Ben Webster and Associates

Ben Webster and Associates
Studio album by
Ben Webster
Released1959
RecordedApril 9, 1959
New York City
GenreJazz
Length45:03
LabelsVerve
MGV 8318
ProducerNorman Granz
Ben Webster chronology
The Soul of Ben Webster
(1958)		 Ben Webster and Associates
(1959)		 Gerry Mulligan Meets Ben Webster
(1959)

Ben Webster and Associates is an album by American jazz saxophonist Ben Webster featuring tracks recorded in 1959 for the Verve label.[1]

Reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllmusicStarStarStarStarHalf star[2]
The Rolling Stone Jazz Record GuideStarStarStarStar[3]

Allmusic awarded the album 4½ stars with its review by Al Cambell stating: "Ben Webster and Associates is a 1959 session that took full advantage of the long-playing LP format. Highlighted by the 20-minute version of Ellington's 'In a Mellow Tone' (taking up the entirety of side one) in which tenor titans Ben Webster, Coleman Hawkins, and Budd Johnson plus trumpeter Roy Eldridge stretch out, not so much in a cutting contest as a laid-back jam session amongst friends. This summit meeting turned out to be a tribute to another tenor master of the same generation, Lester Young, who had died less than four weeks before this session".[2]

Track listing

All compositions by Ben Webster except as indicated

  1. "In a Mellow Tone" (Duke Ellington, Milt Gabler) - 20:16
  2. "De-Dar" - 4:39
  3. "Young Bean" - 6:02
  4. "Time After Time" (Sammy Cahn, Jule Styne) - 4:35
  5. "Budd Johnson" - 9:02

Personnel

References

  1. ↑ Verve Records discography accessed August 25, 2012
  2. 1 2 Campbell, A. Allmusic Review accessed August 25, 2012
  3. ↑ Swenson, J., ed. (1985). The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide. USA: Random House/Rolling Stone. p. 206. ISBN 0-394-72643-X.
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