The Warm Moods

The Warm Moods
Studio album by Ben Webster
Released February 1961
Recorded 1961
Genre Jazz
Length 35:20
Label Reprise
F/FS 2001
Ben Webster chronology
Ben Webster at the Renaissance
(1960)Ben Webster at the Renaissance1960		 The Warm Moods
(1961)		 Ben and "Sweets"
(1962)Ben and "Sweets"1962

The Warm Moods is an album by American jazz saxophonist Ben Webster featuring tracks recorded in 1960 for the Reprise label.[1] The album was the label's first non-Frank Sinatra release.

Reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic[2]
Los Angeles Times[3]
The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide[4]

In the Los Angeles Times, Leonard Feather said The Warm Moods showcased why Webster was "among the immortals", writing that his tenor saxophone playing "makes every song seem beautiful, whether the task is easy (as in 'Nancy,' 'There's No You,' 'But Beautiful,' 'It Was So Beautiful') or near impossible (as in 'The Sweetheart of Sigma Chi' and 'The Whiffenpoof Song')."[3] Scott Yanow wrote in his review for AllMusic, "even when simply stating the melody, Webster brings out unexpected beauty in the songs. His tone has never been accurately duplicated".[2]

Track listing

  1. "The Sweetheart of Sigma Chi" (Bryan Stokes, Dudley Vernor) - 2:23
  2. "Stella by Starlight" (Ned Washington, Victor Young) - 2:59
  3. "With Every Breath I Take" (Ralph Rainger, Leo Robin) - 3:02
  4. "Accent on Youth" (Vee Lawnhurst, Tot Seymour) - 2:57
  5. "But Beautiful" (Johnny Burke, Jimmy Van Heusen) - 2:50
  6. "Time After Time" (Sammy Cahn, Jule Styne) - 3:08
  7. "Nancy (With the Laughing Face)" (Van Heusen, Phil Silvers) - 3:09
  8. "I'm Beginning to See the Light" (Duke Ellington, Don George, Johnny Hodges, Harry James) - 2:44
  9. "It Was So Beautiful" (Harry Barris, Arthur Freed) - 3:21
  10. "The Whiffenpoof Song" (Tod Galloway, Meade Minnigerode, George S. Pomeroy) - 2:23
  11. "It's Easy to Remember" (Lorenz Hart, Richard Rodgers) - 3:08
  12. "There's No You" (Tom Adair, Hal Hopper) - 3:16

Personnel

References

  1. ↑ Reprise Records discography accessed August 25, 2012
  2. 1 2 Yanow, S. Allmusic Review accessed August 25, 2012
  3. 1 2 Feather, Leonard (June 18, 1989). "Mixed Doubles in New Jazz Releases". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved May 22, 2016.
  4. ↑ Swenson, J. (Editor) (1985). The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide. USA: Random House/Rolling Stone. p. 206. ISBN 0-394-72643-X.
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