1954 studio album by Ben Webster
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]
Reception 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 the double CD reissue 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 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
December 13, 1954 at Fine Sound, New York City: Harry Carney with Strings CD - 2:13-20
Harry Carney – baritone saxophone Ray Nance – trumpet, violinTony Miranda – French horn Jimmy Hamilton – clarinet, tenor banjo Billy Bauer – guitarLeroy Lovett – pianoWendell Marshall – bassLouie Bellson – drums String section arranged and conducted by Ralph BurnsBen 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 – clarinetDanny Bank – baritone saxophoneTeddy Wilson – piano Wendell Marshall – bass Louis Bellson – drums String section arranged and conducted by Ralph BurnsJack 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 – pianoChet Amsterdam, Wendell Marshall – bass Osie Johnson – drumsString section arranged and conducted by Ralph BurnsEugene 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
Years given are for the recording(s), not first release, unless stated otherwise.
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