LIVE IN ESSLINGEN 1967

EXCLUSIVE COLLECTOR'S ITEM

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This release presents a complete never before heard live concert by the great Ben Webster in his only known performance with trumpeter Benny Bailey. They are the only horn players featured on more than half of the tracks, resulting in a buoyant and swinging session reminiscent of the Basie band. Accompaniment is provided by a group of first-rate European musicians. As a bonus, a rarely heard broadcast recorded at the Café Bohemia a decade earlier, which finds Webster paired with another great trumpeter: Roy Eldridge. The sound quality on both sessions is excellent.

BEN WEBSTER, tenor sax
BENNY BAILEY, trumpet
Soloists on all tracks, plus:

JO GAGLIARDI, trumpet
ANDRE FAIST, trombone
ROGER SUVRIER, alto sax
HENRI CHAIX, piano
ALAIN DU BOIS, guitar
ISLA ECKINGER, bass
ROMANO CAVICIOLA, drums
J.F. Kennedy-Schule, Treffpunkt Jazz Konzert, Esslingen, Germany, October 8, 1967.

Bonus tracks
[6-8] BEN WEBSTER, tenor sax
ROY ELDRIDGE, trumpet
BOB JAMMER, piano
TED STURGIS, bass
ED LEVINSON or JERRY SEGAL, drums.
Café Bohemia, ca. November/December 1957.

[9-10]
BEN WEBSTER, tenor sax
EDDIE “CLEANHEAD” VINSON, alto sax
JAY McSHANN, piano, also vocal on #### 10
GENE RAMEY, bass
PAUL GUNTHER, drums.
Café Samson, Antwerp, Belgium, March 10 1969.

Note: Tracks 9-10 come from a rare radio broadcast and sound quality is not as good as the rest of the CD.
They are included due to both their rarity and high musical interest.

Tracks:

01. SWINGING THE BLUES 7:26
02. NOW’S THE TIME 6:10
03. DEBBIE’S BLUES 8:52
04. IN A MELLOW TONE 8:10
05. THE JEEP IS JUMPIN’ 9:27
06. RIFFTIDE 7:56*
07. BOHEMIA 4:24*
08 IN A MELLOW TONE 5:32*
09. MOTEN SWING 6:43*
10. B&J BOOGIE 7:23*

TOTAL TIME: 72:07