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- Artist : Ben Webster
- Binding : Audio CD
- EAN : 0805520020374
- Format : Box set
- Label : Proper Box
- Manufacturer : Proper Box
- Number Of Discs : 4
- Package Dimensions : 0.80 inches (Height) x 5.10 inches (Length) x 0.55 pounds (Weight) x 5.00 inches (Width)
- Package Quantity : 1
- Product Group : Music
- Publisher : Proper Box
- Release Date : 2002-03-11
- SKU : S805520020374
- Studio : Proper Box
- UPC : 805520020374
As a meticulous selection of over 90 titles from the first 20 years of the Webster discography Big Ben could hardly be bettered. It traces the career of one of the great masters of the tenor saxophone from his unimpressive beginnings in 1931 to the marvellous years with Duke Ellington in the early 40s and the freelancing which followed, culminating in two sessions from 1951 which demonstrate Webster's incomparable ballad style in its full maturity. The first CD traces the early stylistic developments through sessions with Bennie Moten, Fletcher Henderson, Billie Holiday and Teddy Wilson, while the second covers the period with Ellington which also included dates with Jack Teagarden and Slim Gaillard. Among the tracks selected here are the first recordings of such classics as "Cottontail", "Sepia Panorama", "Chelsea Bridge" and "Perdido". The third and fourth CDs follow Ben through the 40s as he recorded with big band leaders Woody Herman and Jay McShann, veterans including Hot Lips Page and Cozy Cole and boppers such as Dizzy Gillespie and Idrees Sulieman. There are also eight tracks from two quartet sessions featuring the unique drumming of Big Sid Catlett and showing Webster at his most relaxed. Lengthy and informative notes by producer Joop Visser complete an attractively produced package representing exceptional value for money. --Graham Colombé
- Amazon.co.uk Review
Tracks:
Disc 1
- 1: Blanche Calloway And Her Joy Boys - Without That Gal
- 2: Bennie Moten s Kansas City Orchestra - Toby
- 3: Bennie Moten s Kansas City Orchestra - The Blue Room
- 4: Fletcher Henderson And His Orchestra - Happy As The Day Is Long
- 5: Fletcher Henderson And His Orchestra - Hotter Than 'Ell
- 6: Benny Carter And His Orchestra - Dream Lullaby
- 7: Benny Carter And His Orchestra - Everybody Shuffle
- 8: Bob Howard And His Orchestra - The Ghost Of Dinah
- 9: Willie Bryant And His Orchestra - Rigamarole
- 10: Teddy Wilson And His Orchestra - What A Little Moonlight Can Do
- 11: Teddy Wilson And His Orchestra - A Sunbonnet Blue
- 12: Willie Bryant And His Orchestra - The Voice Of Old Man River
- 13: Duke Ellington And His Famous Orchestra - Truckin'
- 14: Duke Ellington And His Orchestra - In A Jam
- 15: Cab Calloway And His Orchestra - The Wedding Of Mr And Mrs Swing
- 16: Teddy Wilson And His Orchestra - Easy To Love
- 17: Teddy Wilson And His Orchestra - I'll See You In My Dreams
- 18: Fletcher Henderson And His Orchestra - Sing You Sinners
- 19: Lionel Hampton And His Orchestra - Early Session Hop
- 20: Teddy Wilson And His Orchestra - 71
- 21: Duke Ellington And His Famous Orchestra - Solitude
- 22: Duke Ellington And His Famous Orchestra - Congo Brava
- 23: Duke Ellington And His Famous Orchestra - Cotton Tail
- 24: Duke Ellington And His Famous Orchestra - Bojangles (A Portrait Of Bill Robinson)
Disc 2
- 1: Duke Ellington And His Famous Orchestra - All Too Soon
- 2: Duke Ellington And His Famous Orchestra - Sepia Panorama
