Ben Webster and Associates | ||||
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Studio album by Ben Webster | ||||
Released | 1959 | |||
Recorded | April 9, 1959 New York City |
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Genre | Jazz | |||
Length | 45:03 | |||
Label |
Verve MGV 8318 |
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Producer | Norman Granz | |||
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The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
Ben Webster and Associates is an album by American jazz saxophonist Ben Webster featuring tracks recorded in 1959 for the Verve label.
Allmusic awarded the album 4½ stars with its review by Al Cambell stating "Ben Webster and Associates is a 1959 session that took full advantage of the long-playing LP format. Highlighted by the 20-minute version of Ellington's "In a Mellow Tone" in which tenor titans Ben Webster, Coleman Hawkins, and Budd Johnson plus trumpeter Roy Eldridge stretch out, not so much in a cutting contest as a laid-back jam session amongst friends. This summit meeting turned out to be a tribute to another tenor master of the same generation, Lester Young, who had died less than four weeks before this session".
All compositions by Ben Webster except as indicated