The Best of Ben Webster 1931-1944

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Personnel includes: Ben Webster (tenor saxophone); Blanche Calloway, Jimmy Rushing, Bob Howard, Billie Holiday (vocals); Benny Carter (alto saxophone, trumpet, clarinet); Russell Procope, Johnny Hodges (alto saxophone); Buster Bailey (tenor saxophone, clarinet); Georgie Auld, Coleman Hawkins (tenor saxophone); Hot Lips Page, Red Allen, Roy Eldridge, Cootie Williams, Rex Stewart (trumpet); Benny Morton, Lawrence Brown, Joe Nanton, Juan Tizol (trombone); Benny Goodman (clarinet); Count Basie, Fletcher Henderson, Teddy Wilson, Duke Ellington, James P. Johnson (piano); Walter Page, Milt Hinton, Jimmy Blanton, Oscar Pettiford (bass); Cozy Cole, Gene Krupa, J.C. Heard, Sonny Greer, Sidney Catlett (drums). Recorded between June 1931 and May 1944. Includes liner notes by Vic Bellerby. Personnel: Ben Webster (tenor saxophone); Pinetop Smith (vocals, trumpet); Jimmy Rushing, Billie Holiday, Blanche Calloway (vocals); Andy Jackson (guitar, banjo); Eddie Durham (guitar, trombone); Allan Ruess, Hy White, Teddy Walters, Lawrence Lucie, Leroy Berry, Clarence Holiday, Jimmy Shirley, John Trueheart, Al Casey , Fred Guy, Albert Casey (guitar); Benny Carter (clarinet, alto saxophone, trumpet); Eddie Barefield, Jerry Blake, Rudy Powell (clarinet, alto saxophone); Barney Bigard, Budd Johnson, Buster Bailey (clarinet, tenor saxophone); Vido Musso, Benny Goodman (clarinet); Hilton Jefferson, Walter "Foots" Thomas, Russell Procope (alto saxophone, tenor saxophone); Jack Washington (alto saxophone, baritone saxophone); Leroy Hardy, Johnny Hodges, Otto Hardwick, Ben Smith (alto saxophone); Coleman Hawkins, Georgie Auld, George Irish, Elmer "Skippy" Williams (tenor saxophone); Elmer James, Harry Carney, Al Hall , Billy Taylor , Israel Crosby, Jimmy Blanton, John Kirby , John Simmons , Milt Hinton, Oscar Pettiford, Walter Page, Charlie Drayton (baritone saxophone); Cootie Williams, Joe Keyes, Doc Cheatham, Edgar Battle, Emmett Berry, Lammar Wright, Sr., Irving "Mouse" Randolph, Dee Stewart, Harold Baker, Otis Johnson, Henry "Red" Allen, Hot Lips Page, Russell Smith, Karl George, Lamar Wright, Ray Nance, Rex Stewart, Roy Eldridge, Russel Johnson, Dick Vance, Wallace Jones, Charlie Shavers (trumpet); Herb Alvis, Alton Moore, Floyd Brady, Rock McConnell, Joe "Tricky Sam" Nanton, Juan Tizol, Keg Johnson, Lawrence Brown , Albert Wynn, Ray Conniff, Vic Dickenson, Benny Morton, Dan Minor, Claude Jones (trombone); Clyde Hart, Count Basie, Duke Ellington, Johnny Guamieri, Fletcher Henderson, Billy Rowland, James P. Johnson, Johnny Guarnieri, Marlowe Morris, Teddy Wilson (piano); Cozy Cole, Pete Suggs, Denzil Best, Gene Krupa, J.C. Heard , Big Sid Catlett, Sonny Greer, Specs Powell, Walter Johnson , Willie McWashington (drums). Liner Note Author: Vic Bellerby. Recording information: Camden, NJ (06/11/1931-05/16/1944); Chicago, IL (06/11/1931-05/16/1944); Fargo, IL (06/11/1931-05/16/1944); Hollywood, CA (06/11/1931-05/16/1944); New York, NY (06/11/1931-05/16/1944). Unknown Contributor Roles: Count Basie; Duke Ellington; Leroy Hardy; Herb Alvis; Fletcher Henderson; Gene Krupa; James P. Johnson; Teddy Wilson. Arrangers: Edgar Battle; Horace Henderson; Ben Webster. This superb 24-song compilation brings together some of the best recordings made by the jazz giant Ben Webster. Possessed of one of the most robust and vibrant tenor tones in the jazz pantheon, Webster could easily make his saxophone sound like a thunderous force, yet his approach to ballads and downtempo numbers is astonishingly nuanced and tender. Webster is in stellar company here too, as Duke Ellington, Count Basie, and Billie Holiday all make appearances. Still, it is Webster's breathtaking performances on tunes like "Body and Soul" that take the prize.
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