Ben Webster - Gentle Ben (180g 2LP 45RPM Analogue Productions)
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Description
This recording was made 10 months before Ben Webster's death in 1972. Webster, who had left the United States in 1965 to settle in Europe — first in Copenhagen and then in Amsterdam — was visiting fellow musician and friend Tete Montoliu in Barcelona. Webster and pianist Montoliu went back a ways, having played together regularly in Webster's Copenhagen days. In fact, Montoliu cited Webster and Don Byas as his two chief musical influences. Webster and Montoliu understood each other deeply, and their comfort with on another is palpable in this recording. Their accompaniment of one another is seamless. On board with these two is Montoliu's regular working trio-mates, Eric Peter on bass and Peer Wyboris on drums.
There's no shortage of Webster's trademark breathy, fat tenor tone here. In fact, given the sparse arrangement, that rich, humid, giant sax blooms like on few other recordings. Highlights include "Ben's Blues," "Sweet Georgia Brown," "The Man I Love" and "Don't Blame Me."
✓ That rich, humid, giant sax tone blooms like on few other Webster recordings
✓ Mastered by Kevin Gray at Cohearent Audio
✓ 200-gram gatefold 45 RPM double LP pressed at Quality Record Pressings!
Side 1
1. Ben's Blues
2. The Man I Love
Side 2
1. My Nephew Bent
2. How Long This Has Been Going On
Side 3
1. Sweet Georgia Brown
2. Don't Blame Me
Side 4
1. Did You Call
2. Barcelona Shout