Ben Webster – 25 Essentials of Ben Webster (2014) [Official Digital Download 24bit/96kHz]

Ben Webster – 25 Essentials of Ben Webster (2014)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/96 kHz | Time – 02:12:34 minutes | 1,19 GB | Genre: Jazz
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Ben Webster was considered one of the “big three” of swing tenors along with Coleman Hawkins (his main influence) and Lester Young. He had a tough, raspy, and brutal tone on stomps (with his own distinctive growls) yet on ballads he would turn into a pussy cat and play with warmth and sentiment. After violin lessons as a child, Webster learned how to play rudimentary piano (his neighbor Pete Johnson taught him to play blues). But after Budd Johnson showed him some basics on the saxophone, Webster played sax in the Young Family Band (which at the time included Lester Young). He had stints with Jap Allen and Blanche Calloway (making his recording debut with the latter) before joining Bennie Moten’s Orchestra in time to be one of the stars on a classic session in 1932. Webster spent time with quite a few orchestras in the 1930s (including Andy Kirk, Fletcher Henderson in 1934, Benny Carter, Willie Bryant, Cab Calloway, and the short-lived Teddy Wilson big band).

Tracklist:

1. Ben Webster – Tangerine (05:21)
2. Ben Webster – You’d Be so Nice to Come Home To (04:17)
3. Ben Webster – Porgy (03:02)
4. Ben Webster – Chelsea Bridge (07:16)
5. Ben Webster – Dark Corners (02:58)
6. Ben Webster – Cadillac Slim (03:08)
7. Ben Webster – Blues for Yolande (06:46)
8. Ben Webster – Gone with the Wind (04:45)
9. Ben Webster – Have You Met Miss Jones (04:47)
10. Ben Webster – I Got It Bad and That Ain’t Good (03:12)
11. Ben Webster – My Ideal (07:14)
12. Ben Webster – Pick up Boys (03:01)
13. Ben Webster – Go Home (09:58)
14. Ben Webster – It Never Entered My Mind (05:48)
15. Ben Webster – Night and Day (05:26)
16. Ben Webster – Shine on Harvest Moon (04:51)
17. Ben Webster – Prisoner of Love (04:14)
18. Ben Webster – Who’s Got Rhythm (07:36)
19. Ben Webster – Rosita (05:05)
20. Ben Webster – Sunday (07:20)
21. Ben Webster – My One and Only Love (06:11)
22. Ben Webster – Tell Me When (05:02)
23. Ben Webster – Salt Peanut Pick up Boys (02:55)
24. Ben Webster – The Cat Walk (05:43)
25. Ben Webster – Where or When (06:23)

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