Ben Webster’s Ben Webster And Associates is the newest to obtain a vinyl reissue by way of Verve’s Acoustic Sounds Collection. Initially launched in 1959, it’s recognized for being Norman Granz’s final enterprise showcasing tenor saxophone icons Ben Webster and Coleman Hawkins collectively.
The pair (who met in Webster’s hometown of Kansas Metropolis) first obtained collectively for 1957’s Coleman Hawkins Encounters Ben Webster. Webster, whose profession spanned from the Nineteen Thirties to his dying in 1973, has performed with Depend Basie, Cab Calloway, Duke Ellington, Billie Vacation, Johnny Hodges, and plenty of others. Granz, a staple determine in jazz music historical past, was the founding father of the file labels Verve, Clef, Norgran, Down Residence, Pablo, and the Jazz on the Philharmonic live performance sequence.
Different jazz greats who seem on the Ben Webster And Associates album are veteran saxophonist Budd Johnson (whom Webster obtained classes from), trumpeter Roy Eldridge, guitarist Les Spann, pianist Jimmy Jones, bassist Ray Brown, and drummer Jo Jones.
Ben Webster And Associates contains two requirements, “Time After Time” and Duke Ellington’s sprawling, 20-minute “In a Mellow Tone,” plus three unique compositions by Webster.
The Acoustic Sounds Collection is Verve’s all-analog vinyl reissue sequence. It options transfers from analog tapes and remastered 180-gram vinyl in deluxe gatefold packaging. First launched in 2020, the sequence provides audiophile-grade pressings of iconic jazz albums all through historical past. The sequence contains LPs from legends like Ella Fitzgerald, Louis Armstrong, Peggy Lee, Sonny Rollins, Mel Torme, Stan Getz, Oscar Peterson, John Lee Hooker, Lightnin’ Hopkins, and extra.
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