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ben webster: blue skies

  • ben webster

  • blue skies (CD)

  • sku: FT845CD
  • Condition: Brand New Back Order
  • 11.90€
  • $12.50
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  • Format: CD
  • Label: Fruit Tree
  • Genre: Jazz
CD digpack
From Kansas City, MO, Ben Webster was mainly influenced by ColemanHawkins in his personal take on tenor sax. His distinctive style adaptedperfectly to the blues and made Webster a big band steady, having playedfor Cab Calloway, Benny Carter and Fletcher Henderson among others.Together with Duke Ellington between 1940 and 1943, Webster later alsoperformed for the Jazz Philarmonic Orchestra throughout the 50s and in1964 moved to Denmark, where a florid jazz scene also gave birth to thefirst steps of a young Albert Ayler. This collection shows his talentthroughout 24 of his classics.
Track listing: 1. Blues On The Delta 2. Cotton Tail 3. Blue Serge 4. Pick Up Boys 5. Just Settin' And A-Rockin' 6. Teezol 7. Blue Skies 8. Sleep 9. AllToo Soon 10. Linger A While 11. The Horn 12. New Orleans 13. Body And Soul 14. Victory Stride 15. The Ghost Of Dinah 16. Dream Lullaby 17. SingYou Sinners 18. What A Little Moonlight Do 19. Stardust 20. Without That Girl 21. Conga Brava 22. Easy To Love 23. 71 24. Hotter Than Hell