Soulmates (Ben Webster album)

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Soulmates
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Studio album by
Released1963
RecordedSeptember 20 & October 14, 1963
New York City
Genre Jazz
Length42:03
Label Riverside
RLP 476
Ben Webster chronology
Wanted to Do One Together
(1962)
Soulmates
(1963)
See You at the Fair
(1964)
Joe Zawinul chronology
To You With Love
(1961)
Soulmates
(1963)
Money in the Pocket
(1966)

Soulmates is an album by saxophonist Ben Webster and pianist Joe Zawinul featuring tracks recorded in 1963 for the Riverside label. [1]

Contents

Reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
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Allmusic awarded the album 4 stars with its review by Jim Todd stating "What initially seems like an unlikely pairing for this session delivers on its unique pedigree with performances that do full justice to tenor legend Ben Webster and to the then up and coming pianist Joe Zawinul". [2]

Track listing

  1. "Too Late Now" (Burton Lane, Alan Jay Lerner) - 6:26
  2. "Soulmates" (Ben Webster) - 6:32
  3. "Come Sunday" (Duke Ellington) - 5:10
  4. "The Governor" (Ben Webster) - 3:13
  5. "Frog Legs" (Joe Zawinul) - 5:29
  6. "Trav'lin' Light" (Johnny Mercer, Jimmy Mundy, Trummy Young) - 6:08
  7. "Like Someone in Love" (Johnny Burke, Jimmy Van Heusen) - 3:45
  8. "Evol Deklaw Ni" (Thad Jones) - 5:20

Personnel

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References

  1. Riverside Records catalog accessed August 25, 2012
  2. 1 2 Todd, J. Allmusic Review accessed August 25, 2012
  3. Swenson, J., ed. (1985). The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide . USA: Random House/Rolling Stone. pp.  206. ISBN   0-394-72643-X.
  4. Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings (9th ed.). Penguin. p. 1479. ISBN   978-0-141-03401-0.