Gerry Mulligan Meets Ben Webster

Gerry Mulligan Meets Ben Webster
Gerry Mulligan Meets Ben Webster
Studio album by Gerry Mulligan and Ben Webster
Released	1960
Recorded	November 3 and December 2, 1959
Genre	Cool jazz/Swing
Label	Verve
Producer	Norman Granz
Gerry Mulligan chronology
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Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	^[1]
DownBeat	^[2]
The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide	^[3]
Encyclopedia of Popular Music	^[4]
The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings	^[5]

Gerry Mulligan Meets Ben Webster, also simply called Meets Ben Webster, is a 1960 album featuring the November 3 - December 2 studio sessions of American jazz musicians Gerry Mulligan and Ben Webster.^[6] In a 2003 review, All That Jazz described this album as the most significant of Gerry Mulligan's work partnering other legendary figures of jazz.^[7] The album, as a "classic album from two giants", is featured in NPR's "Basic Jazz Record Library".^[8] Originally released on the Verve label, the album was reissued by the label many times (as well as by Mobile Fidelity) before being re-released in an expanded edition called Gerry Mulligan Meets Ben Webster (Complete) by Verve in 1997.

In 2000, it was voted number 448 in Colin Larkin's All Time Top 1000 Albums.^[9] He stated it is "a fine example of how two seemingly disparate musicians can perform together superbly."

1960 track listing

Except where otherwise indicated, all songs composed by Gerry Mulligan.

"Chelsea Bridge" (Billy Strayhorn) – 7:22
"The Cat Walk" (Mulligan, Ben Webster) – 5:47
"Sunday" (Chester Conn, Bennie Krueger, Nathan "Ned" Miller, Jule Styne) – 7:25
"Who's Got Rhythm" – 7:42
"Tell Me When" – 5:06
"Go Home" – 10:04

CD bonus tracks

"In a Mellow Tone" (Duke Ellington, Milt Gabler) – 6:57
"What Is This Thing Called Love?" (Cole Porter) – 7:28
"For Bessie" (Webster) – 5:41
"Fajista" (Webster) – 5:50
"Blues in B Flat" – 7:22

1997 "Complete" track listing"

Except where otherwise noted, all songs composed by Gerry Mulligan.

"In a Mellow Tone" (Ellington, Gabler) – 7:20
"In a Mellow Tone (alternate take)" (Ellington, Gabler) – 5:44
"What Is This Thing Called Love?" (Porter) – 7:22
"Chelsea Bridge (original LP master take)" (Strayhorn) – 7:39
"Chelsea Bridge (alternate take)" (Strayhorn) – 5:03
"Go Home (alternate take)" – 10:01
"Go Home (original LP master take)" – 6:54
"Who's Got Rhythm? (original LP master take)" – 7:26
"For Bessie" (Webster) – 5:38
"Go Home" (Mulligan, Webster) – 1:44
"Go Home" (Mulligan, Webster) – 1:30
"Fajista (alternate take)" (Webster) – 1:34
"Fajista (alternate take)" (Webster) – 6:21
"Fajista (alternate take)" (Webster) – 1:37
"Fajista" (Webster) – 5:58
"Tell Me When" – 5:02
"Tell Me When (alternate take)" – 5:29
"Blues in B Flat (alternate take)" – 2:46
"Blues in B Flat" – 8:38
"Blues in B Flat (alternate take)" – 7:23
"The Catwalk (alternate take)" – 3:26
"The Catwalk (alternate take)" – 5:45
"The Catwalk (original LP master take)" – 2:13
"The Catwalk (alternate take)" – 6:19
"Sunday" (Conn, Krueger, Miller, Styne) – 5:32
"Sunday" (Conn, Krueger, Miller, Styne) – 7:21

Personnel

References

^ Allmusic review
^ Wilson, John S. (April 28, 1960). "Gerry Mulligan-Ben Webster: Gerry Mulligan Meets Ben Webster". DownBeat. Vol. 27, no. 9. p. 42.
^ Swenson, J., ed. (1985). The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide. USA: Random House/Rolling Stone. p. 206. ISBN 0-394-72643-X.
^ Larkin, Colin (2007). Encyclopedia of Popular Music (5th ed.). Omnibus Press. ISBN 978-0857125958.
^ Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings (9th ed.). Penguin. p. 1053. ISBN 978-0-141-03401-0.
^ Gerry Mulligan Discography Archived April 22, 2012, at the Wayback Machine accessed February 29, 2016
^ Rickert, David. (October 9, 2003). New Verve LPRs: Klemmer, Getz, Giuffre, Hodges & Mulligan All That Jazz website. Accessed November 18, 2007.
^ Horwitz, Murray. (June 18, 2005). Gerry Mulligan: 'Gerry Mulligan Meets Ben Webster' Archived 2012-07-07 at archive.today NPR. Accessed November 18, 2007.
^ Colin Larkin (2000). All Time Top 1000 Albums (3rd ed.). Virgin Books. p. 162. ISBN 0-7535-0493-6.

