Milestones of a Jazz Legend – Ben Webster

Compilation by Ben Webster

Released 15 March 2019

Tracklist

  • CD 1: King of the Tenors (1953) & The Sould of Ben Webster (1958)
  • 1
    Tenderly
    3:06
  • 2
    Jive at Six
    4:15
  • 3
    Don’t Get Around Much Anymore
    3:10
  • 4
    That’s All
    3:50
  • 5
    Bounce Blues
    4:36
  • 6
    Pennies From Heaven
    2:52
  • 7
    Cotton Tail
    3:24
  • 8
    Danny Boy
    3:40
  • 9
    Fajista
    3:43
  • 10
    Chelsea Bridge
    3:42
  • 11
    Charlotte’s Piccolo
    15:32
  • 12
    Coal Train
    4:11
  • 13
    When I Fall in Love
    5:01
  • 14
    Ev’s Mad
    4:25
  • 15
    Ash
    8:26
  • CD 2: Soulville (1957) & Ben Webster Meets Oscar Peterson (1959)
  • 1
    Soulville
    8:08
  • 2
    Late Date
    7:17
  • 3
    Time on My Hands
    4:20
  • 4
    Lover Come Back to Me
    8:30
  • 5
    Where Are You
    4:43
  • 6
    Makin’ Whoopee
    4:34
  • 7
    Ill Wind
    3:34
  • 8
    The Touch of Your Lips
    Ben Webster and Oscar Peterson
    6:20
  • 9
    When Your Lover Has Gone
    Ben Webster and Oscar Peterson
    4:00
  • 10
    Bye‐Bye, Blackbird
    Ben Webster and Oscar Peterson
    6:46
  • 11
    How Deep Is the Ocean
    Ben Webster and Oscar Peterson
    2:36
  • 12
    In the Wee, Small Hours of the Morning
    Ben Webster and Oscar Peterson
    3:13
  • 13
    Sunday
    Ben Webster and Oscar Peterson
    3:58
  • 14
    This Can’t Be Love
    Ben Webster and Oscar Peterson
    9:51
  • CD 3: Music With Feeling (1955) & The Warm Moods (1961)
  • 1
    Chelsea Bridge
    4:00
  • 2
    Willow Weep for Me
    4:42
  • 3
    There Is No Greater Love
    3:45
  • 4
    Teach Me Tonight
    4:07
  • 5
    Until Tonight
    4:13
  • 6
    We’ll Be Together Again
    4:35
  • 7
    Blue Moon
    5:09
  • 8
    Early Autumn
    4:53
  • 9
    My Greatest Mistake
    3:39
  • 10
    What Am I Here For?
    4:01
  • 11
    The Sweetheart of Sigma Chi
    2:27
  • 12
    Stella by Starlight
    3:01
  • 13
    With Every Breath I Take
    3:04
  • 14
    Accent on Youth
    3:00
  • 15
    But Beautiful
    2:53
  • 16
    Time After Time
    3:10
  • 17
    Nancy (with the Laughing Face)
    3:12
  • 18
    I’m Beginning to See the Light
    2:47
  • 19
    It Was So Beautiful
    3:24
  • 20
    The Whiffenpoof Song
    2:26
  • 21
    It’s Easy to Remember
    3:11
  • 22
    There’s No You
    3:18
  • CD 4: Coleman Hawkins Encounters Ben Webster (1957) & Gerry Mulligan Meets Ben Webster (1959)
  • 1
    Blues for Yolande
    Ben Webster and Coleman Hawkins
    6:49
  • 2
    It Never Entered My Mind
    Ben Webster and Coleman Hawkins
    5:51
  • 3
    La Rosita
    Ben Webster and Coleman Hawkins
    5:06
  • 4
    You’d Be So Nice to Come Home To
    Ben Webster and Coleman Hawkins
    4:19
  • 5
    Prisoner of Love
    Ben Webster and Coleman Hawkins
    4:17
  • 6
    Tangerine
    Ben Webster and Coleman Hawkins
    5:25
  • 7
    Shine On, Harvest Moon
    Ben Webster and Coleman Hawkins
    4:52
  • 8
    Chelsea Bridge
    Ben Webster and Gerry Mulligan
    7:18
  • 9
    The Cat Walk
    Ben Webster and Gerry Mulligan
    5:42
  • 10
    Sunday
    Ben Webster and Gerry Mulligan
    7:22
