Ben Webster - Big Ben (2002)

This boxset contains early recordings of Ben Webster as a member of the bands of Blanche Calloway, Bennie Moten, Teddy Wilson and Duke Ellington.
Contains 98 tracks.
Released in 2002, this remarkably comprehensive four-disc box set presents saxophone titan Ben Webster performing as both a bandleader and with other ensembles. Focusing on Webster`s 1930s and `40s output, BIG BEN finds the revered reedsman sitting in with many of the era`s biggest names, including Duke Ellington, Jack Teagarden, and Slim Gaillard. Although the big-band numbers here are undeniably great, the finest moments of this collection are when Webster takes center stage himself, as on the rollicking "Teezol" and "The Jeep Is Jumpin`," which showcase his deep, resonant sax sound.

01. Blanche Calloway And Her Joy Boys - Without That Gal
02. Bennie Moten's Kansas City Orchestra - Toby
03. Bennie Moten's Kansas City Orchestra - The Blue Room
04. Fletcher Henderson And His Orchestra - Happy As The Day Is Long
05. Fletcher Henderson And His Orchestra - Hotter Than 'ell
06. Benny Carter And His Orchestra - Dream Lullaby
07. Benny Carter And His Orchestra - Everybody Shuffle
08. Bob Howard And His Orchestra - The Ghost Of Dinah
09. Willie Bryant And His Orchestra - Rigamarole
10. Teddy Wilson And His Orchestra - What A Little Moonlight Can Do
11. Teddy Wilson And His Orchestra - A Sunbonnet Blue
12. Willie Bryant And His Orchestra - The Voice Of Old Man River
13. Duke Ellington And His Famous Orchestra - Truckin'
14. Duke Ellington And His Orchestra - In A Jam
15. Cab Calloway And His Orchestra - The Wedding Of Mr And Mrs Swing
16. Teddy Wilson And His Orchestra - Easy To Love
17. Teddy Wilson And His Orchestra - I'll See You In My Dreams
18. Fletcher Henderson And His Orchestra - Sing You Sinners
19. Lionel Hampton And His Orchestra - Early Session Hop
20. Teddy Wilson And His Orchestra - 71
21. Duke Ellington And His Famous Orchestra - Solitude
22. Duke Ellington And His Famous Orchestra - Congo Brava
23. Duke Ellington And His Famous Orchestra - Cotton Tail
24. Duke Ellington And His Famous Orchestra - Bojanges (A Portrait Of Bill Robinson)


01. Duke Ellington And His Famous Orchestra - All Too Soon
02. Duke Ellington And His Famous Orchestra - Sepia Panorama
03. Duke Ellington And His Famous Orchestra - Chloe (Song Of The Swamp)
04. Rex Stewart And His Orchestra - Linger Awhile
05. Duke Ellington And His Orchestra - Stardust
06. Barney Bigard And His Orchestra - Lament For Javanette
07. Jack Teagarden's Big Eight - St. James Infirmary
08. Jack Teagarden's Big Eight - The World Is Waiting For The Sunrise
09. Jack Teagarden's Big Eight - Big Eight Blues
10. Jack Teagarden's Big Eight - Shine
11. Duke Ellington And His Famous Orchestra - Blue Serge
12. Duke Ellington And His Famous Orchestra - Just A-Settin' And A-Rockin'
13. Duke Ellington And His Famous Orchestra - Five O'clock Drag
14. Duke Ellington And His Famous Orchestra - Chelsea Bridge
15. Duke Ellington And His Famous Orchestra - Perdido
16. Duke Ellington And His Famous Orchestra - The C Jam Blues
17. Slim Gaillard & His Flat Foot Floogie Boys - Palm Springs Jump
18. Slim Gaillard & His Flat Foot Floogie Boys - Ra-Da-Da-Da
19. Slim Gaillard & His Flat Foot Floogie Boys - Groove Juice Special
20. Duke Ellington And His Famous Orchestra - Main Stem
21. Ben Webster Quintet - Woke Up Clipped
22. Ben Webster Quintet - Teezol
23. Ben Webster Quintet - 'Nuff Said


01. Ben Webster Quintet - The Horn
02. Ben Webster Quintet - Dirty Deal
03. Ben Webster Quintet - Don't Blame Me
04. Ben Webster Quintet - I Surrender Dear
05. Ben Webster Quintet - Tea For Two
06. Woody Herman And His Orchestra - Noah
07. Woody Herman And His Orchestra - Cryin' Sands
08. James P. Johnson's Blue Note Jazzmen - Victory Stride
09. James P. Johnson's Blue Note Jazzmen - After You've Gone
10. Cozy Cole All Stars - Joshua
11. Cozy Cole All Stars - Talk To Me
12. Cozy Cole All Stars - Body And Soul
13. Big Sid Catlett Quartet - Sleep
14. Big Sid Catlett Quartet - Linger Awhile
15. Big Sid Catlett Quartet - Memories Of You
16. Big Sid Catlett Quartet - Just A Riff
17. Walter Thomas And His Jump Cats - Blues On The Delta
18. Ben Webster Quartet - Honeysuckle Rose
19. Ben Webster Quartet - I Surrender Dear
20. Ben Webster Quartet - Blue Skies
21. Ben Webster Quartet - Kat's Fur
22. Benny Morton All Stars - My Old Flame
23. Benny Morton All Stars - The Sheik Of Araby


01. Benny Morton All Stars - Conversing In Blue
02. Benny Morton All Stars - Limehouse Blues
03. Woody Herman All Stars - John Hardy's Wife
04. Ben Webster and his Orchestra - The Jeep Is Jumpin'
05. Ben Webster and his Orchestra - I Got It Bad (And That Ain't Good)
06. Ben Webster and his Orchestra - Dark Corners
07. Ben Webster and his Orchestra - Blues, Mister Brim
08. Ben Webster Quintet - Frog And Mule
09. Ben Webster Quintet - Spang
10. Ben Webster Quintet - Doctor Keets
11. Ben Webster Quintet - Park And Tilford Blues
12. Tony Scott Sextet - You're Only Happy When I'm Blue
13. Jay McShann and his Orchestra - New Style Baby
14. Jay McShann and his Orchestra - Let's Love Awhile
15. Jay McShann and his Orchestra - Nasty Attitude
16. Jay McShann and his Orchestra - Slow Down Baby
17. Jay McShann and his Orchestra - The Duke And The Brute
18. Jay McShann and his Orchestra - Reach
19. Johnny Otis and his Orchestra - One O'Clock Jump
20. Johnny Otis and his Orchestra - Stardust
21. Ben Webster Sextet - Randle's Island
22. Ben Webster Sextet - Old Folks
23. Ben Webster Sextet - King's Riff
24. Ben Webster Sextet - You're My Thrill