Music for Loving
Music for Loving is an album by American jazz saxophonist Ben Webster with tracks recorded in 1954 and released by Norgran in 1955.[1] The album was reissued in 1957 by Verve as Sophisticated Lady.[2] In 1996 Verve released a double CD compiling the album with another Norgran LP, Music with Feeling, and one by Harry Carney, Harry Carney with Strings which was first released by Clef.[3]
Music for Loving | ||||
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Released | 1954 | |||
Recorded | March 30, May 28 and December 15, 1954 | |||
Studio | Fine Sound, New York City | |||
Genre | Jazz | |||
Label | Norgran Verve | |||
Producer | Norman Granz | |||
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Music with Feeling cover | ||||
Reception
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Source | Rating |
Allmusic | |
Encyclopedia of Popular Music |
Reviewing the compilation Allmusic's Stephen Cook stated: "the two-disc Music With Feeling delivers over two hours' worth of incredible ballad interpretations. Webster, of course, made his name with many an after-hours gem, and he predictably shines here amidst the lush yet tasteful orchestral charts penned by Ralph Burns, Gerald Wilson, and Billy Strayhorn ... Forget all those bachelor-pad compilations and give this collection a spin at your next cocktail party".[3] The Penguin Guide to Jazz selected this album as part of its suggested Core Collection.[5][6]
It was voted number 2 in the 50 All-Time Overlooked Jazz Albums from Colin Larkin's All Time Top 1000 Albums.[7]
Track listing
Original LP
Side A
- "All Too Soon" (Duke Ellington, Carl Sigman) – 4:45
- "Love Is Here to Stay" (George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin) – 3:21
- "It Happens to Be Me" (Arthur Kent, Sammy Gallop) – 3:21
- "My Funny Valentine" (Richard Rodgers, Lorenz Hart) – 3:23
- "You're Mine, You" (Johnny Green, Edward Heyman) – 3:07
Side B
- "Do Nothin' Till You Hear from Me" (Ellington, Bob Russell) – 4:43
- "Prelude to a Kiss" (Ellington, Irving Gordon, Irving Mills) – 4:46
- "Come Rain or Come Shine" (Harold Arlen, Johnny Mercer) – 4:22
- "Sophisticated Lady" (Ellington, Mills, Mitchell Parish) – 3:04
- "Love's Away" (Ben Webster) – 3:19
1995 Double CD Compilation
Disc One
- "Chelsea Bridge" (Billy Strayhorn) – 3:56 Originally released on Music with Feeling
- "Willow Weep for Me" (Ann Ronell) – 4:38 Originally released on Music with Feeling
- "There Is No Greater Love" (Isham Jones, Marty Symes) – 3:41 Originally released on Music with Feeling
- "Teach Me Tonight" (Gene De Paul, Sammy Cahn) – 4:03 Originally released on Music with Feeling
- "Until Tonight" (Victor Young, Edward Heyman) – 4:10 Originally released on Music with Feeling
- "We'll Be Together Again" (Carl T. Fischer, Frankie Laine) – 4:32 Originally released on Music with Feeling
- "Blue Moon" (Richard Rodgers, Lorenz Hart) – 5:06 Originally released on Music with Feeling
- "Early Autumn" (Stan Rhodes, Barbara Belle) – 4:49 Originally released on Music with Feeling
- "My Greatest Mistake" (Jack Fulton, Jack "Bones" O'Brien) – 3:35 Originally released on Music with Feeling
- "What Am I Here For" (Duke Ellington) – 3:57 Originally released on Music with Feeling
- "All Too Soon" (Ellington, Sigman) – 4:45
- "Love Is Here to Stay" (Gershwin, Gershwin) – 3:21
- "It Happens to Be Me" (Kent, Gallop) – 3:21
- "Do Nothin' Till You Hear from Me" (Ellington, Bob Russell) – 4:43
- "Prelude to a Kiss" (Ellington, Irving Gordon, Irving Mills) – 4:46
- "Come Rain or Come Shine" (Harold Arlen, Johnny Mercer) – 4:22
- "Love Is Here to Stay" [alternative take] (George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin) – 3:17 Previously unissued
- "Love Is Here to Stay" [alternative take] (George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin) – 3:16 Previously unissued
Disc Two
- "Some Other Spring" (Arthur Herzog Jr., Irene Kitchings) – 4:46 Previously unissued
- "When Your Lover Has Gone" (Einar Aaron Swan) – 3:37 Previously unissued
- "Stars Fell on Alabama" (Frank Perkins, Parish) – 4:32 Previously unissued
- "Under a Blanket of Blue" (Jerry Livingston, Al J. Neiburg, Marty Symes) – 3:17 Previously unissued
