Soulville
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| Soulville | ||||
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| Released | 1957 | |||
| Recorded | October 15, 1957 | |||
| Genre | Jazz | |||
| Length | 48:45 | |||
| Label | Verve | |||
| Producer | Norman Granz | |||
| Ben Webster chronology | ||||
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| Review scores | |
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| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |  [1] |
| Encyclopedia of Popular Music |  [2] |
| MusicHound | 4/5[3] |
| Penguin Guide to Jazz | [4] |
| The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide | [5] |
Soulville is a 1957 album by swing tenor saxophonist Ben Webster, recording a session from October 15, 1957, which Webster played with the Oscar Peterson Trio.
Reception
[edit]This session is described by AllMusic as "one of the highlights" of Webster's "golden '50s run".[6] The album was reissued in the early 1990s on CD with three bonus tracks, which include rare recordings of Webster playing piano.[7] When it was remastered in 24-bit for a 2003 edition, additional photographs and new liner notes were also included.[8]
Track listing
[edit]- "Soulville" (Ben Webster) – 8:03
- "Late Date" (Webster) – 7:13
- "Time on My Hands" (Harold Adamson, Mack Gordon, Vincent Youmans) – 4:16
- "Lover, Come Back to Me" (Oscar Hammerstein II, Sigmund Romberg) – 8:26
- "Where Are You?" (Lew Pollack, Lou Davis) – 4:41
- "Makin' Whoopee" (Walter Donaldson, Gus Kahn) – 4:29
- "Ill Wind (Harold Arlen, Ted Koehler) – 3:30
Bonus tracks
[edit]- "Who?" (Hammerstein, Otto Harbach, Jerome Kern) – 2:56
- "Boogie Woogie" (Webster) – 3:06
- "Roses of Picardy" (Frederick E. Weatherly, Haydn Wood) – 2:05
Personnel
[edit]Performance
[edit]- Ray Brown – bass
- Herb Ellis – guitar
- Stan Levey – drums
- Oscar Peterson – piano
- Ben Webster – tenor saxophone, piano on the bonus tracks
Production
[edit]- Norman Granz – producer
- Nat Hentoff – original liner notes
- Ellie Hughes – design
- Tom Hughes – design
- Seth Rothstein – CD preparation
- Tom "Curly" Ruff – digital remastering
- Phil Schaap – re-issue liner notes
- Richard Seidel – CD preparation
- Phil Stern – photography
References
[edit]- ^ AllMusic review
- ^ Larkin, Colin, ed. (2002). The Encyclopedia of Popular Music (Concise 4th ed.). Virgin Books. p. 1314.
- ^ Holtje, Steve; Lee, Nancy Ann (1998). MusicHound: The Essential Album Guide. Schirmer. p. 1176.
- ^ Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (2006). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings. Penguin Books. p. 1356.
- ^ Swenson, J., ed. (1985). The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide. USA: Random House/Rolling Stone. p. 206. ISBN 0-394-72643-X.
- ^ Soulville at AllMusic
- ^ Soulville Verve Music Group. Accessed September 18, 2007.
- ^ Soulville (Bonus Tracks) at AllMusic
