Ben Webster

This deluxe 8-CD box set has more than 10 hours of Ben Webster’s music including previously unreleased tracks.
The sessions were recorded mainly during 1964 - 1973 in Europe, mostly in Scandinavia, and include live recordings from festivals, clubs and radio and television broadcasts. They feature Webster at Copenhagen’s famous Montmartre club and other Danish locations as well as sessions from his renowned month-long residency at London’s Ronnie Scott’s (his first job in Europe). Completing the set are recordings from Finland, Sweden, Belgium, Germany and several tracks recorded before he left New York.
Webster is heard in various settings- from trios to big bands (mainly quartets) - in the company of contemporaries including Teddy Wilson, Clark Terry, Buck Clayton and Dexter Gordon. The booklet is illustrated with some great photos of Webster and gives a very personal insight from his closest friends and associates into his life and loves, his music and the colourful anecdotes that arose everywhere this remarkable musician went.
About this 8-CD box set:
Size: 16.5 cm x 30.5 cm x 3 cm
Weight: 540 grams

CD 1 - Quartet (Live At Montmatre, Copenhagen, March 5-7, 1968)
Personnel: Ben Webster (ts), Kenny Drew (p), Niels-Henning Orsted Pedersen (b) & Al Heath (d).
Tracks: 1. Johnny Come Lately, 2. Perdido, 3. Autumn Leaves, 4. Old Folks, 5. Mack The Knife, 6. Sunday, 7. Come Sunday, 8. Our Love Is Here To Stay, 9. The Theme.
Total Time: 79:55 mins
br> CD 2 - Quartet (Rhose Island, Dec 7, 1963), Duo (New York, Fall 1964) & Trio (Copenhagen, Sept 16 1969)
Personnel: Ben Webster (ts) on all tracks, plus #1-8 with Michael Renzi (p), Bob Petterutti (b) & Joe Veletri (d); #9-12 with Milt Hinton (b) and #13-14 with Bent Schjaerff (p) & Hugo Rasmussen (b).
Tracks: 1. On Green Dolphin Street, 2. Bye, Bye Blackbird, 3. Lover Come Back To Me, 4. Wee Dot, 5. Tenderly, 6. Sometimes I’m Happy, 7. Embraceable You, 8. The Theme, 9. Sophisticated Lady, 10. Stridin’ With Ben, 11. All The Things You Are, 12. I Can’t Believe That You’re In Love With Me, 13. I Got It Bad, 14. Our Blues.
Total Time: 79:55 mins

CD 3 - Quartets (Live At Ronnie Scott’s, London, Dec 11-18, 1964 & Danish Radio, Copenhagen, March 1968)
Personnel: Ben Webster (ts) on all tracks, plus #1-11 with Stan Tracey (p), Rick Laird (b) & Jackie Dougan (d); #12-14 with Kenny Drew (p), Niels-Henning Ørsted Pedersen (b) & Al Heath (d).
Tracks: 1. Danny Boy, 2. Intro Ronnie Scott, 3. Blues In B Flat, 4. Star Dust, 5. Gone With The Wind, 6. The Theme, 7. Confirmation, 8. Poutin’, 9. A Night In Tunisia, 10. Over The Rainbow, 11. How High The Moon, 12. Willow Weep For Me, 13. Perdido.
Total Time: 77:01 mins

CD 4 - Quartets (Live At Montmatre, Copenhagen, January 21, 1965 & May 12, 1966; Live At The Pori Jazz Festival, Finland, May 12, 1966 & Live At Stampen, Stockholm, Sweden, March 14, 1971) Personnel: Ben Webster (ts) on all tracks, plus #1-5 with Kenny Drew (p), Niels-Henning Orsted Pedersen (b) & Alex Riel (d); #6-8 with Atli Bjorn (p), Niels-Henning Orsted Pedersen (b) & Rune Carlsson (d); #9 with Kenny Drew (p), Niels-Henning Orsted Pedersen (b) & Al Heath (d) and #10-11 with Lars Sjösten (p), Red Mitchell (b) & Frederik Noren (d).