[1] Allmusic review

[2] Wilson, John S. (April 28, 1960). "Gerry Mulligan-Ben Webster: Gerry Mulligan Meets Ben Webster". DownBeat. Vol. 27, no. 9. p. 42.

[RSJRG-3] Swenson, J., ed. (1985). The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide. USA: Random House/Rolling Stone. p. 206. ISBN 0-394-72643-X.

[4] Larkin, Colin (2007). Encyclopedia of Popular Music (5th ed.). Omnibus Press. ISBN 978-0857125958.

[Penguin-5] Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings (9th ed.). Penguin. p. 1053. ISBN 978-0-141-03401-0.

[Mulligan_discography-6] Gerry Mulligan Discography Archived April 22, 2012, at the Wayback Machine accessed February 29, 2016

[7] Rickert, David. (October 9, 2003). New Verve LPRs: Klemmer, Getz, Giuffre, Hodges & Mulligan All That Jazz website. Accessed November 18, 2007.

[8] Horwitz, Murray. (June 18, 2005). Gerry Mulligan: 'Gerry Mulligan Meets Ben Webster' Archived 2012-07-07 at archive.today NPR. Accessed November 18, 2007.

[9] Colin Larkin (2000). All Time Top 1000 Albums (3rd ed.). Virgin Books. p. 162. ISBN 0-7535-0493-6.

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v t e Gerry Mulligan
Years given are for the recording(s), including the soundtrack albums, not first release. Some of the titles have been shortened.
Albums as leader or co-leader	Lee Konitz Plays with the Gerry Mulligan Quartet (1953) Paris Concert (with Bob Brookmeyer, 1954) California Concerts (1954) Presenting the Gerry Mulligan Sextet (1955) Mainstream of Jazz (1956) At Storyville (1956) The Teddy Wilson Trio & Gerry Mulligan Quartet with Bob Brookmeyer at Newport (split album, 1957) Jazz Giants '58 (with Harry Edison, Stan Getz, 1958) Mulligan Meets Monk (with Thelonious Monk, 1957) Blues in Time (with Paul Desmond, 1957) Gerry Mulligan Meets Stan Getz Jazz Concerto Grosso (with Bob Brookmeyer, 1957) The Gerry Mulligan Songbook (1957) Annie Ross Sings a Song with Mulligan! (1957–58) What Is There to Say? (1958–59) Meets Johnny Hodges (1959) Gerry Mulligan Meets Ben Webster (1959) The Concert Jazz Band (1960) The Concert Jazz Band on Tour (1960) The Concert Jazz Band at the Village Vanguard (1960) Holliday with Mulligan (with Judy Holliday, 1961) Presents a Concert in Jazz (1961) The Gerry Mulligan Quartet (with Bob Brookmeyer, 1962) Jeru (1962) Two of a Mind (with Paul Desmond, 1962) Spring Is Sprung (1962) Gerry Mulligan '63 (1962) Night Lights (1963) Butterfly with Hiccups (1963–64) If You Can't Beat 'Em, Join 'Em! (1965) Feelin' Good (1965) Something Borrowed - Something Blue (1966) Summit (with Astor Piazzolla, 1974) Walk on the Water (1980)
With Chet Baker	Gerry Mulligan Quartet Volume 1 (1952) Gerry Mulligan Quartet Volume 2 (1953) Gene Norman Presents the Original Gerry Mulligan Tentet and Quartet (1953) Reunion (1957) Carnegie Hall Concert (1974)
With Dave Brubeck	Live at the Berlin Philharmonie (1970) The Last Set at Newport (1971) We're All Together Again for the First Time (1972)
With others	Birth of the Cool (Miles Davis, 1949–50) 2:00 AM Paradise Cafe (Barry Manilow, 1984) Pelé (Sérgio Mendes & Pelé, 1977) Charles Mingus and Friends in Concert (1972) The Classic Concert Live (with Mel Tormé & George Shearing, 1982)
Soundtracks	The Sound of Jazz (1957) I Want to Live! (1958) The Subterraneans (1960) The Hot Rock (Quincy Jones, 1971)

v t e Ben Webster
Years given are for the recording(s), not first release, unless stated otherwise.
Studio albums	King of the Tenors (1953) Music for Loving (1954) Soulville (1957) Coleman Hawkins Encounters Ben Webster (1957) The Soul of Ben Webster (1958) Ben Webster and Associates (1959) Ben Webster Meets Oscar Peterson (1959) Gerry Mulligan Meets Ben Webster (1959) The Warm Moods (1961) BBB & Co. (1962) Wanted to Do One Together (1962) Soulmates (1963) See You at the Fair (1964)
Live albums	Ben Webster at the Renaissance (1960) My Man: Live at Montmartre 1973 (1973) 1953: An Exceptional Encounter (1953)

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