The Soul of Ben Webster is an album by American jazz saxophonist Ben Webster featuring tracks recorded in 1958 for the Verve label.Verve Records discography accessed August 25, 2012
Reception
Allmusic awarded the album 4 stars with its review by Scott Yanow stating "The great tenor is at his best on a beautiful version of "Chelsea Bridge" and "When I Fall in Love"... Recommended".Yanow, S. Allmusic Review accessed August 24, 2012
Track listing All compositions by Ben Webster except as indicated "Fajista" - 3:48 "Chelsea Bridge" (Billy Strayhorn) - 3:40 "Charlotte's Piccolo" - 15:31 "Coal Train" - 4:10 "When I Fall in Love" (Edward Heyman, Victor Young) - 4:59 "Ev's Mad" - 4:23 "Ash" - 8:24
Personnel Ben Webster, Harold Ashby - tenor saxophone Art Farmer - trumpet Mundell Lowe - guitar Jimmy Jones - piano Milt Hinton - bass Dave Bailey - drums
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