Tracks: 1. Pennies From Heaven, 2. Blues In B Flat, 3. In A Mellotone, 4. Sunday, 5. Cotton Tail, 6. Gone With The Wind, 7. Cotton Tail, 8. My Romance, 9. Cotton Tail, 10. In A Mellotone, 11. How Long Has This Been Going On?
Total Time: 75:32 mins

CD 5 - Ben Webster & Buck Clayton (Antwerp Jazz Club, Belgium, June 16, 1967); Dexter Gordon & Ben Webster With Kenny Drew Trio (Danish Radio, June 16, 1967) & Quintet (Danish Radio, Copenhagen, Nov 22, 1971)

Personnel: Ben Webster (ts) on all tracks, plus #1-9 with Buck Clayton (tp), Camille de Cuenynck (p), Tony Vaes (b) & Charlie Pauvels (d); #10-11 with Dexter Gordon (ts), Kenny Drew (p), Niels-Henning Orsted Pedersen (b) & Bjarne Rostvold (d); #12 with Ole Kock Hansen (p), Ole Molin (g), Hugo Rasmussen (b) & Bjarne Rostvold (d).
Tracks: 1. The "C"Jam Blues, 2. My Romance, 3. Our Love Is Here To Stay, 4. Avalon, 5. Chelsea Bridge, 6. Danny Boy, 7. How High The Moon, 8. How Long Has This Been Going On?, 9. B-Flat Blues, 10. Medley: How Long Has This Been Going On? / Sophisticated Lady, 11. In A Mellotone, 12. For Heavens Sake.
Total Time: 79:14 mins

CD 6 - Quintets In Sweden (Live At Stampen, Stockholm, Sweden, August 13, 1969 & March 19, 1973 & Åhus, Sweden, July 13, 1972)

Personnel: Ben Webster (ts) on all tracks, plus #1-3 with Roffe Ericson (tp), Lasse Sjosten (p), Sture Nordin (b) & Frederik Noren (d); #4 with Ole Kock Hansen (p), Ole Molin (g), Niels-Henning Ørsted Pedersen (b) & Bjarne Rostvold (d); #6 with Clark Terry (tp), Kenny Drew (p), Red Mitchell (b) & Bobby Brooks (d), #7-9 with Arne Ryskog (tp), Teddy Wilson (p), Sture Nordin (b) & Ed Thigpen (d).
Tracks: 1. The "C"Jam Blues, 2. Don’t Get Around Much Anymore, 3. The Theme, 4. Old Folks, 5. Satin Doll, 6. Things Ain’t What They Used To Be, 7. I’ve Got Rhythm, 8. Satin Doll, 9. Indiana.
Total Time: 74:55 mins

CD 7 - Ben Webster With The New Dance Orchestra, With Strings, With The Danish Radio Big Band, With Steen Vig’s Jazz Orchestra and With Dexter Gordon & The Thomas Clausen Quartet (Danish Radio, November 27, 1966 - November 22, 1971 & Flensborghus, Copenhagen, March 23, 1972)

Tracks: 1. Things Ain’t What They Used To Be, 2. Cotton Tail, 3. Greensleeves, 4. Rockin’ In Rhythm, 5. Stompy Jones, 6. Cry Me A River, 7. Bojangles, 8. Perdido, 9. Our Love Is Here To Stay, 10. Ain’t Misbehavin’, 11. Mop Mop, 12. Our Love Is Here To Stay, 13. Perdido.
Total Time: 71:56 mins

CD 8- Ben Webster With The Danish Radio Jazz Orchestra (St. Lawrence, Copenhagen, October 27, 1970)
Personnel: Ben Webster (ts) on all tracks, plus the Danish Radio Big Band.

Tracks: 1. Did You Call Her Today (tk 1), 2. Did You Call Her Today (tk 2), 3. Did You Call Her Today (tk 3), 4. Did You Call Her Today (tk 4), 5. Did You Call Her Today (tk 5), 6. Did You Call Her Today (tk 6), 7. Did You Call Her Today (tk 7), 8. Did You Call Her Today (tk 8), 9. Baby It’s Cold Outside (tk 1,2,3), 10. Baby It’s Cold Outside (tk 4), 11. Baby It’s Cold Outside (tk 5), 12. Cottontail (Duke Ellington), 13. Old Folks (tk 1), 14. Old Folks (tk 2), 15. Old Folks (tk 3), 16. Old Folks (tk 4), 17. Old Folks (tk 5), 18. Don’t Talk About Me When I’m Gone, 19. The Song Is Ended 20. Poutin (tk 1,2), 21, Poutin (tk 3), 22. Poutin (tk 4,5,6,7,8,9), 23. Randle’s Island (tk 10), 24. Randle’s Island (tk 11), 25. Randle’s Island (tk 12).
Total Time: 77:15 mins