Ben Webster at the Renaissance

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Ben Webster at the Renaissance
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Live album by
Ben Webster
Released1985
RecordedOctober 14, 1960
The Renaissance, Hollywood, California
GenreJazz
Length45:03
LabelContemporary
C-7646
ProducerLester Koenig
Ben Webster chronology
Ben Webster Meets Oscar Peterson
(1958) 		Ben Webster at the Renaissance
(1985) 		The Warm Moods
(1960)

Ben Webster at the Renaissance is a live album by American jazz saxophonist Ben Webster featuring tracks recorded in California in 1960 and released on the Contemporary label.[1]

Reception[]

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic4/5 stars[2]
The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings3/4 stars[3]

Allmusic awarded the album 4 stars with its review by Sott Yanow stating "the music is consistently wonderful... Webster (who was then somewhat taken for granted) is in superior and creative form. Recommended".[2]

Track listing[]

  1. "Gone with the Wind" (Allie Wrubel, Herb Magidson) - 8:59 Bonus track on CD release
  2. "Stardust" (Hoagy Carmichael, Mitchell Parish) - 10:59
  3. "Caravan" (Juan Tizol) - 10:01
  4. "Georgia on My Mind" (Hoagy Carmichael, Stuart Gorrell) - 6:37
  5. "Ole Miss Blues" (W. C. Handy) - 6:42
  6. "Mop Mop" (J. C. Heard, Teddy Wilson) - 8:06 Bonus track on CD release
  7. "What Is This Thing Called Love" (Cole Porter) - 7:35 Bonus track on CD release
  8. "Renaissance Blues" (Ben Webster, Frank Butler, Jim Hall, Jimmy Rowles, Red Mitchell) - 5:48 Bonus track on CD release

Personnel[]

References[]

  1. ^ Contemporary Records discography accessed August 25, 2012
  2. ^ Jump up to: a b Yanow, S. Allmusic Review accessed August 25, 2012
  3. ^ Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings (9th ed.). Penguin. p. 1479. ISBN 978-0-141-03401-0.
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