Ben Webster : 100 Years

CD [Cover Art for Ben Webster / 100 Years]

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Sell date: 6/2009
Label: Storyville Records
Mfg's Catalog#: 1038407
CDC Part#: 1388697
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Full title is: 100 Years

  Aage Bertelsen - Strings
  Alex Riel - Drums
  Allan Botschinsky - Trumpet
  Anton Kontra - Strings
  Axel Windfel - Trombone
  Ben Webster - Piano, Sax (Tenor)
  Bent Juul Nielsen - Reeds
  Bjarne Rostvold - Drums
  Borge Madsen - Strings
  Carmell Jones - Trumpet
  Charlie McLean - Piano
  Dexter Gordon - Reeds
  Erling Christensen - Strings
  Finn Ziegler - Strings, Violin
  Herman Bell - Guitar
  Holger Bjerre - Strings
  Hugo Rasmussen - Bass
  Jay McShann - Piano
  Jesper Thilo - Reeds
  Jesse Price - Drums
  Jimmy Cannady - Guitar
  Joe Veletri - Drums
  Kurt J. Jensen - Strings
  Lloyd Anderson - Bass
  Makaya Ntshoko - Drums
  Milt Hinton - Bass
  Mogens Holm Larsen - Strings
  Niels-Henning Orsted Pedersen - Bass
  Ole Kock Hansen - Piano
  Ole Kurt Jensen - Trombone
  Ole Molin - Guitar
  Ole Streenberg - Drums
  Ove Winther - Strings
  Palle Bolvig - Trumpet
  Palle Mikkelborg - Trumpet
  Per Espersen - Trombone
  Per Ludolph - Strings
  Perry Knudsen - Trumpet
  Ray White - Drums
  Rob Langereis - Bass
  Rune Carlsson - Drums
  Sahib Shihab - Reeds
  Stanley Carlson - Strings
  Tete Montoliu - Piano
  Torolf Molgaard - Trombone
  Torolf Molgard - Trombone
  Uffe Karskov - Reeds
  Walter Brown - Vocals

Ben Webster was never a particularly innovative or experimental tenor sax player, so he often gets overlooked when discussions turn to the greatest sax players of the 20th century, but he could do two things as well as anyone who ever picked up the instrument. He could blow rough and raspy and he could go sweet as fresh sugar on a ballad until one would swear the whole world was weeping. Webster didn't expand, deconstruct, and re-form melodies; he simply made them speak in a way that made the heart swell. And luckily, he recorded a lot, which makes sets like this one possible. Divided into two discs, one featuring Webster's powerful, rough side and the other his aching, honey-filled ballad side (with a little bit of Webster at the piano as well), this little box set, released to honor the 100th anniversary of Webster's birth, makes for a fascinating late-career portrait of this delightful player, catching him in all of his styles, swinging, roaring, and sighing by turns. ~ Steve Leggett, All Music Guide

 
 Tracks and Sound Clips   Click here for the Windows Media player
 
In a Mellow Tone - 2:21 Play the Windows Media clip
In a Mellow Tone - 5:21 Play the Windows Media clip
Blues in B Flat - 6:29 Play the Windows Media clip
Cotton Tail - 2:16 Play the Windows Media clip
Nasty Attitude - 2:56 Play the Windows Media clip
Dancing on the Ceiling - 6:03 Play the Windows Media clip
Indiana - 5:32 Play the Windows Media clip
Man I Love - 5:38 Play the Windows Media clip
Sometimes I'm Happy - 4:49 Play the Windows Media clip
Things Ain't What They Used to Be - 3:16 Play the Windows Media clip
Sweet Georgia Brown - 3:06 Play the Windows Media clip
Better Go - 5:50 Play the Windows Media clip
Theme - 10:06 Play the Windows Media clip
Stardust - 6:25 Play the Windows Media clip
My Romance - 8:07 Play the Windows Media clip
Over the Rainbow - 6:34 Play the Windows Media clip
Old Folks - 6:52 Play the Windows Media clip
Come Sunday - 3:55 Play the Windows Media clip
Bye, Bye Blackbird - 4:44 Play the Windows Media clip
Tenderly - 3:15 Play the Windows Media clip
Embraceable You - 4:53 Play the Windows Media clip
Ad Lib Blues - 4:35 Play the Windows Media clip
Sophisticated Lady - 8:08 Play the Windows Media clip
Danny Boy - 2:28 Play the Windows Media clip
Going Home - 3:51 Play the Windows Media clip
You'd Be So Nice to Come Home To - 4:00 Play the Windows Media clip
Theme - :32 Play the Windows Media clip
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