| Ben Webster and Associates | ||||
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| Released | 1959 | |||
| Recorded | April 9, 1959 New York City | |||
| Genre | Jazz | |||
| Length | 45:03 | |||
| Label | Verve MGV 8318 | |||
| Producer | Norman Granz | |||
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Ben Webster and Associates is an album by American jazz saxophonist Ben Webster featuring tracks recorded in 1959 for the Verve label. [1]
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| Source | Rating |
| Allmusic |   [2] |
| The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide |  [3] |
Allmusic awarded the album 4½ stars with its review by Al Cambell stating: "Ben Webster and Associates is a 1959 session that took full advantage of the long-playing LP format. Highlighted by the 20-minute version of Ellington's 'In a Mellow Tone' (taking up the entirety of side one) in which tenor titans Ben Webster, Coleman Hawkins, and Budd Johnson plus trumpeter Roy Eldridge stretch out, not so much in a cutting contest as a laid-back jam session amongst friends. This summit meeting turned out to be a tribute to another tenor master of the same generation, Lester Young, who had died less than four weeks before this session". [2]
All compositions by Ben Webster except as indicated
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