Soul of Ben Webster

Ben Webster | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (May 23, 1995)
• Original Release Date: May 23, 1995
• Number of Discs: 2
• Label: Polygram Records
• ASIN: B000001EEQ
• Also Available in: Vinyl  |  MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #153,611 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

Disc: 1

1. Fajista

2. Chelsea Bridge

3. Charlotte's Piccolo

4. Coal Train

5. When I Fall In Love

6. Ev's Mad

7. Ash

8. Blues For The Blues

9. Blues For Piney Brown

10. Moonlight In Vermont

See all 26 tracks on this disc

Disc: 2

1. Gee, Baby, Ain't I Good To You?

2. Blues For Bill Basie

3. You're Getting To Be A Habit With Me

4. I Didn't Know About You

5. Reelin' And Rockin'

6. Gone With The Wind

7. Honey Hill

8. Blues-A-Plenty

9. Don't Take Your Love From Me

10. Saturday Afternoon Blues

See all 14 tracks on this disc

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

31 of 31 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Three Verve Reissues in One Package, September 16, 2000

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William Faust (Columbus, Ohio) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Soul of Ben Webster (Audio CD)

How can you go wrong with this 2 CD set that combines three late 1950's Verve recordings by Ben Webster, Harry "Sweets" Edison and Johnny Hodges into one set. Roy Eldridge comes along for the ride as well as a few other notables from the Norman Granz stable. This collection of music includes a lot of swing renditions of classic standards and some blues, and a few ballads. Each leader shines on his respective set, especially Edison who's selection of 8 tunes is heavily swing/blues oriented in a very Basie-esque style. Highly recommended if you're a small ensemble swing fan.

20 of 20 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A Real Treasure, November 16, 2007

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Love Music - See all my reviews

This review is from: Soul of Ben Webster (Audio CD)

I write few reviews, and do so only when I feel I should support someone's music buying decisions (whether to buy, or to be warned). In this case, I believe your dollars will be very well spent here. Many reviewers will define the performances and/or arrangements of a recording, and I will say it would be hard to find finer than those contained here; but I would like the reader to know that the recording quality and its final presentation to you on these compact disks is superb. If you're a jazz CD listener, I'm sure that every once and awhile you come across a recording from the 50's and say, "Wow, that sounds like a top quality recording made today!" That's what you'll find here. Not only will you experience really supreme performances by Webster, Edison and Hodges, but the dynamics of several of the recordings seem to place the listener literally inside the musicians' instruments. You can almost see the light of day from within Webster's sax itself, through the opening and closing valves, and feel the moisture of his reed and the pressure of his bite (and I don't play an instrument). The squeezed sounds from the muted trumpet too are so perfect, and it's as if you're sharing the studio and sitting right next to these guys. Sometimes I come across a CD or set that I seem to play over and over; this is one of those.

2 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars a favorite, August 30, 2009

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Joyce Howard "jazzenjoy" (Marietta, GA United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Soul of Ben Webster (Audio CD)

One of my favorite Ben Webster albums. He is just amazing on the sax!