Ben Webster – Ben Webster For Lovers

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Ben Webster – Ben Webster For Lovers (2005) [FLAC] {Verve}

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CDinfo:

Artist:……… Ben Webster

Recording Date:. Mar 30, 1954 – Mar 25, 1964

Release Date:… 2005

Label:………. Verve

Catalogue no:… 6 0249863617 6

Format:……… CD

Genre:………. Jazz

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1 When I Fall in Love 4:58

2 In the Wee Small Hours of the Morning 3:13

3 Someone to Watch Over Me 4:30

4 My Funny Valentine 3:25

5 Where Are You? 4:44

6 Love Is Here to Stay 3:24

7 Time After Time 4:36

8 Stardust 2:27

9 Tell Me When 5:04

10 Time On My Hands 4:18

11 Over the Rainbow 4:41

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Review by Thom Jurek @ AMG

Issued in time for Valentine’s Day 2005, Ben Webster for Lovers collects 11 of the tenor giant’s best ballads from his Verve period. Readings of “My Funny Valentine,” “Someone to Watch Over Me,” “Where Are You,” “Love Is Here to Stay,” and “Time On My Hands” are the standouts, but nothing here is superfluous. The only track that should have been included that wasn’t is Webster’s read of “Chelsea Bridge” from Music for Loving, the single most moving ballad he ever recorded. This set works well for its intended purpose, but it functions just as well as a stellar set of ballads by one of the jazz genre’s finest practitioners of the form.

Ben Webster

Gerry Mulligan Baritone Saxophone |

Hank Jones Piano |

Oscar Peterson Piano |

Billy Strayhorn Piano |

Teddy Wilson Piano |

Herb Ellis Guitar |

Mundell Lowe Guitar |

Les Spann Guitar |

Ray Brown Bass |

Milt Hinton Bass |

Leroy Vinnegar Bass |

Louie Bellson Drums |

Jo Jones Drums |

Ed Thigpen Drums |