Soulville

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Soulville
Soulville cover
Studio album by Ben Webster
Released 1957
Recorded October 15, 1957
Genre Jazz
Length 48:45
Label Verve
Producer Norman Granz
Professional reviews

All Music Guide 5/5 stars link

Ben Webster chronology
Trav'lin Light
(1957)
Soulville
(1957)
Tenor Giants
(1957)

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. This session is described by All Music as "one of the highlights" of Webster's "golden '50s run".[1] The album was reissued in the early 1990s on CD with three bonus tracks, which include rare recordings of Webster playing piano.[2] When it was remastered in 24-bit for a 2003 edition, additional photographs and new liner notes were also included.[3]

Contents

[edit] Track listing

  1. "Soulville" (Ben Webster) – 8:03
  2. "Late Date" (Webster) – 7:13
  3. "Time on My Hands" (Harold Adamson, Mack Gordon, Vincent Youmans) – 4:16
  4. "Lover, Come Back to Me" (Oscar Hammerstein II, Sigmund Romberg) – 8:26
  5. "Where Are You?" (Adamson, Jimmy McHugh) – 4:41
  6. "Makin' Whoopee" (Walter Donaldson, Gus Kahn) – 4:29
  7. "Ill Wind (Harold Arlen, Ted Koehler) – 3:30

[edit] Bonus tracks

  1. "Who?" (Hammerstein, Otto Harbach, Jerome Kern) – 2:56
  2. "Boogie Woogie" (Webster) – 3:06
  3. "Roses of Picardy" (Frederick E. Weatherly, Hayden Wood) – 2:05

[edit] Personnel

[edit] Performance

[edit] Production

  • Norman Granz – producer
  • Nat Hentoff – liner notes
  • Ellie Hughes – design
  • Tom Hughes – design
  • Seth Rothstein – CD preparation
  • Tom "Curly" Ruff – digital remastering
  • Phil Schaap – liner notes
  • Richard Seidel – CD preparation
  • Phil Stern – photography

[edit] References

  1. ^ Soulville at Allmusic
  2. ^ Soulville Verge Music Group. Accessed September 18, 2007.
  3. ^ Soulville (Bonus Tracks) at Allmusic