Art Tatum, Ben Webst - Ben Webster & Art Tatum Quartet [New CD]

ONE OF THE BEST JAZZ ALBUMS EVER!

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This release presents the complete LP The Art Tatum-Ben Webster Quartet(Verve MGV-8220), as well as all known alternate takes from that glorious session. The date marked Tatum’s last visit to a recording studio, for he died less than two months after these tracks were made. A complete quartet session by Webster with another celebrated pianist, Teddy Wilson, and a beautiful Tatum solo piano rendition of the LP’s opening song have been added as a bonus.

Includes 12-page booklet

PERSONNEL:

BEN WEBSTER tenor sax
ART TATUM piano
RED CALLENDER bass
BILL DOUGLASS drums
Los Angeles, California, September 11, 1956.

*BONUS TRACKS:
(11-14) BEN WEBSTER-TEDDY WILSON Quartet: Ben Webster (ts),
Teddy Wilson (p), Ray Brown (b), Jo Jones (d). New York, March 30, 1954.
(15) ART TATUM (solo piano). Los Angeles, December 29, 1953.

Tracks:

01 ALL THE THINGS YOU ARE 7:13
02 GONE WITH THE WIND 4:46
03 HAVE YOU MET MISS JONES? 4:47
04 NIGHT AND DAY 5:28
05 WHERE OR WHEN 6:25
06 MY IDEAL 7:15
07 MY ONE AND ONLY LOVE 6:13
08 GONE WITH THE WIND [alt 1] 4:49
09 HAVE YOU MET MISS JONES? [alt] 5:02
10 GONE WITH THE WIND [alt 2] 4:48
11 MY FUNNY VALENTINE 3:26*
12 YOU’RE MINE, YOU! 3:10*
13 SOPHISTICATED LADY 3:07*
14 LOVE’S AWAY 3:19*
15 ALL THE THINGS YOU ARE 6:01*

TOTAL TIME: 75:55

DOWN BEAT original review: THE ART TATUM-BEN WEBSTER QUARTET
“The air of reflection and utterly relaxed poise in the playing of Tatum and Webster permeates the entire album. The glorious Webster tone is soul-filling throughout, as is his maturity of conception, whether on very slow ballad or on a swinger.” (John A. Tynan)