- 3: Duke Ellington And His Famous Orchestra - Chloe
- 4: Rex Stewart And His Orchestra - Linger Awhile
- 5: Duke Ellington And His Orchestra - Stardust
- 6: Barney Bigard And His Orchestra - Lament For Javanette
- 7: Jack Teagarden s Big Eight - St James Infirmary
- 8: Jack Teagarden s Big Eight - The World Is Waiting For The Sunrise
- 9: Jack Teagarden s Big Eight - Big Eight Blues
- 10: Jack Teagarden s Big Eight - Shine
- 11: Duke Ellington And His Famous Orchestra - Blue Serge
- 12: Duke Ellington And His Famous Orchestra - Just A-Settin' And A-Rockin'
- 13: Duke Ellington And His Famous Orchestra - Five O'Clock Drag
- 14: Duke Ellington And His Famous Orchestra - Chelsea Bridge
- 15: Duke Ellington And His Famous Orchestra - Perdido
- 16: Duke Ellington And His Famous Orchestra - The "C" Jam Blues
- 17: Slim Gaillard & His Flat Foot Floogie Boys - Palm Springs Jump
- 18: Slim Gaillard & His Flat Foot Floogie Boys - Ra-Da-Da-Da
- 19: Slim Gaillard & His Flat Foot Floogie Boys - Groove Juice Special
- 20: Duke Ellington And His Famous Orchestra - Main Stem
- 21: Ben Webster Quintet - Woke Up Clipped
- 22: Ben Webster Quintet - Teezol
- 23: Ben Webster Quintet - 'Nuff Said
Disc 3
- 1: Ben Webster Quintet - The Horn
- 2: Ben Webster Quintet - Dirty Deal
- 3: Ben Webster Quintet - Don't Blame Me
- 4: Ben Webster Quintet - I Surrender Dear
- 5: Ben Webster Quintet - Tea For Two
- 6: Woody Herman And His Orchestra - Noah
- 7: Woody Herman And His Orchestra - Cryin' Sands
- 8: James P. Johnson s Blue Note Jazzmen - Victory Stride
- 9: James P. Johnson s Blue Note Jazzmen - After You've Gone
- 10: Cozy Cole All Stars - Joshua
- 11: Cozy Cole All Stars - Talk To Me
- 12: Cozy Cole All Stars - Body And Soul
- 13: Big Sid Catlett Quartet - Sleep
- 14: Big Sid Catlett Quartet - Linger Awhile
- 15: Big Sid Catlett Quartet - Memories Of You
- 16: Big Sid Catlett Quartet - Just A Riff
- 17: Walter "Foots" Thomas And His Jump Cats - Blues On The Delta
- 18: Ben Webster Quartet - Honeysuckle Rose
- 19: Ben Webster Quartet - I Surrender Dear
- 20: Ben Webster Quartet - Blue Skies
- 21: Ben Webster Quartet - Kat's Fur
- 22: Benny Morton All Stars - My Old Flame
- 23: Benny Morton All Stars - The Sheik Of Araby
Disc 4
- 1: Benny Morton All Stars - Conversing In Blue
- 2: Benny Morton All Stars - Limehouse Blues
- 3: Woody Herman All Stars - John Hardy's Wife
- 4: Ben Webster And His Orchestra - The Jeep Is Jumpin
- 5: Ben Webster And His Orchestra - I Got It Bad (And That Ain't Good)
- 6: Ben Webster And His Orchestra - Dark Corners
- 7: Ben Webster And His Orchestra - Blues, Mr Brim
- 8: Ben Webster Quintet - Frog And Mule
- 9: Ben Webster Quintet - Spang
- 10: Ben Webster Quintet - Doctor Keets
- 11: Ben Webster Quintet - Park And Tilford Blues
- 12: Tony Scott Sextet - You're Only Happy When I'm Blue
- 13: Jay McShann And His Orchestra - New Style Baby
- 14: Jay McShann And His Orchestra - Let's Love Awhile
- 15: Jay McShann And His Orchestra - Nasty Attitude
- 16: Jay McShann And His Orchestra - Slow Down Baby
- 17: Jay McShann And His Orchestra - The Duke And The Brute
- 18: Jay McShann And His Orchestra - Reach
- 19: Johnny Otis And His Orchestra - One O'Clock Jump
- 20: Johnny Otis And His Orchestra - Stardust
- 21: Ben Webster Sextet - Randle's Island
- 22: Ben Webster Sextet - Old Folks
- 23: Ben Webster Sextet - King's Riff
- 24: Ben Webster Sextet - You're My Thrill
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