- "Stars Fell on Alabama" [alternate take] (Perkins, Parish) – 4:40 Previously unissued
- "Under a Blanket of Blue" [alternate take] (Livingston, Neiburg, Symes) – 3:31 Previously unissued
- "Under a Blanket of Blue" [alternate take] (Livingston, Neiburg, Symes) – 3:20 Previously unissued
- "My Funny Valentine" (Rodgers, Hart) – 3:23
- "You're Mine, You" (Green, Heyman) – 3:07
- "Sophisticated Lady" (Ellington, Mills, Parish) – 3:04
- "Love's Away" (Webster) – 3:19
- "Almost Like Being in Love" (Frederick Loewe, Alan Jay Lerner) – 3:59
- "I Don't Stand a Ghost of a Chance with You" (Victor Young, Ned Washington, Bing Crosby) – 5:48 Originally released on Harry Carney with Strings
- "Take the "A" Train" (Billy Strayhorn) – 4:48 Originally released on Harry Carney with Strings
- "We're in Love Again" (Harry Carney) – 3:41 Originally released on Harry Carney with Strings
- "Chalmeau" (Carney) – 3:38 Originally released on Harry Carney with Strings
- "Moonlight on the Ganges" (Sherman Myers, Chester Wallace) – 3:41 Originally released on Harry Carney with Strings
- "It Had to Be You" (Isham Jones, Gus Kahn) – 4:17 Originally released on Harry Carney with Strings
- "My Fantasy" (Carney) – 4:08 Originally released on Harry Carney with Strings
- "I Got It Bad (and That Ain't Good)" (Ellington, Paul Francis Webster) – 4:22 Originally released on Harry Carney with Strings
Personnel
- Ben Webster - tenor saxophone (all tracks except CD - 2:13-20)
March 30, 1954 at Fine Sound, New York City: LP - A:4 & 5 and B:4 & 5, CD - 2:8 to 11
May 28, 1954 at Fine Sound, New York City: LP - A:1-3, CD - 1:1, 11-13, 17 & 18 and 2:12
- Tony Scott – clarinet
- Mac Ceppos, Richard Dickler, Milt Lomask, David Novales, Misha Edward Russell, Rudolph Sims
- Billy Strayhorn – piano, arranger
- George Duvivier – bass
- Louis Bellson – drums
- String section directed by Ralph Burns
December 13, 1954 at Fine Sound, New York City: Harry Carney with Strings CD - 2:13-20
- Harry Carney – baritone saxophone
- Ray Nance – trumpet, violin
- Tony Miranda – French horn
- Jimmy Hamilton – clarinet, tenor banjo
- Billy Bauer – guitar
- Leroy Lovett – piano
- Wendell Marshall – bass
- Louie Bellson – drums
- String section arranged and conducted by Ralph Burns
- Ben Gerrard, Eugene Orloff, Howard Kay, Isadore Zir, Mac Ceppos, Martin Donegan, Sylvan Shulman, Zelly Smirnoff – violin
- Alan Shulman, Doris Johnson, Sidney Edwards – cello
December 15, 1954 at Fine Sound, New York City: LP - B:1-3, CD - 1:2 & 14-16
- Jimmy Hamilton – clarinet
- Danny Bank – baritone saxophone
- Teddy Wilson – piano
- Wendell Marshall – bass
- Louis Bellson – drums
- String section arranged and conducted by Ralph Burns
- Jack Zayde, Julius Schachter, Leo Kruczek, Solomon Deutsch – violin
- Burt Fisch – viola
- Bernard Greenhouse – cello
February 3, 1955 at Fine Sound, New York City: CD:2:1-7
- Teddy Wilson – piano
- Unidentified orchestra
September 9, 1955 in New York City: CD - 1:3-10
- Danny Bank – flute, clarinet
- Al Epstein – clarinet, English horn, bass clarinet
- Hank Jones – piano
- Chet Amsterdam, Wendell Marshall – bass
- Osie Johnson – drums
- String section arranged and conducted by Ralph Burns
- Eugene Orloff, Harold Colletta, Harry Lookofsky, Leo Kruczek, Martin Donegan, Paul Winter, Tosha Samaroff – violin
- Burt Fisch – viola
- Abram Borodkin, George Ricci, Lucien Schmit – cello
References
- Jazzdisco: Norgran Records Catalog: 1000 series accessed May 17, 2019
- Jazzdisco: Verve Records Catalog: Popular 2000 series accessed May 17, 2019
- Cook, Stephen. Art Tatum / Ben Webster: Art Tatum & Ben Webster Quartet – Review at AllMusic. Retrieved May 15, 2019.
- Larkin, Colin (2007). Encyclopedia of Popular Music (5th ed.). Omnibus Press. ISBN 978-0857125958.
- Cook, Richard; Brian Morton (2008) [1992]. "Ben Webster". The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings. The Penguin Guide to Jazz (9th ed.). New York: Penguin. p. 1478. ISBN 978-0-14-103401-0.
- Penguin Guide to Jazz: Core Collection List, May, 15, 201
- Colin Larkin (2000). All Time Top 1000 Albums (3rd ed.). Virgin Books. p. 26. ISBN 0-7535-0493-6.