717101848027

Ben Webster's First Concert In Denmark

Ben Webster

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Format: CD

Cat No: 1018480

Release Date:  13 September 2019

Label:  Storyville Records

Packaging Type:  Jewel Case

No of Units:  1

Barcode:  717101848027

Genres:  Jazz  Modern Postbebop  

  • Description

    The music on this album could be called 'a prelude to a love affair'. Why? Because it was the great tenor saxophonist Ben Webster's first encounter with the country and city he decided to spend the rest of his life in, living, playing and loving. It was also his first day on the continent after a successful time in London, mostly at Ronnie Scott's famous club.

    The day in January 1965 when Webster entered the Danish Radio Concert hall, a wonderful, wooden acoustic architecture from the thirties, began with a short band rehearsal and sound check for the live concert on the Sunday afternoon on the FM radio wave. His backing would be his new friends, Kenny Drew, Niels Henning Ørsted-Pedersen, Alex Riel and the producer, Børge Roger Henrichsen, a well estimated pianist, bandleader and radio editor.

    Personnel: Ben Webster (tenor saxophone), Kenny Drew (piano), Niels-Henning Orsted Pedersen (bass), Alex Riel (drums)

  • Tracklisting

      Disc 1

      Side 1

      • 1. In A Mellotone (rehearsal)
      • 2. Pennies From Heaven
      • 3. Blues In B-Flat
      • 4. My Romance
      • 5. In A Mellotone
      • 6. Over The Rainbow
      • 7. Cotton Tail