See You at the Fair

See You at the Fair
Studio album by Ben Webster
Released	1964
Recorded	March 11 & 25, 1964
Studio	Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey
Genre	Jazz
Length	48:57
Label	Impulse! A-65
Producer	Bob Thiele
Ben Webster chronology
Soulmates (1963) See You at the Fair (1964) (1965)

See You at the Fair is an album by jazz saxophonist Ben Webster, released on Impulse! Records.

Reception[]

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	[1]

Allmusic awarded the album 5 stars with its review by Scott Yanow stating "Ben Webster's final American recording was one of his greatest. At 55, the tenor saxophonist was still very much in his prime but considered out of style in the U.S. He would soon permanently move to Europe where he was better appreciated".^[1]

Track listing[]

1. "Someone to Watch Over Me" (Gershwin, Gershwin) 4:30
2. "In a Mellow Tone" (Ellington, Gabler) 4:26
3. "Over the Rainbow" (Arlen, Harburg) 4:42
4. "Love Is Here to Stay"(Gershwin, Gershwin) 2:48
5. "" [#] (Ellington) 3:20
6. "See You at the Fair" (Webster) 6:14
7. "Stardust" (Carmichael, Parish) 2:26
8. "" (Tiomkin, Washington) 2:46
9. "" (Skylar, Vroman) 2:49
10. "" (Albam, Ward) 3:04
11. "" [#] (Hefti) 4:05
12. "" [#] (Brubeck) 8:10

Recorded at Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs (New Jersey) on March 11 (1-5), March 25 (6-10) and November 10 (11-12), 1964

[#] Not released on original LP

Personnel[]

1-10:

• Ben Webster: tenor sax
• Hank Jones: piano (1-5)
• Roger Kellaway: piano (6-8), harpsichord (9-10)
• Richard Davis: bass
• Osie Johnson: drums

11-12:

• Oliver Nelson: arranger, conductor, leader
• Thad Jones: trumpet
• Ben Webster: tenor sax
• Phil Bodner: tenor sax, English horn
• Phil Woods: tenor sax
• Pepper Adams: baritone sax
• Roger Kellaway: piano
• Richard Davis: bass
• Grady Tate: drums

Cover[]

The cover photo shows Ben Webster in front of the Unisphere sculpture, a spherical stainless steel representation of the Earth in Flushing Meadows–Corona Park in the New York City borough of Queens, designed for the 1964 New York World's Fair, the same year the record came out.

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