Sheet music $22.08

Original

Ben Webster. Plays Ballads. CD. Ben Webster. --.

Translation

Ben Webster. Plays Ballads. CD. Ben Webster. --.

Original

This CD is made up of selected live and radio broadcasts with the Danish Radio Big Band and Swedish, British and Danish. American small groups during 1964-71. As the title indicates, only ballads are included on the CD, and for the first time on a Ben Webster ballad album, there is no string-section accompaniment. Three of the ten numbers are previously unreleased. The art of ballad-playing was all-important to Ben Webster. He once said 'Remember, there are only three tempi in jazz – slow, medium and slow. ' While all the tunes are ballads, the wide variety and constellations give a wonderful, multi-faceted sound-picture of Ben Webster.

Translation

This CD is made up of selected live and radio broadcasts with the Danish Radio Big Band and Swedish, British and Danish. American small groups during 1964-71. As the title indicates, only ballads are included on the CD, and for the first time on a Ben Webster ballad album, there is no string-section accompaniment. Three of the ten numbers are previously unreleased. The art of ballad-playing was all-important to Ben Webster. He once said 'Remember, there are only three tempi in jazz – slow, medium and slow. ' While all the tunes are ballads, the wide variety and constellations give a wonderful, multi-faceted sound-picture of Ben Webster.