Summary: A 100th birthday celebration of tenor saxophonist Ben Webster featuring tracks from the albums Soulville, Ben Webster Meets Oscar Peterson, King of the Tenors, See You at the Fair, The Soul of Ben Webster, Ben Webster and Associates, Music for Loving, Music With Feeling, Coleman Hawkins Encounters Ben Webster (with Coleman Hawkins), Ben and Sweets (with Harry 'Sweets' Edison) and The Tatum Group Masterpieces, Vol. 8 (with Art Tatum) featuring Duke Ellington, Oscar Peterson, Art Tatum, Teddy Wilson, Coleman Hawkins, Benny Carter, Harry 'Sweets' Edison, Hank Jones, Herb Ellis, Billy Strayhorn, Al Haig, Hot Lips Page, Jimmy Jones, Les Spann, Ray Brown, Oscar Pettiford, Big Sid Catlett and Jo Jones All titles feature Ben Webster, tenor saxophone, with- [1'01] Sophisticated Lady (Music for Loving, Norgran 1954) Teddy Wilson- p; Ray Brown- b; Jo Jones- d [4'04] Frog And Mule (Haven 1946) Al Haig- p; Bill De Arango- g; John Simmons- b; Big Sid Catlett- d [7'11] Soulville (Soulville, Verve 1957) Oscar Peterson- p; Herb Ellis- g; Ray Brown- b; Stan Levey- d [15'13] with Duke Ellington- Five O'Clock Drag (Victor 1941) Wallace Jones, Ray Nance- tp; Rex Stewart- cor; Joe Nanton, Lawrence Brown- tb; Juan Tizol- vtb; Barney Bigard- cl, ts; Johnny Hodges- cl, as; Otto Hardwick- as; Harry Carney- cl, as, bars; Fred Guy- g; Jimmie Blanton- b; Sonny Greer- d [18'25] with Harry 'Sweets' Edison- My Romance (Ben and Sweets, Columbia 1962) Edison- tp; Hank Jones- p; George Duvivier- b; Clarence Johnson- d [24'30] Teezol (radio broadcast 1943 or 1944) Hot Lips Page- tp; Clyde Hart- p; Charlie Drayton- b; Denzil Best- d [27'16] with Art Tatum- All the Things You Are (The Tatum Group Masterpieces, Vol. 8, Pablo 1956) Tatum- p; Red Callender- b; Bill Douglass- d [34'27] Blue Skies (Savoy 1944) Johnny Guarnieri- p; Oscar Pettiford- b; David Booth- d [37'43] Chelsea Bridge (Music With Feeling, Norgran 1954) Tony Scott- cl; Billy Strayhorn- p, arr; George Duvivier- b; Louie Bellson- d; strings [41'37] with Duke Ellington- Cotton Tail (Victor 1940) Wallace Jones, Cootie Williams- tp; Rex Stewart- cor; Joe Nanton, Lawrence Brown- tb; Juan Tizol- vtb; Barney Bigard- cl, ts; Johnny Hodges- cl, as; Otto Hardwick- as; Harry Carney- cl, as, bars; Fred Guy- g; Jimmie Blanton- b; Sonny Greer- d; Ellington & Webster- arr [44'48] That's All (King of the Tenors, Norgran 1953) Harry 'Sweets' Edison- tp; Benny Carter- as; Oscar Peterson- p; Herb Ellis- g; Ray Brown- b; Alvin Stoller- d [48'35] with Coleman Hawkins- Blues for Yolande (Coleman Hawkins Encounters Ben Webster, Verve 1957) Hawkins- ts; Oscar Peterson-p; Herb Ellis-g; Ray Brown-b; Alvin Stoller-d [55'19] Old Folks (Mercury 1951) Maynard Ferguson- tp; Benny Carter- as; Gerald Wiggins- p; John Kirby- b; George Jenkins- d [58'13] Dark Corners (Haven 1946) Idrees Sulieman- tp; Tony Scott- cl; Argonne Thornton- p; Bill De Arango- g; John Simmons- b; Big Sid Catlett- d [61'12] with Oscar Peterson- The Touch of Your Lips (Ben Webster Meets Oscar Peterson, Verve 1959) Peterson- p; Ray Brown- b; Ed Thigpen- d [67'28] with Teddy Wilson: 71 (Columbia 1940) Karl George, Doc Cheatham, Harold 'Shorty' Baker- tp; Floyd Brady- tb; Pete Clark- cl, as, bars; Rudy Powell- cl, as; George Irish- ts; Wilson- p; Al Casey- g; Al Hall- b; J.C. Heard- d; Webster- arr [70'30] Time After Time (Ben Webster and Associates, Verve 1959) Jimmy Jones- p; Les Spann- g; Ray Brown- b; Jo Jones- d [75'03] with Duke Ellington- All Too Soon (Victor 1940) Wallace Jones, Cootie Williams- tp; Rex Stewart- cor; Joe Nanton, Lawrence Brown- tb; Juan Tizol- vtb; Barney Bigard- cl, ts; Johnny Hodges- cl, as; Otto Hardwick- as; Harry Carney- cl, as, bars; Fred Guy- g; Jimmie Blanton- b; Sonny Greer- d [78'32] See You at the Fair (See You at the Fair, Impulse 1964) Hank Jones- p; Richard Davis- b; Osie Johnson- d [84'43] When I Fall in Love (The Soul of Ben Webster, Verve 1958) Art Farmer- tp; Harold Ashby- ts; Jim(continued)
