717101831920

Plays Ballads

Ben Webster

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Format: CD

Cat No: STCD8319

Release Date:  01 October 2002

Label:  Storyville Records

Packaging Type:  Jewel Case

No of Units:  1

Barcode:  717101831920

Genres:  Jazz  Smooth Jazz  

  • Description

    This CD is made of up of selected live & studio broadcasts with the Danish Radio Big Band and Swedish, British and Danish/American small groups during 1964-71. As the title indicates, only ballads are included on the CD, and, for the first time on a BenWebster ballad album, there is no string-section accompaniment. Three of the ten numbers are previously unreleased. The art of ballad-playing was all-important to Ben Webster. He once said, "Remember, there are only three tempi in jazz -slow, medium and slow!" While all the tunes are ballads, the wide variety of venues and constellations give a wonderful, multi-faceted sound-picture of Ben Webster.

  • Tracklisting

      Disc 1

      Side 1

      • 1. Stardust
      • 2. Cry Me A River
      • 3. For Heaven's Sake
      • 4. Greensleeves
      • 5. My Romance
      • 6. Willow Weep For Me
      • 7. Old Folks
      • 8. Danny Boy
      • 9. Chelsea Bridge
      • 10. For All We Know