Soulville is a 1957 album by swing tenor saxophonist Ben Webster, recording a session from October 15, 1957, which Webster played with the Oscar Peterson Trio and accompanied by Stan Levey.
Reception This session is described by AllMusic as "one of the highlights" of Webster's "golden '50s run". The album was reissued in the early 1990s on CD with three bonus tracks, which include rare recordings of Webster playing piano.Soulville Verve Music Group. Accessed September 18, 2007. When it was remastered in 24-bit for a 2003 edition, additional photographs and new liner notes were also included.
Track listing "Soulville" (Ben Webster) – 8:03 "Late Date" (Webster) – 7:13 "Time on My Hands" (Harold Adamson, Mack Gordon, Vincent Youmans) – 4:16 "Lover, Come Back to Me" (Oscar Hammerstein II, Sigmund Romberg) – 8:26 "Where Are You?" (Lew Pollack, Lou Davis) – 4:41 "Makin' Whoopee" (Walter Donaldson, Gus Kahn) – 4:29 "Ill Wind (Harold Arlen, Ted Koehler) – 3:30
Bonus tracks "Who?" (Hammerstein, Otto Harbach, Jerome Kern) – 2:56 "Boogie Woogie" (Webster) – 3:06 "Roses of Picardy" (Frederick E. Weatherly, Haydn Wood) – 2:05
Personnel
Performance Ray Brown – bass Herb Ellis – guitar Stan Levey – drums Oscar Peterson – piano Ben Webster – tenor saxophone, piano on the bonus tracks
Production Norman Granz – producer Nat Hentoff – original liner notes Ellie Hughes – design Tom Hughes – design Seth Rothstein – CD preparation Tom "Curly" Ruff – digital remastering Phil Schaap – re-issue liner notes Richard Seidel – CD preparation Phil Stern – photography
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