Big Ben

Big Ben Artist: Ben Webster
Label: Proper UK Boxed Sets
Category: Music



Average customer rating: 5 out of 5 stars
Format: Box set
Media: Audio CD
Number Of Discs: 4


UPC: 805520020374
EAN: 0805520020374
ASIN: B0000630X9


Release Date: 2002-03-14

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Listmania:

  1. Proper Box on JAZZ

Tracks:

  1. Without That Gal
  2. Toby - Bennie Moten
  3. Blue Room - Bennie Moten
  4. Happy as the Day Is Long - Fletcher Henderson
  5. Hotter Than 'Ell - Fletcher Henderson
  6. Dream Lullaby - Benny Carter & His Orchestra
  7. Everybody Shuffle - Benny Carter & His Orchestra
  8. Ghost of Dinah - Bob Howard
  9. Rigamarole - Willie Bryant
  10. What a Little Moonlight Can Do - Teddy Wilson
  11. Sunbonnet Blue (And a Little Straw Hat) - Teddy Wilson
  12. Voice of Old Man River - Willie Bryant & His Orchestra
  13. Truckin' - Duke Ellington & His Orchestra
  14. In a Jam - Duke Ellington
  15. Wedding of Mr and Mrs Swing
  16. Easy to Love - Teddy Wilson
  17. I'll See You in My Dreams - Teddy Wilson
  18. Sing You Sinners - Fletcher Henderson
  19. Early Session Hop - Lionel Hampton & His Orchestra
  20. 71 - Teddy Wilson
  21. Solitude - Duke Ellington & His Orchestra
  22. Conga Brava - Duke Ellington & His Orchestra
  23. Cotton Tail - Duke Ellington & His Orchestra
  24. Bojangles (A Portrait of Bill Robinson) - Duke Ellington & His Orchestra

Tracks:

  1. All Too Soon - Duke Ellington & His Orchestra
  2. Sepia Panorama - Duke Ellington & His Orchestra
  3. Chloe (Song of the Swamp) - Duke Ellington & His Orchestra
  4. Linger Awhile - Rex Stewart
  5. Stardust - Duke Ellington
  6. Lament for Javanette - Barney Bigard
  7. St. James Infirmary - Jack Teagarden
  8. World Is Waiting for the Sunrise - Jack Teagarden
  9. Big Eight Blues - Jack Teagarden
  10. Shine - Jack Teagarden
  11. Blue Serge - Duke Ellington & His Orchestra
  12. Just A-Settin' and A-Rockin' - Duke Ellington & His Orchestra
  13. Five O'Clock Drag - Duke Ellington & His Orchestra
  14. Chelsea Bridge - Duke Ellington & His Orchestra
  15. Perdido - Duke Ellington & His Orchestra
  16. "C" Jam Blues - Duke Ellington & His Orchestra
  17. Palm Springs Jump - Slim Gaillard & His Flat Foot Floogee Boys
  18. Ra-Da-Da-Da - Slim Gaillard & His Flat Foot Floogee Boys
  19. Groove Juice Special - Slim Gaillard & His Flat Foot Floogee Boys
  20. Main Stem - Duke Ellington & His Orchestra
  21. Woke Up Clipped - Ben Webster Quartet
  22. Teezol - Ben Webster Quartet
  23. 'Nuff Said - Ben Webster Quartet

Tracks:

  1. Horn - Ben Webster Quartet
  2. Dirty Deal - Ben Webster Quartet
  3. Don't Blame Me - Ben Webster Quartet
  4. I Surrender, Dear - Ben Webster Quartet
  5. Tea for Two - Ben Webster Quartet
  6. Noah - Woody Herman & His Orchestra
  7. Cryin' Sands - Woody Herman & His Orchestra
  8. Victory Stride - James P. Johnson & his Orchestra
  9. After You've Gone - James P. Johnson
  10. Joshua - Cozy Cole
  11. Talk to Me - Cozy Cole
  12. Body and Soul - Cozy Cole
  13. Sleep - Big Sid Catlett
  14. Linger Awhile - Big Sid Catlett
  15. Memories of You - Big Sid Catlett
  16. Just a Riff - Big Sid Catlett
  17. Blues on the Delta - Walter "Foots" Thomas
  18. Honeysuckle Rose - Ben Webster Quartet
  19. I Surrender, Dear - Ben Webster Quartet
  20. Blue Skies - Ben Webster Quartet
  21. Kat's Fur - Ben Webster Quartet
  22. My Old Flame - Benny Morton
  23. Sheik of Araby - Benny Morton's All Stars

Tracks:

  1. Conversing in Blue - Benny Morton's All Stars
  2. Limehouse Blues - Benny Morton's All Stars
  3. John Hardy's Wife - Woody Herman
  4. Jeep Is Jumpin' - Ben Webster
  5. I Got It Bad (And That Ain't Good) - Ben Webster
  6. Dark Corners - Ben Webster
  7. Blues, Mister Brim - Ben Webster
  8. Frog and Mule - Ben Webster Quartet
  9. Spang - Ben Webster Quartet
  10. Doctor Keets - Ben Webster Quartet
  11. Park and Tilford Blues - Ben Webster Quartet
  12. You're Only Happy When I'm Blue
  13. New Style Baby - Jay McShann & His Orchestra,
  14. Let's Love Awhile - Jay McShann & His Orchestra,
  15. Nasty Attitude - Jay McShann & His Orchestra,
  16. Slow Down Baby - Jay McShann & His Orchestra,
  17. Duke and the Brute - Jay McShann & His Orchestra,
  18. Reach - Jay McShann & His Orchestra,
  19. One O'Clock Jump - Johnny Otis & His Orchestra
  20. Stardust - Johnny Otis & His Orchestra
  21. Randle's Island - Ben Webster
  22. Old Folks - Ben Webster
  23. King's Riff - Ben Webster
  24. You're My Thrill - Ben Webster

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Customer Reviews:

5 out of 5 stars Almost a 'proper' sampling.......2006-09-12

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.

5 out of 5 stars GET DOWN WITH BIG BEN WEBSTER ALTO SAX.......2003-09-04

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.

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  2. Spiritual ~ John Coltrane
  3. Some Like It Hot ~ Barney Kessel
  4. I Love Being Here with You
  5. East Broadway Run Down ~ Sonny Rollins
  6. Cal Tjader Quartet ~ Cal Tjader
  7. The Best of Women in Jazz ~ Various Artists
  8. Somewhere Over the Rainbow
  9. Feels Like Sunday Morning: Smooth Jazz ~ Various Artists
  10. Frenesí ~ Carlos Barbosa-Lima

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