Ben Webster

This double CD, titled The Brute And The Beautiful, will find both sides of Ben Webster with material never or very rarely heard before. Contains music recorded in the U.S. by Webster himself, his first apearance on the Continent, ambitious work with strings,rough evenings in clubs, soft balads, etc .

PERSONNEL:

BEN WEBSTER, tenor sax, piano, featuring:

KENNY DREW, piano
MIELS-HENNING ORSTED PEDERSEN, bass
JAY McSHAN, piano
DEXTER GORDON, reeds
TETE MONYOLIU, piano
Among others

CD 1: The Brute:

01. In A Mellotone (trio)
02. In A Mellotone (solo piano)
03. Blues In B-Flat,
04. Cotton Tail
05. Nasty Attitude,
06. Dancing On The Ceiling,
07. Indiana
08. The Man I Love
09. Sometimes I'm Happy
10. Things Ain't What They Used To Be
11. Sweet Georgia Brown
12. Better Go
13. The Theme

Total time: 63:50,

CD 2: The Beautiful:

01. Star Dust
02. My Romance
03. Over The Rainbow
04. Old Folks
05. Come Sunday
06. Bye, Bye Blackbird
07. Tenderl
08. Embraceable You,
09. Ad Lib Blues
10. Sophisticated Lady
11. Danny Boy
12. Going Home
13. You'd Be So Nice To Come Home To
14. The Theme.

Total time: 68:17