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Artist(s)Ben Webster
StudioProper Box UK
Release DateMarch 18, 2002
UPC Code805520020374
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4 Audio CD, Usually ships in 10 to 14 days, Box set, Import
 

About Ben Webster - Big Ben

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. Album Description

Tracks

Disc 1
  1. Without That Gal - Ben Webster, Donaldson
  2. Toby - Ben Webster, Moten
  3. The Blue Room - Ben Webster, Hart, Lorenz
  4. Happy as the Day Is Long - Ben Webster, Arlen, Harold
  5. Hotter Than 'Ell - Ben Webster, Henderson, Fletcher
  6. Dream Lullaby - Ben Webster, Carter
  7. Everybody Shuffle - Ben Webster, Carter
  8. The Ghost of Dinah - Ben Webster, Little
  9. Rigamarole - Ben Webster, Mooney
  10. What a Little Moonlight Can Do - Ben Webster, Woods, Harry
  11. A Sunbonnet Blue (And a Little Straw Hat) - Ben Webster, Fain, Sammy
  12. The Voice of Old Man River - Ben Webster, Whyte
  13. Truckin' - Ben Webster, Koehler, Ted
  14. In a Jam - Ben Webster, Ellington, Duke
  15. The Wedding of Mr and Mrs Swing - Ben Webster, Davis
  16. Easy to Love - Ben Webster, Porter, Cole
  17. I'll See You in My Dreams - Ben Webster, Kahn, Gus
  18. Sing You Sinners - Ben Webster, Coslow, Sam
  19. Early Session Hop - Ben Webster, Wilson
  20. 71 - Ben Webster, Webster, Ben
  21. Solitude - Ben Webster, Ellington, Duke
  22. Conga Brava - Ben Webster, Ellington, Duke
  23. Cotton Tail - Ben Webster, Ellington, Duke
  24. Bojangles (A Portrait of Bill Robinson) - Ben Webster, Ellington, Duke
Disc 2
  1. All Too Soon - Ben Webster, Ellington, Duke
  2. Sepia Panorama - Ben Webster, Ellington
  3. Chloe (Song of the Swamp) - Ben Webster, Kahn, Gus
  4. Linger Awhile - Ben Webster, Owens, Harry
  5. Stardust - Ben Webster, Carmichael, Hoagy
  6. Lament for Javanette - Ben Webster, Bigard, Barney
  7. St. James Infirmary - Ben Webster, Primrose, Joe
  8. The World Is Waiting for the Sunrise - Ben Webster, Lockhart, Eugene
  9. Big Eight Blues - Ben Webster, Fleagle, Brick
  10. Shine - Ben Webster, Brown, Lew
  11. Blue Serge - Ben Webster, Ellington, Mercer
  12. Just A-Settin' and A-Rockin' - Ben Webster, Ellington, Duke
  13. Five O'Clock Drag - Ben Webster, Ellington, Duke
  14. Chelsea Bridge - Ben Webster, Strayhorn, Billy
  15. Perdido - Ben Webster, Tizol, Juan
  16. The C Jam Blues - Ben Webster, Bigard, Barney
  17. Palm Springs Jump - Ben Webster, Gaillard
  18. Ra-Da-Da-Da - Ben Webster, Gaillard
  19. Groove Juice Special - Ben Webster, Gaillard
  20. Main Stem - Ben Webster, Ellington, Duke
  21. Woke Up Clipped - Ben Webster, Webster, Ben
  22. Teezol - Ben Webster, Webster, Ben
  23. 'Nuff Said - Ben Webster, Webster, Ben
Disc 3
  1. The Horn - Ben Webster, Webster, Ben
  2. Dirty Deal - Ben Webster, Webster, Ben
  3. Don't Blame Me - Ben Webster, Fields, Dorothy
  4. I Surrender, Dear - Ben Webster, Barris, Harry
  5. Tea for Two - Ben Webster, Caesar, Irving
  6. Noah - Ben Webster, Bishop
  7. Cryin' Sands - Ben Webster, Jackson
  8. Victory Stride - Ben Webster, Johnson
  9. After You've Gone - Ben Webster, Creamer, Henry
  10. Joshua - Ben Webster, Traditional
  11. Talk to Me - Ben Webster, Cole
  12. Body and Soul - Ben Webster, Eyton, Frank
  13. Sleep - Ben Webster, Liebig
  14. Linger Awhile - Ben Webster, Rose, Vincent
  15. Memories of You - Ben Webster, Blake, Eubie
  16. Just a Riff - Ben Webster, Catlett, Big Sid
  17. Blues on the Delta - Ben Webster, Thomas
  18. Honeysuckle Rose - Ben Webster, Razaf, Andy
  19. I Surrender, Dear - Ben Webster, Barris, Harry
  20. Blue Skies - Ben Webster, Berlin, Irving
  21. Kat's Fur - Ben Webster, Webster, Ben
  22. My Old Flame - Ben Webster, Coslow, Sam
  23. The Sheik of Araby - Ben Webster, Smith, Harry [2] Be
Disc 4
  1. Conversing in Blue - Ben Webster, Morton, Benny
  2. Limehouse Blues - Ben Webster, Braham, Philip
  3. John Hardy's Wife - Ben Webster, Ellington, Mercer
  4. The Jeep Is Jumpin' - Ben Webster, Ellington, Duke
  5. I Got It Bad (And That Ain't Good) - Ben Webster, Ellington, Duke
  6. Dark Corners - Ben Webster, Webster, Ben
  7. Blues, Mister Brim - Ben Webster, Webster, Ben
  8. Frog and Mule - Ben Webster, Webster, Ben
  9. Spang - Ben Webster, Webster, Ben
  10. Doctor Keets - Ben Webster, Webster, Ben
  11. Park and Tilford Blues - Ben Webster, Webster, Ben
  12. You're Only Happy When I'm Blue - Ben Webster, Scott
  13. New Style Baby - Ben Webster, Brown, Walter
  14. Let's Love Awhile - Ben Webster, Brown, Walter
  15. Nasty Attitude - Ben Webster, Brown, Walter
  16. Slow Down Baby - Ben Webster, Brown, Walter
  17. The Duke and the Brute - Ben Webster, McShann, Jay
  18. Reach - Ben Webster, McShann, Jay
  19. One O'Clock Jump - Ben Webster, Basie, Count
  20. Stardust - Ben Webster, Carmichael, Hoagy
  21. Randle's Island - Ben Webster, Webster, Ben
  22. Old Folks - Ben Webster, Robison, Willard
  23. King's Riff - Ben Webster, Turner
  24. You're My Thrill - Ben Webster, Clare, Sidney

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User Reviews

Average user review: 4.5 (3 reviews)

rating: 4 QuoteIncredible music, mediocre remasteringQuote
Remember those cassettes friends used to make for you of their favorite music? Well, they're back, only they're called Proper Boxes! The sound is nowhere near as bad as on those Complete Duke Ellington 1925-38 sets you can buy in Germany for about 20 dollars. Those sound like they were recorded in a toilet over the telephone. But this set is certainly not all it could have been. Somewhere I read somebody ask the question "Proper versus JSP?" That's not even a question. JSP's have fantastic remasterers doing their best. This set is only serviceable. But the music is wonderful and many of the tracks are almost impossible to find. So you have to get it. Should I review the music? No, not this time...Maybe later. June 19, 2008

rating: 5 QuoteAlmost a 'proper' samplingQuote
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. September 12, 2006

rating: 5 QuoteGET DOWN WITH BIG BEN WEBSTER ALTO SAXQuote
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. September 4, 2003

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