  • 11
    Who’s Got Rhythm
    Ben Webster and Gerry Mulligan
    7:36
  • 12
    Tell Me When
    Ben Webster and Gerry Mulligan
    5:03
  • 13
    Go Home
    Ben Webster and Gerry Mulligan
    10:01
  • CD 5: Norman Granz’ Jam Session Vol. 7 (1953) & Norman Granz’ Jam Session Vol. 8 (1953)
  • 1
    Blue Lou
    13:21
  • 2
    Just You Just Me
    23:43
  • 3
    Jam Blues (entire ensemble)
    17:43
  • 4
    Ballad Medley
    21:27
  • CD 6: Jimy Witherspoon (Feat. Ben Webster – Roots) (1962) & Jimmy Witherspoon, Gerry Mulligan, Ben Webster (1959)
  • 1
    I’d Rather Drink Muddy Water
    Jimmy Witherspoon feat. Ben Webster
    3:59
  • 2
    I’m Gonna Move to the Outskirts of Town
    Jimmy Witherspoon feat. Ben Webster
    3:38
  • 3
    Key to the Highway
    Jimmy Witherspoon feat. Ben Webster
    2:56
  • 4
    Did You Ever
    Jimmy Witherspoon feat. Ben Webster
    3:27
  • 5
    Confessin’ the Blues
    Jimmy Witherspoon feat. Ben Webster
    3:03
  • 6
    Nobody Knows You When You’re Down and Out
    Jimmy Witherspoon feat. Ben Webster
    2:32
  • 7
    Your Red Wagon
    Jimmy Witherspoon feat. Ben Webster
    5:16
  • 8
    Rain Is Such a Lonesome Sound
    Jimmy Witherspoon feat. Ben Webster
    3:03
  • 9
    Cherry Red
    Jimmy Witherspoon feat. Ben Webster
    3:17
  • 10
    It’s a Low Down Dirty Shame
    Jimmy Witherspoon feat. Ben Webster
    3:05
  • 11
    Just a Dream
    Jimmy Witherspoon feat. Ben Webster
    3:02
  • 12
    Please, Mr. Webster
    Jimmy Witherspoon feat. Ben Webster
    3:35
  • 13
    Time’s Gettin’ Tougher Than Though
    Jimmy Witherspoon, Gerry Mulligan, Ben Webster
    3:35
  • 14
    How Long
    Jimmy Witherspoon, Gerry Mulligan, Ben Webster
    3:25
  • 15
    Corina, Corina
    Jimmy Witherspoon, Gerry Mulligan, Ben Webster
    3:22
  • 16
    C.C. Rider
    Jimmy Witherspoon, Gerry Mulligan, Ben Webster
    4:41
  • 17
    Roll ’Em Pete
    Jimmy Witherspoon, Gerry Mulligan, Ben Webster
    4:26
  • 18
    Every Day
    Jimmy Witherspoon, Gerry Mulligan, Ben Webster
    2:45
  • 19
    Outskirts of Town
    Jimmy Witherspoon, Gerry Mulligan, Ben Webster
    3:11
  • 20
    Kansas City
    Jimmy Witherspoon, Gerry Mulligan, Ben Webster
    3:46
  • 21
    Trouble in Mind
    Jimmy Witherspoon, Gerry Mulligan, Ben Webster
    3:27
  • 22
    St. Louis Blues
    Jimmy Witherspoon, Gerry Mulligan, Ben Webster
    3:53
  • CD 7: Ben Webster & “Sweets” Edison (1962) & Ben Webster and Modern Jazz Quartet (1953)
  • 1
    Better Go
    Ben Webster & Harry “Sweets” Edison
    9:01
  • 2
    How Long Has This Been Going On
    Ben Webster & Harry “Sweets” Edison
    5:34
  • 3
    Kitty
    Ben Webster & Harry “Sweets” Edison
    8:02
  • 4
    My Romance
    Ben Webster & Harry “Sweets” Edison
    4:17
  • 5
    Did You Call Her Today
    Ben Webster & Harry “Sweets” Edison
    8:57
  • 6
    Embraceable You
    Ben Webster & Harry “Sweets” Edison
    4:10
  • 7
    Confirmation
    Ben Webster and Modern Jazz Quartet
    5:22
  • 8
    Lady Be Good
    Ben Webster and Modern Jazz Quartet
    3:45
  • 9
    Poutin’
    Ben Webster and Modern Jazz Quartet
    5:17
  • 10
    You Are Too Beautiful
    Ben Webster and Modern Jazz Quartet
