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Issued in time for Valentine's Day 2005, Ben Webster for Lovers collects 11 of the tenor giant's best ballads from his Verve period. Readings of "My Funny Valentine," "Someone to Watch Over Me," "Where Are You," "Love Is Here to Stay," and "Time On My Hands" are the standouts, but nothing here is superfluous. The only track that should have been included that wasn't is Webster's read of "Chelsea Bridge" from Music for Loving, the single most moving ballad he ever recorded. This set works well for its intended purpose, but it functions just as well as a stellar set of ballads by one of the jazz genre's finest practitioners of the form.
© Thom Jurek /TiVo
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Jimmy Jones, Piano, AssociatedPerformer - Milt Hinton, Bass Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Mundell Lowe, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Victor Young, Composer - Ben Webster, MainArtist - Edward Heyman, Author - Dave Bailey, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Norman Granz, Producer
℗ 1992 The Verve Music Group, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
Bob Hilliard, Author - Ben Webster, MainArtist - RAY BROWN, Double Bass, AssociatedPerformer - Ed Thigpen, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Oscar Peterson, MainArtist - David A. Mann, Composer - Norman Granz, Producer
℗ 1959 The Verve Music Group, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
Richard Davis, Upright Bass, AssociatedPerformer - George Gershwin, Composer - Ira Gershwin, Author - Osie Johnson, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Ben Webster, MainArtist - Hank Jones, Piano, AssociatedPerformer - George Douglas, Producer - Bob Thiele, Producer
℗ 1964 The Verve Music Group, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
Richard Rodgers, Composer - Lorenz Hart, Author - Ben Webster, MainArtist - Teddy Wilson, MainArtist - Norman Granz, Producer
℗ 1955 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Ben Webster, Tenor Saxophone, AssociatedPerformer - RAY BROWN, Double Bass, AssociatedPerformer - Stan Levey, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Jimmy McHugh, Composer - Herb Ellis, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Harold Adamson, Author - Oscar Peterson, Piano, AssociatedPerformer - Norman Granz, Producer - The Ben Webster Quintet, MainArtist
℗ 1957 UMG Recordings, Inc.
George Gershwin, Composer - Ira Gershwin, Author - Ben Webster, MainArtist - Norman Granz, Producer
℗ 1955 The Verve Music Group, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
Jule Styne, Composer - Ben Webster, MainArtist - Sammy Cahn, Author - Norman Granz, Producer
℗ 1959 The Verve Music Group, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
Mitchell Parish, Author - HOAGY CARMICHAEL, Composer - Ben Webster, MainArtist - Bob Thiele, Producer
℗ 1964 The Verve Music Group, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
Ben Webster, MainArtist - Gerry Mulligan, MainArtist, ComposerLyricist - Norman Granz, Producer
℗ 1959 The Verve Music Group, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
Vincent Youmans, ComposerLyricist - Ben Webster, Tenor Saxophone, AssociatedPerformer - RAY BROWN, Double Bass, AssociatedPerformer - Mack Gordon, ComposerLyricist - Stan Levey, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Herb Ellis, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Harold Adamson, ComposerLyricist - Oscar Peterson, Piano, AssociatedPerformer - Norman Granz, Producer - The Ben Webster Quintet, MainArtist
℗ 1957 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Harold Arlen, Composer - Ben Webster, MainArtist - E.Y. HARBURG, Author - Bob Thiele, Producer
℗ 1964 The Verve Music Group, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
Album review
Issued in time for Valentine's Day 2005, Ben Webster for Lovers collects 11 of the tenor giant's best ballads from his Verve period. Readings of "My Funny Valentine," "Someone to Watch Over Me," "Where Are You," "Love Is Here to Stay," and "Time On My Hands" are the standouts, but nothing here is superfluous. The only track that should have been included that wasn't is Webster's read of "Chelsea Bridge" from Music for Loving, the single most moving ballad he ever recorded. This set works well for its intended purpose, but it functions just as well as a stellar set of ballads by one of the jazz genre's finest practitioners of the form.
© Thom Jurek /TiVo
About the album
- 1 disc(s) - 11 track(s)
- Total length: 00:44:57
- Main artists: Ben Webster
- Composer: Various Composers
- Label: Verve Reissues
- Genre: Jazz
© 2005 The Verve Music Group, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc. This Compilation ℗ 2005 The Verve Music Group, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
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