Ben Webster - Stardust - 45rpm Double-Album / Vinyl

Ben Webster is among that exclusive hierarchy of jazz artists to whose consistent excellence there can never be an over-abundance of recorded testimony. This album offers a nicely balanced and thoughtfully chosen selection of tracks, recorded between 1968 and 1970 in Copenhagen, his adopted city.  Four of the tunes are associated with Duke Ellington in whose saxophone section Ben was featured for more than ten years.  Our Blues is a choice example of Ben’s evocative after-hours style of blues playing. 

Described by Barry Ulanov as one of “the warmest and most sensitive of performers”.  He will be best remembered as a genuine romantic and a most outstanding interpreter of ballads.