Plays Ballads, by Ben Webster

Plays Ballads

by Ben Webster

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180g Remastered Black Vinyl
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Tracklist for vinyl:
1 - Stardust
2 - Cry Me a River
3 - For Heavens Sake
4 - Greensleeves
5 - My Romance
6 - Willow Weep For Me
7 - Old Folks

A number of Storyville Records' iconic jazz and blues albums are now available in a new series of remastered high quality vinyl releases. Featuring some of the best artists from the vast Storyville catalogue, the “Storyville Vinyl Remasters” series presents great music on deluxe vinyl.

Each release is limited edition, pressed onto 180 gram virgin vinyl with the original covers and sleeve notes preserved. Updated notes have been added to the inner sleeves and a free download of the album is included. The audio has been remastered specifically for vinyl to secure the best sound that these great releases deserve.

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1.	Stardust 06:25	buy track
2.	Cry Me a River 04:17	buy track
3.	For Heavens Sake 07:52	buy track
4.	Greenssleeves 02:27	buy track
5.	My Romance 08:38	buy track
6.	Willow Weep for Me 05:21	buy track
7.	Old Folks 07:33	buy track
8.	Danny Boy 04:30	buy track
9.	Chelsea Bridge 06:42	buy track
10.	For All We Know 08:22	buy track

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This album is made up of selected live and radio broadcasts with the Danish Radio Big Band and Swedish, British and Danish/American small groups during 1964-71. As the title indicates only ballads are included on the album, and, for the first time on a Ben Webster ballad album, there is no string-section accompaniment. Three of the ten numbers are previously unreleased. The art of ballad-playing was all-important to Ben Webster. He once said “Remember, there are only three tempi in jazz – slow, medium and slow!” While all the tunes are ballads, the wide variety and constellations give a wonderful, multi-faceted sound-picture of Ben Webster.

credits

released March 23, 2020

Ben Webster (ts), Ole Koch Hansen, Kenny Drew, Stan Tracy, Lasse Sjøsten (p), Niels-Henning Ørsted Pedersen, Hugo Rasmussen, Rick Laird, Sture Nordin (b), Makaya Ntsoko, William Schiøpffe, Al Heath, Jackie Dougan, Bjarne Rostvold (dr)

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Storyville Records Denmark

Storyville Records is Europe’s oldest independent jazz label. It releases a rich variety of jazz, blues and related musical genres, often accompanied by authoritative notes and rare extras. This iconic label was founded in 1952 in Denmark and today continues to augment its historic catalogue of recordings made by American jazz and blues legends with new releases from contemporary jazz artists. ... more

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