Ben Webster

2 CD SET   - 24 BIT DIGITALLY REMASTERED

This CD comprises all existing sextet studio sessions featuring Ben Webster and Harry “Sweet” Edison together. Included here are the complete LPs Sweets (Clef MGC717) and Gee, Baby, Ain’t I Good to You (Verve MGV8211), plus the only known alternate take from the sessions, and all of the tracks featuring Ben and Sweets from the rare album Songs for Hip Lovers (MGV2069) and Some of My Favorite (RCA LPM1449).

BEN WEBSTER tenor sax & HARRY “SWEETS” EDISON trumpet on all tracks, plus:

CD 1 [1-9] Sweets:
Jimmy Rowles (p)
Barney Kessel (g)
Joe Mondragon (b),
Alvin Stoller (d).
Los Angeles, September 4, 1956.

CD 1 [10-13]: Some Of My Favorites:
Jimmy Rowles (p)
Red Norvo (vib
Bob Carter (b)
Bill Douglas (d).
Los Angeles, January 18, 1957.

CD 2 [1-8]: Gee, Baby Ain’t I Good To You:
Oscar Peterson (p)
Barney Kessel (g)
Herb Ellis (g, replaces Kessel on 3, 4 & 6),
Ray Brown (b),
Alvin Stoller (d).
Los Angeles, March 5, 1957 & March 29, 1957 (3 & 4).

CD 2 [9-14]: Songs For Hip Lovers:
Jimmy Rowles (p)
Barney Kessel (g)
Joe Mondragon (b
Larry Bunker (d),
Woody Herman (vcl).
Los Angeles, January 11-12, 1957.


INCLUDES 12-PAGE BOOKLET

CD 1: TOTAL TIME: 75:55 min
01. Hollering At The Watkins
02. Used To Be Basie
03. How Deep Is The Ocean
04. Studio Call
05. Willow Weep For Me
06. Opus 711
07. Love Is Here To Stay
08. K.M. Blues
09. Walkin’ With Sweets
10. The Night Is Blue
11. Easy On The Eyes
12. Just A Mood
13. Sunrise Blues

CD 2: TOTAL TIME: 68:47 min
01. Blues For The Blues
02. Blues For Piney Brown
03. Moonlight In Vermont
04. Taste On The Place
05. Gee, Baby, Ain’t I Good To You
06. Blues For Bill Basie
07. You’re Getting To Be A Habit With Me
08. Blues For The Blues (Alt. Take)
09. Alone Together
10. Willow, Weep For Me
11. Bidin’ My Time
12. Makin’ Whoopee
13. Moon Song
14. Louise