THE BEN WEBSTER QUINTET "SOULVILLE" AP, 2LP, 45RPM, LE, SO, NE, NEW/SEALED
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Dec 2, 2023 Sold Date
Dec 28, 2022 Start Date
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                                                                THE BEN WEBSTER QUINTET "SOULVILLE"
2013 ANALOGUE PRODUCTIONS "VERVE REISSUES", RECORDED 1957, 2LP, 45RPM, 200G VIRGIN VINYL, LIMITED EDITION OF 1,000 NUMBERED COPIES, THIS IS #98 OF THIS SOLD-OUT EDITION, PRODUCED BY NORMAN GRANZ (PRESIDENT OF VERVE RECORDS), MASTERED BY GEORGE MARINO AT STERLING SOUND USING THE ORIGINAL ANALOG MASTER TAPES AND PRESSED AT QUALITY RECORD PRESSINGS, SALINA, KS.
"SOULVILLE IS QUINTESSENTIAL BEN WEBSTER: INTIMATE, TENDER, ENDLESSLY EXPRESSIVE. HEAR OSCAR PETERSON, RAY BROWN, HERB ELLIS, AND BEN WEBSTER'S SAX FLOATING IN SPACE IN YOUR LIVING ROOM WITH THIS NEW AUDIOPHILE REMASTER FROM GEORGE MARINO AT STERLING SOUND USING THE ORIGINAL ANALOG MASTER TAPES AND PRESSED ON 45RPM HIGH QUALITY VIRGIN VINYL AT QRP FOR A TRULLY IMMERSIVE EXPERIENCE."
"BEN WEBSTER, WROTE THE JAZZ HISTORIAN J.E. BEHREND, "WAS TWO MEN IN ONE; IN FAST PIECES HE WAS A MUSICIAN WITH A THROATY CROAKING VIBRATO, WHILE IN SLOW ONES HE WAS A MASTER OF EROTIC AND INTENSIVE BALLADS". IN THIS COMPILATION OF BOTH HIS OWN WORKS AND STANDARD NUMBERS WITH THE PROMISING TITLE SOULVILLE, "BIG BEN" SHOWS THE GENTLE AND THE ROUGHER SIDES OF HIS NATURE. NO SESSION IN WHICH BLACK JAZZ MUSICIANS TAKE PART WOULD BE WORTH ITS SALT WITHOUT A GOOD AND HONEST OPENING BLUES NUMBER, AS THE FIRST TWO TRACKS ON THIS LP SHOW."
"WEBSTER WAS INTERNATIONALLY RECOGNIZED AS ONE OF JAZZ'S ELDER STATESMAN WHEN HE RECORDED THIS ALBUM IN 1957, BUT THE YOUTHFUL FIRE THAT HAD MARKED HIS PLAYING WITH THE DUKE ELLINGTON ORCHESTRA TWO DECADES EARLIER WAS UNDIMINISHED. LEADING A STELLAR COMBO THROUGH A PROGRAM CONSISTING MOSTLY OF VINTAGE RECORDINGS OF WEBSTER ON PIANO, THE FIRST INSTRUMENT HE PLAYED AS A YOUNG PROFESSIONAL MUSICIAN."


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