Art Tatum-Ben Webster Quartet (Colored Vinyl)

MASTERWORKS COLORED SERIES

LIMITED 180 GRAM VINYL EDITION

INCLUDES 2 BONUS TRACKS

"Neither man-made serious concessions to the other. The most effective analogy might be watching a stately ship move slowly over a boisterous sea. Webster’s imperious balladry was his main stockin-trade, and we forget that he had a considerable facility at faster tempos, and even managed to preserve that distinctive just-woke-up tone. Tatum eats up the tunes, leaving little for Red Callender and Bill Douglass to do, though the bassman, in particular, makes the best possible use of his moments of freedom." - Penguin Guide to Jazz

It would be hard to find two musicians born in the same year with so different a sound from each other as Art Tatum and Ben Webster. The former, considered one of the few authentic geniuses of jazz piano, is best known for being a virtuoso soloist of outstanding precision. The latter is among the most celebrated sax players in jazz history, especially for having been a member of Duke Ellington’s great orchestra. It wasn’t in an attempt to erase these differences that producer Norman Granz decided to record them together on this, their only quartet album. - Jazz Magazine

PERSONNEL:

Art Tatum - piano
Ben Webster - tenor sax
Red Callender - bass
Bill Douglass - drums

Los Angeles, California, September 11, 1956

(*) BONUS TRACKS:
A4: Art Tatum (p), Red Callender (b), Jo Jones (d).
Los Angeles, January 27, 1956.
B5: Roy Eldridge (tp), Art Tatum (p), John Simmons (b), Alvin Stoller (d).
Los Angeles, March 23 & 29, 1955.

TRACKS:

SIDE A
A1 ALL THE THINGS YOU ARE
A2 MY ONE AND ONLY LOVE
A3 MY IDEAL
A4 I GUESS I’LL HAVE TO CHANGE MY PLAN (*)

SIDE B
B1 GONE WITH THE WIND
B2 HAVE YOU MET MISS JONES?
B3 NIGHT AND DAY
B4 WHERE OR WHEN
B5 IN A SENTIMENTAL MOOD (*)