  • 19. Groove Juice Special
  • 20. Main Stem
  • 21. Woke Up Clipped
  • 22. Teezol
  • 23. 'Nuff Said
  • 1. The Horn
  • 2. Dirty Deal
  • 3. Don't Blame Me
  • 4. I Surrender, Dear
  • 5. Tea for Two
  • 6. Noah
  • 7. Cryin' Sands
  • 8. Victory Stride
  • 9. After You've Gone
  • 10. Joshua
  • 11. Talk to Me
  • 12. Body and Soul
  • 13. Sleep
  • 14. Linger Awhile
  • 15. Memories of You
  • 16. Just a Riff
  • 17. Blues on the Delta
  • 18. Honeysuckle Rose
  • 19. I Surrender, Dear
  • 20. Blue Skies
  • 21. Kat's Fur
  • 22. My Old Flame
  • 23. The Sheik of Araby
  • 1. Conversing in Blue
  • 2. Limehouse Blues
  • 3. John Hardy's Wife
  • 4. The Jeep Is Jumpin'
  • 5. I Got It Bad (And That Ain't Good)
  • 6. Dark Corners
  • 7. Blues, Mister Brim
  • 8. Frog and Mule
  • 9. Spang
  • 10. Doctor Keets
  • 11. Park and Tilford Blues
  • 12. You're Only Happy When I'm Blue
  • 13. New Style Baby
  • 14. Let's Love Awhile
  • 15. Nasty Attitude
  • 16. Slow Down Baby
  • 17. The Duke and the Brute
  • 18. Reach
  • 19. One O'Clock Jump
  • 20. Stardust
  • 21. Randle's Island
  • 22. Old Folks
  • 23. King's Riff
  • 24. You're My Thrill
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Big Ben by Ben Webster on CD


The U.K.'s Proper label uses its usual compilation magic to assemble this box of material by the late great tenorman Ben Webster. Webster, who came into his own late in life, was a survivor and artisan from many of jazz's great historic periods, and this four-disc set is a fine documentary source. Webster's early career placed him in some of the music's greatest orchestras including those of Bennie Moten, Fletcher Henderson, Jack Teagarden, Blanche Calloway, Big Sid Catlett, Teddy Wilson, and of course Duke Ellington's premier bands. There are also a number of sides showcasing Webster as a leader of both quartets, quintets, and orchestras under his own name, as well as some of his sides working with Johnny Otis and Jay McShann. There are 94 cuts in all. The only sad part of this is that Webster's brilliant Ben Webster for Lovers And Soulville recordings for Norman Granz's Verve label are not represented here because they fall outside Big Ben's 20 year time frame (1931-1951). Nonetheless, this is a highly recommended offering for its sound, the breadth and depth of its reach into his catalog, including a side with Woody Herman, and a fine essay booklet as well. And all of this for a bargain price. Highly recommended. ~ Thom Jurek, Rovi
  • Artist: Ben Webster
  • Format: CD
  • Year: 2002
  • Number of Discs: 4
  • UPC: 805520020374
  • Item Number: MSI002037
  • Release date: 04/30/2002
  • Label: Proper Box
  • Genre: Jazz
  • Style: Swing, Mainstream Jazz, Jazz Instrument, Saxophone Jazz
  • Album Time: 306:05

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  • Big Ben Ben Webster CD
Big Ben Ben Webster CD