Ben Webster

2 LPs ON 1 CD

Ben Webster’s complete original 1961 LP The Warm Moods (Reprise R9-2001), which features the saxophonist backed by a string quartet (two different formations) conducted by Johnny Richards. It has been coupled here with the album BBB & Co (Swingville SVLP2032), recorded the following year and featuring Webster sharing the front line with co-stars Benny Carter and Barney Bigard.

PERSONNEL:

[1-12]: The Warm Moods

BEN WEBSTER, tenor sax
GENE DI NOVI, DONN TRENNER, piano, celeste
DON BAGLEY, bass
FRANK CAPP, drums
Plus string quartet arranged & conducted by Johnny Richards

Los Angeles, January 18 & 19, 1961.
Original session produced by Nat Hentoff.

[13-16]: BBB & Co

BEN WEBSTER, tenor sax
BENNY CARTER, alto sax, trumpet
BARNEY BIGARD, clarinet
SHORTY SHEROCK, trumpet
JIMMY ROWLES, piano
DAVE BARBOUR, guitar
LEROY VINNEGAR, bass
MEL LEWIS, drums

Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey, April 10, 1962.
Original session produced by Leonard Feather.

INCLUDES 16-PAGE BOOKLET

TRACKS:

01 THE SWEETHEART OF SIGMA CHI 2:27
02 STELLA BY STARLIGHT 3:03
03 WITH EVERY BREATH I TAKE 3:06
04 ACCENT ON YOUTH 3:01
05 BUT BEAUTIFUL 2:54
06 TIME AFTER TIME 3:11
07 NANCY (WITH THE LAUGHING FACE) 3:13
08 I’M BEGINNING TO SEE THE LIGHT 2:48
09 IT WAS SO BEAUTIFUL 3:25
10 THE WHIFFENPOOF SONG 2:27
11 IT’S EASY TO REMEMBER 3:12
12 THERE’S NO YOU 3:17
13 OPENING BLUES 10:14
14 LULA 7:46
15 WHEN LIGHTS ARE LOW 4:46
16 YOU CAN’T TELL THE DIFFERENCE WHEN THE SUN GOES DOWN BLUES 12:07

TOTAL TIME: 71:05