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Ben Webster
Big Ben
Genres: Jazz, Pop

Track Listings (94) - Disc #1
1. Without That Gal
2. Toby
3. The Blue Room
4. Happy As Teh Day Is Long
5. Hotter Than Ell
6. Dream Lulaby
7. Everybody Shuffle
8. The Ghost Of Dinah
9. Rigamarole
10. What A Little Moonlight Can Do
11. A Sunbonnet Blue
12. The Voice Of Old Man River
13. Truckin
14. In A Jam
15. The Wedding Of Mr And Mrs Swing
16. Easy To Love
17. Ill See You In My Dreams
18. Sing You Sinners
19. Early Session Ho
20. 71
21. Solitude
22. Congo Brava
23. Cotton Tail
24. Bojangles (A Portrait Of Bill Robinson)
25. All Too Soon
26. Sepia Panorama
27. Chloe (Song Of The Swamp)
28. Linger Awhile
29. Stardust
30. Lament For Javanette
31. St James Infirmary
32. The World Is Waiting For The Sunrise
33. Big Eight Blues
34. Shine
35. Blue Serge
36. Just-A-Settin And A-Rockin
37. Five Oclock Drag
38. Chelsea Bridge
39. Perdido
40. The C Jam Blues
41. Palm Springs Jump
42. Ra-da-da-da
43. Groove Juice Special
44. Main Stem
45. Woke Up Clipped
46. Teezol
47. Nuff Said
48. The Horn
49. Dirty Deal
50. Dont Blame Me
51. I Surrender Dear
52. Tea For Two
53. Noah
54. Cryin Sands
55. Victory Stride
56. After Youve Gone
57. Joshua
58. Talk To Me
59. Body And Soul
60. Sleep
61. Linger Awhile
62. Memories Of You
63. Just A Riff
64. Blues On The Delta
65. Honeysuckle Rose
66. I Surrender Dear
67. Blue Skies
68. Kats Fur
69. My Old Flame
70. The Sheik Of Araby
71. Conversing In Blue
72. Limehouse Blues
73. John Hardys Wife
74. The Jeep Is Jumpin
75. I Got It Bad (And That Aint Good)
76. Dark Corners
77. Blues Mister Brim
78. Frog And Mule
79. Spang
80. Doctor Keets
81. Park And Tilford Blues
82. Youre Only Happy When Im Blue
83. New Style Baby
84. Lets Love Awhile
85. Nasty Attitude
86. Slow Down Baby
87. The Duke And The Brute
88. Reach
89. One Oclock Jump
90. Stardust
91. Randles Island
92. Old Kolks
93. Kings Riff
94. Youre My Thrill

CD Details

All Artists: Ben Webster
Title: Big Ben
Members Wishing: 1
Total Copies: 0
Label: Proper Box UK
Release Date: 3/18/2002
Album Type: Box set, Import
Genres: Jazz, Pop
Style: Swing Jazz
Number of Discs: 4
SwapaCD Credits: 4
UPC: 805520020374

Synopsis

Album Description

Ben Webster's development into one of the undisputed masters of the tenor saxophone is depicted in this budget-price box set. From his early days with the bands of Blanche Calloway, Bennie Moten, Teddy Wilson & others, to the full blossoming of his talents with Duke Ellington & small bands on 52nd Street. This is music full of energy, intensity & great passion. 94 tracks amply demonstrate what an ever developing talent this man had, the 48 page booklet tells the story of this giant among jazz musicians. Standard jewel cases housed in a slipcase. 2002.

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CD Reviews

GET DOWN WITH BIG BEN WEBSTER ALTO SAX

Duane E. Crawford | Rolette, ND USA | 09/04/2003

(5 out of 5 stars)

"I have been buying many Proper Records Box Sets, and Big Ben with Ben Webster covers his covers with everyone from Fletcher Henderson, Benny Carter, Teddy Wilson, Duke Ellngton, Cab Calloway, Ben Webster, James P. Johnson, Woody Herman, Jay McShann, and Johnny Otis. He may be only one tenor sax in major jazz orchestras, quintets, and sextets, but he is in there with the best.
Try Properboxes Boss Bird, Bud Powell Tempus Fugue-It, The Count Basie Story, The Sidney Bechet Story, Young Miles (Davis), and Fats Navarro Story for extensive 4 CDs sets that became available after copyright ran out. Lester Young is a good bet. I couldn't get Peggy Lee. This music from the Forties and Thirties was new to me and I could get it at a good price. Enjoy. Get down."

Almost a 'proper' sampling

09/12/2006

(5 out of 5 stars)

"Proper does put together some nice box sets. This one is no exception, filling many gaps in a long career. Maybe it's the time span covered, or just copyright issues, but, while good, it could have been better. I guess the Ellington work & Oscar Peterson pairings are good enough to buy on their own, but I think all 4 of the tracks from the James P. Johnson session could have been included; and, if blues is to be included, I miss the work with Jimmy Witherspoon & Gerry Mulligan. Then there's the European sessions from Ben's twilight years. I see no indication on the box about the time span covered; so it must be due to copyrights & maybe just the picks of the compilers. Still, a nice collection, even if listened to in 'random play/shuffle' mode."