THE BEN WEBSTER QUINTET "SOULVILLE" 2LP, AP, 200G, 45RPM, VV, LE, NE, NEW

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                                                                                         THE BEN WEBSTER QUINTET "SOULVILLE"
THIS 2LP, ANALOGUE PRODUCTIONS, 200G VIRGIN VINYL, 45RPM, LIMITED EDITION (1,000 COPIES), NUMBERED EDITION (#99), MASTERED BY GEORGE                                                       MARINO AT STERLING SOUND ON VIRGIN VINYL IS CATALOG NUMBER AP-8274.
     "BEN WEBSTER, WROTE THE JAZZ HISTORIAN J.E. BEHREND, "WAS TWO MEN IN ONE; IN FAST PIECES HE WAS A MUSICIAN WITH A THROATY CROAKING VIBRATO, WHILE IN THE SLOW ONES HE WAS A MASTER OF EROTIC AND INTENSIVE BALLADS." IN THIS COMPILATION OF BOTH HIS OWN WORKS AND STANDARD NUMBERS WORTH THE PROMISING TITLE OF SOULVILLE, "BIG BEN" SHOWS THE GENTLE AND THE ROUGHER SIDES OF HIS NATURE. NO SESSION IN WHICH BLACK JAZZ MUSICIANS TAKE PART WOULD BE WORTH ITS SALT WITHOUT A GOOD AND HONEST OPENING BLUES                                                                               NUMBER, AS THE FIRST TWO TRACKS ON THIS LP SHOW."
"SOULVILLE IS QUINTESSENTIAL BEN WEBSTER: INTIMATE, TENDER, ENDLESSLY EXPRESSIVE. WEBSTER WAS INTERNATIONALLY RECOGNIZED AS ONE OF JAZZ'S ELDER STATESMAN WHEN HE RECORDED THIS ALBUM IN 1957, BUT THE YOUTHFUL FIRE THAT HAD MARKED HIS PLAYING WITH THE DUKE ELLINGTON ORCHESTRA TWO DECADES EARLIER WAS UNDIMINISHED. LEADING A STELLAR COMBO (RAY BROWN-BASS, STAN LEVY-DRUMS, HERB ELLIS-GUITAR, OSCAR PETERSON-PIANO AND BEN WEBSTER-TENOR SAXOPHONE) THROUGH A PROGRAM CONSISTING MOSTLY OF VINTAGE                                                                        POP TUNES, THE GREAT TENOR SAXOPHONIST IS AT HIS PEAK."
                                                                                                                  1) SOULVILLE                                                                                                                   2) LATE DATE                                                                                                                   3) TIME ON MY HANDS                                                                                                                   4) LOVER COME BACK TO ME                                                                                                                   5) WHERE ARE YOU                                                                                                                   6) MAKIN' WHOOPEE                                                                                                                   7) ILL WIND