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Ben Webster – At Ease With Ben Webster

Bass – Gerard Holdgrefe

Drums – Tom Van Steenderen

Piano – Frans Wieringa

Tenor Saxophone – Ben Webster

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Opening my Sunday morning with one of my favorite jazz artists, and a great tenor sax player, Ben Webster, from his album “At The Renaissance” as reissued by Analogue Productions. Recorded on October 14, 1960 by Howard Holzer and mastered for reissue by the late, great Doug Sax, and pressed at RTI, this album really shines. Webster along with Jim Hall, Jimmy Robles, Red Mitchell and Frank Butler out on the West Coast on Sunset Strip in Hollywood, California. Webster was in top form, as were his band mates. This is a live recording, and there’s a bit too much left/right to the sound for my liking, but that is offset by the tone and timbre of Webster’s tenor sax. His big, warm detailed sound (just listen for his breath on the reed). Hall’s guitar is a wonderful choice for a front line mate to Webster. And what needs be said about the rhythm section? These guys (Rowles especially) could play anything. Here they dive into five standards and one tune Webster had intimate knowledge of, Duke Ellington’s “Caravan (written while Webster was a member of the Ellington orchestra.) I’ve never heard an original pressing, so I can’t say how much of an improvement this reissue is. But I can state that I doubt it tops this LP. Long (LONG) OOP, you’ll have to scour the used market for a copy. But damn, is it worth it. Most highly recommended. #lp #record #recordcollector #recordcollection #recordlabel #album #albumcover #vinyl #vinylrecords #stereo #analog #benwebster #highend #audiophile #audiophilevinyl #audiophilepressing https://www.instagram.com/p/BtJRbnHgXqi/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=1u0u3l4gywu54

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Saxophone Sunset

(Ben Webster, "That's All")

Plump notes, tenor sax. Ripe

peaches, warm fuzz exteriorily

wry. Now

things must move uptown.

Phrases must front style.

Though even among neon

and hard traffic & hard lives

they do not lose

their memory of sunset.

Sweet, tart, sad, not bitter,

that's all.

hans ostrom 2018

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Ben Webster – Ben Webster and Friends

Bass – Ray Brown Drums – Jo Jones Guitar – Leslie Spann Piano – Jimmy Jones Tenor Saxophone – Ben Webster, Budd Johnson, Coleman Hawkins Trumpet – Roy Eldridge

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Ben Webster and Benny Morton outside the Famous Door, NYC, 1938. Photo Buck Clayton collection.

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Ben Webster and Harry “Sweets” Edison ‎– Ben & Sweets (Full Album)

“Tenor saxophonist Ben Webster and trumpeter Harry “Sweets” Edison, both veterans of the swing era (although associated with different orchestras), had long wanted to record a full album together. The results, a swinging quintet set with pianist Hank Jones, bassist George Duvivier, and drummer Clarence Johnston, are quite rewarding. There are two ballad features for the tenor (“How Long Has This Been Going On” and a beautiful version of “My Romance”) and one for Edison (“Embraceable You”), along with three medium-tempo collaborations. Nothing unexpected occurs but the melodic music is quite enjoyable.” – Scott Yanow/AllMusic .

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The Big 3 Tenors Of Saxophone In Jazz History

Before there were the 3 Tenors of opera fame, there were the giants of tenor saxophone: Ben Webster, Coleman Hawkins and Lester Young.

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Ben Webster – Plays Duke Ellington (Full Album)

This Storyville rеlеаѕе fеаturеѕ thе grеаt tеnоr рlауіng nіnе ѕоngѕ аѕѕосіаtеd wіth Ellіngtоn.