Ben Wester - Ballads - The Complete Album - State of Art: 81264 - CD

Release Date: 5th Jul 2019
Catalogue No: 81264
Label: State of Art

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Chelsea Bridge / Love Is Here To Stay / It Happens To Be Me / All Too

Soon / Willow Weep For Me / Come Rain Or Come Shine / Prelude To A Kiss /

Do Nothin’ Till You Hear From Me / My Greatest Mistake / There Is No Greater

Love / Blue Moon / What Am I Here For / We’Ll Be Together Again / Early Autumn

/ Until Tonight / Teach Me Tonight / My Funny Valentine / Sophisticated

Lady / Almost Like Being In Love

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Ben Webster had already enjoyed an extensive music career by the time these recordings were made. However, he still wasn’t known for the sensual ballad feeling that would become his trademark over the last two

decades of his life.

In the earlier days of his career he was best known for the hard blowing fast tenor sax he exhibited playing with either the Duke Ellington orchestra or with his own multiple small groups. The ballad sets included here mark almost the beginning of Webster’s new musical direction. They were originally issued on two LPs, titled ‘Music with Feeling’ and ‘Music for Loving’, which compile the results of four different sessions. Three of these dates were big band/string efforts one conducted by Billy Strayhorn (who also played the piano) and two by Ralph Burns. The fourth session consisted of four quartet tunes.

The CD includes an interesting quartet version of Almost Like Being in Love recorded at the Billy Strayhorn date which completes the session.

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