Ballads and Blues

~ Release by Ben Webster (see all versions of this release, 1 available)

Tracklist

▼ CD 1
#TitleRatingLength
1Our Love Is Here to Stay
double bass:
Niels-Henning Ørsted Pedersen (Danish jazz upright bassist)
drums (drum set):
Alex Riel
piano:
Kenny Drew
tenor saxophone:
Ben Webster
instrumental recording of:
Love Is Here to Stay
lyricist:
Ira Gershwin
composer:
George Gershwin (composer)
publisher:
Chappell & Co., Inc. (USA), Chappell Music Ltd., Frankie G. Songs, George Gershwin Music, Ira Gershwin Music, Nokawi Music, Warner Bros. Music (publisher; do NOT use as release label), Warner Chappell Music Ltd. (no slash; used 1988–1996), WB Music Corp. (1929–2019) (until 2019-05-28), Gershwin Publishing Corp (in 1938) and WC Music Corp. (from 2019-05-28 to present)
sub-publisher:
Chappell Music (UK), ヤマハミュージックエンタテインメントホールディングス (holding company – do not use as release label) and ワーナー・チャペル音楽出版 Synch事業部
part of:
The Goldwyn Follies
6:33
2My Romance
double bass:
Niels-Henning Ørsted Pedersen (Danish jazz upright bassist)
drums (drum set):
Alex Riel
piano:
Kenny Drew
tenor saxophone:
Ben Webster
instrumental recording of:
My Romance
lyricist:
Lorenz Hart (in 1935)
composer:
Richard Rodgers (composer) (in 1935)
publisher:
Chappell & Co., Inc. (USA), Lorenz Hart Publishing Co., T.B. Harms Co., Universal PolyGram International Publishing, Inc. (existed only since ca. 1998), Warner Chappell Music Ltd. (no slash; used 1988–1996), Williamson Music Company, シンコーミュージック・エンタテイメント and ユニバーサル・ミュージック・パブリッシング Synch事業部
part of:
Jumbo
6:45
3Blues for Herluf
double bass:
Niels-Henning Ørsted Pedersen (Danish jazz upright bassist)
drums (drum set):
Alex Riel
piano:
Kenny Drew
tenor saxophone:
Ben Webster
5:24
4Londonderry Air
double bass:
Niels-Henning Ørsted Pedersen (Danish jazz upright bassist)
drums (drum set):
Alex Riel
piano:
Kenny Drew
tenor saxophone:
Ben Webster
recording of:
Londonderry Air
composer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
arrangement of:
Londonderry Air (for Harp, arr. Carlos Salzedo)
4:34
5Mack the Knife
double bass:
Niels-Henning Ørsted Pedersen (Danish jazz upright bassist)
drums (drum set):
Alex Riel
piano:
Kenny Drew
tenor saxophone:
Ben Webster
instrumental recording of:
Mack the Knife (1954 Blitzstein translation)
lyricist:
Bertolt Brecht
composer:
Kurt Weill (composer)
translator:
Marc Blitzstein (in 1954)
publisher:
Universal Edition (publisher; do NOT use as release label)
translated version of:
Die Dreigroschenoper: Vorspiel. Die Moritat von Mackie Messer
5:23
6I Can't Get Started
double bass:
Niels-Henning Ørsted Pedersen (Danish jazz upright bassist)
drums (drum set):
Alex Riel
piano:
Kenny Drew
tenor saxophone:
Ben Webster
instrumental recording of:
I Can’t Get Started
lyricist:
Ira Gershwin
composer:
Vernon Duke
publisher:
Chappell & Co., Chappell & Co., Inc. (USA), Chappell’s • Sydney, Music Sales Corporation (American copyright holder in both popular and classical music) and Universal Music Corp. (USA, affiliated with ASCAP)
sub-publisher:
ヤマハミュージックエンタテインメントホールディングス (holding company – do not use as release label) and ワーナー・チャペル音楽出版 Synch事業部
6:40
7The Theme
double bass:
Niels-Henning Ørsted Pedersen (Danish jazz upright bassist)
drums (drum set):
Alex Riel
piano:
Kenny Drew
tenor saxophone:
Ben Webster
recording of:
The Theme
composer:
Miles Davis (jazz trumpeter, bandleader, songwriter)
3:05
8Friskin' the Frog
double bass:
Niels-Henning Ørsted Pedersen (Danish jazz upright bassist)
drums (drum set):
Alex Riel
piano:
Kenny Drew
tenor saxophone:
Ben Webster
7:15
9Stormy Weather
double bass:
Niels-Henning Ørsted Pedersen (Danish jazz upright bassist)
drums (drum set):
Alex Riel
piano:
Kenny Drew
tenor saxophone:
Ben Webster
instrumental recording of:
Stormy Weather
lyricist:
Ted Koehler (in 1933)
composer:
Harold Arlen (in 1933)
publisher:
Arko Music Corp., EMI Music Publishing (do not use as a release label!), Fred Ahlert Mus. Corp., Mills Music, Inc., S.A. Music Co., Ted Koehler Music Co. and The Songwriters Guild
7:22
10Perdido
double bass:
Niels-Henning Ørsted Pedersen (Danish jazz upright bassist)
drums (drum set):
Alex Riel
piano:
Kenny Drew
tenor saxophone:
Ben Webster
recording of:
Perdido (original instrumental version)
composer:
Juan Tizol
7:15