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Ben Webster & Teddy Wilson – Ben & Teddy
Delmark -Sackville series SKCD2-2056

Ben Webster - tenor saxophone
Teddy Wilson - piano
Isla Eckinger - bass
Peter Giger - drums

Design – Bill Smith (3)
Engineer [Edited by, Assembled by], Producer [CD] – Arild Wideroe (tracks: Arild Widerøe)
Painting – Leif Högström
Photography By – Roger Kaysel
Producer [CD] – John Norris (2)
Recorded By, Engineer [Edited By, Assembled By] – Peter Pfister


1 Don't Be That Way
Written-By – Benny Goodman, Edgar Sampson, Mitchell Parish 5:13
Medley (4:26)
2a I've Got A Feeling I'm Falling
Written-By – Fats Waller, Harry Link, Billy Rose
2b Ain't Misbehavin'
Written-By – Fats Waller, Andy Razaf, Harry Brooks (2)
3 Honeysuckle Rose
Written-By – Andy Razaf, Fats Waller 3:35
4 Shiny Stockings
Written-By – Frank Foster 3:40
5 Take The A Train
Written-By – Billy Strayhon 2:08
6 Flying Home
Written-By – Benny Goodman, Lionel Hampton, Sid Robin 5:12
7 In A Mellotone
Written-By – Duke Ellington 6:25
8 Stardust
Written-By – Hoagy Carmichael, Mitchell Parish 5:20
9 Ben's Blues
Written-By – Ben Webster 5:30
10 I Can't Give You Anything But Love
Written-By – Jimmy McHugh & Dorothy Fields 4:20
11 Sunday
Written-By – Benny Krueger, Chester Conn, Jules Stein*, Ned Miller (2) 3:11


Recorded live at the "National," Bern, Switzerland on May 1, 1970.


Ben & Teddy
Ben Webster & Teddy Wilson

The performances on this live set (recorded in Switzerland) were not initially released until 2001. Pianist Teddy Wilson and tenor saxophonist Ben Webster had played together on and off for decades, including in Wilson's 1939 big band. The first six selections on this CD are actually by Wilson's trio (with bassist Isla Eckinger and drummer Peter Giger) and are fairly typical of Wilson's work during his last 30 years. When Webster makes the group a quartet on the final five numbers, some sparks fly as he digs into "In a Mellotone," "Stardust," "Ben's Blues," "I Can't Give You Anything But Love," and "Sunday." This music is certainly enjoyable and shows that Ben Webster still had a lot of life left in his playing this late in his career.

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