    5:32
  • 11
    Billy’s Bounce
    Ben Webster and Modern Jazz Quartet
    4:50
  • 12
    The Nearness of You
    Ben Webster and Modern Jazz Quartet
    4:29
  • 13
    Danny Boy
    Ben Webster and Modern Jazz Quartet
    4:20
  • 14
    Cotton Tail
    Ben Webster and Modern Jazz Quartet
    5:34
  • CD 8: Billie Holiday – Songs for Distingué Lovers (1957) & Bille Holliday – Body and Soul (1957)
  • 1
    Day In, Day Out
    Billie Holliday
    6:50
  • 2
    A Foggy Day
    Billie Holliday
    4:41
  • 3
    Stars Fell on Alabama
    Billie Holliday
    4:30
    3.4 ★
  • 4
    One for My Baby (And One for the Road)
    Billie Holliday
    5:42
  • 5
    Just One of Those Things
    Billie Holliday
    5:32
  • 6
    I Din’t Know What Time It Was
    Billie Holliday
    6:02
  • 7
    Body and Soul
    Billie Holliday
    6:22
  • 8
    They Can’t Take That Away From Me
    Billie Holliday
    4:13
  • 9
    Darn That Dream
    Billie Holliday
    6:19
  • 10
    Let’s Call the Whole Thing Off
    Billie Holliday
    3:27
  • 11
    Comes Love
    Billie Holliday
    4:03
  • 12
    Gee Baby, Ain’t I Good to You
    Billie Holliday
    5:39
  • 13
    Embraceable You
    Billie Holliday
    6:51
    5.0 ★
  • 14
    Moonlight in Vermont
    Billie Holliday
    3:51
  • CD 9: Art Tatum – Ben Webster Quartet (1956) & Richard “Groove” Holmes With Ben Webster – Groove
  • 1
    Gone With the Wind
    Art Tatum & Ben Webster Quartet
    4:50
  • 2
    All the Things You Are
    Art Tatum & Ben Webster Quartet
    7:16
  • 3
    Have You Met Miss Jones
    Art Tatum & Ben Webster Quartet
    4:49
  • 4
    My One and Only Love
    Art Tatum & Ben Webster Quartet
    6:16
  • 5
    Night and Day
    Art Tatum & Ben Webster Quartet
    5:31
  • 6
    My Ideal
    Art Tatum & Ben Webster Quartet
    7:17
  • 7
    Where or When
    Art Tatum & Ben Webster Quartet
    6:26
  • 8
    Them That’s Got
    Richard “Groove” Holmes and Ben Webster
    6:22
  • 9
    That Healin’ Feelin’
    Richard “Groove” Holmes and Ben Webster
    5:33
  • 10
    Seven Come Eleven
    Richard “Groove” Holmes and Ben Webster
    4:03
  • 11
    Deep Purple
    Richard “Groove” Holmes and Ben Webster
    9:10
  • 12
    Good Groove
    Richard “Groove” Holmes and Ben Webster
    8:12
  • CD 10: Harry “Sweets” Edison (1957) & Gene Krupa Sextet (1954)
  • 1
    Blues for Piney Brown
    Harry “Sweets” Edison
    7:43
  • 2
    Blues for the Blues
    Harry “Sweets” Edison
    4:53
  • 3
    Blues for Bill Basie
    Harry “Sweets” Edison
    9:34
  • 4
    Gee, Baby Ain’t I Good to You
    Harry “Sweets” Edison
    3:35
  • 5
    You’re Getting to Be a Habit With Me
    Harry “Sweets” Edison
    6:54
  • 6
    Taste on the Place
    Harry “Sweets” Edison
    7:06
  • 7
    Moonlight in Vermont
    Harry “Sweets” Edison
    3:58
  • 8
    Payin’ Them Dues Blues
    Gene Krupa Sextet
    3:18
  • 9
    Swedish Schnapps
    Gene Krupa Sextet
    3:11
  • 10
    I’m Coming Virginia
    Gene Krupa Sextet
    4:39
  • 11
    Showcase
    Gene Krupa Sextet
    3:20
  • 12
    Midget
    Gene Krupa Sextet
    3:33
  • 13
    Jungle Drums
    Gene Krupa Sextet
    3:17

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