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Valentine’s Day 1964 Live

Ben Webster

Label: Dot Time Records
Released: 2018
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Tracks

Caravan; Blues; Chelsea Bridge; How Long Has This Benn Going On; Cotton Tail; Danny Boy; Indiana; 52nd Street Theme; Tenderly; Caravan (slower).

Personnel

Ben Webster
saxophone, tenor

Additional Personnel / Information

Ben Webster: saxophone; Dave Frishberg: piano; Richard Davis: bass; Grady Tate: drums.

Album Description

In 1963 Ben Webster moved to New York with a renewed energy. He was seen sitting in with Duke Ellington on opening night at Basin Street East and becoming the spontaneous pianist for Gerry Mulligan’s Concert Band at Birdland. He gigged at the Shalimar, Birdland and the Half Note with a quartet of revolving personnel. This recording captures just one such night. Ben’s sidemen, Dave Frishberg, Richard Davis and Grady Tate were more than twenty years his junior, but the language they shared was trans-generational. Webster spent the remaining nine years of his life living and playing in Europe. This is one of his last great performances in the USA.


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