Ben Webster at the Renaissance

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Ben Webster at the Renaissance
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Live album by Ben Webster
Released 1985
Recorded October 14, 1960
The Renaissance, Hollywood, California
Genre Jazz
Length 45:03
Label Contemporary
C-7646
Producer Lester Koenig
Ben Webster chronology
Ben Webster Meets Oscar Peterson
(1958)Ben Webster Meets Oscar Peterson1958		 Ben Webster at the Renaissance
(1960)		 The Warm Moods
(1960)The Warm Moods1960

Ben Webster at the Renaissance is a live album by American jazz saxophonist Ben Webster featuring tracks recorded in California in 1960 and released on the Contemporary label.[1]

Reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source Rating
Allmusic 4/5 stars[2]

Allmusic awarded the album 4 stars with its review by Sott Yanow stating "the music is consistently wonderful... Webster (who was then somewhat taken for granted) is in superior and creative form. Recommended".[2]

Track listing

  1. "Gone with the Wind" (Allie Wrubel, Herb Magidson) - 8:59 Bonus track on CD release
  2. "Stardust" (Hoagy Carmichael, Mitchell Parish) - 10:59
  3. "Caravan" (Juan Tizol) - 10:01
  4. "Georgia on My Mind" (Hoagy Carmichael, Stuart Gorrell) - 6:37
  5. "Ole Miss Blues" (W. C. Handy) - 6:42
  6. "Mop Mop" (J. C. Heard, Teddy Wilson) - 8:06 Bonus track on CD release
  7. "What Is This Thing Called Love" (Cole Porter) - 7:35 Bonus track on CD release
  8. "Renaissance Blues" (Ben Webster, Frank Butler, Jim Hall, Jimmy Rowles, Red Mitchell) - 5:48 Bonus track on CD release

Personnel

References

  1. ↑ Contemporary Records discography accessed August 25, 2012
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 Yanow, S. Allmusic Review accessed August 25, 2012
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