Ben Webster / Ballads +1 bonus track



Side A

1 Chelsea Bridge (Billy Strayhorn) 3:57

2 Love Is Here To Stay (George & Ira Gershwin) 3:24

3 It Happens To Be Me (Arthur Kent-Sammy Gallop) 3:23

4 All Too Soon (Duke Ellington-Carl Sigman) 4:47

5 Willow Weep For Me (Ann Ronell) 4:40


Side B

1 Come Rain Or Come Shine (Harold Arlen-Johnny Mercer) 4:23

2 Prelude To A Kiss (Duke Ellington-Irving Gordon) 4:47

3 Do Nothin' Till You Hear From Me (Duke Ellington-Bob Russell) 4:44

4 My Greatest Mistake (Jack Fulton-Jack O'brien) 3:37

5 There Is No Greater Love (Isham Jones-Marty Simes) 3:42


Side C

1 Blue Moon (Richard Rodgers-Lorenz Hart) 5:06

2 What Am I Here For (Duke Ellington) 3:58 3 We'll Be Together Again (Carl Fischer-Frankie Laine) 4:32

4 Early Autumn (Ralph Burns-Woodrow Charles) 4:50

5 Until Tonight (Victor Young-Edward Heyman) 4:10


Side D

1 Teach Me Tonight (Gene Depaul-Sammy Cahn) 4:03

2 My Funny Valentine (Richard Rodgers-Lorenz Hart) 3:24

3 You're Mine, You! (Johnny Green-Edward Heyman) 3:08

4 Love's Away (David Phillips-David Whitson) 3:20

5 Sophisticated Lady (Duke Ellington-Irving Mills-Mitchell Parish) 3:05

6 Almost Like Being In Love * (Frederick Loewe-Alan Jay Lerner) 3:59

*Bonus track



メンバー：BEN WEBSTER, tenor sax on all tracks, plus:

A1-A4 & D6: Tony Scott (cl), Mac Ceppos, David Novales,

Mischa Russell (vln), Richard Dickler (viola), Rudy Sims (cello),

Billy Strayhorn (p, arr, cond), George Duvivier (b), Louie Bellson (ds).

(Webster, Strayhorn, Duvivier & Bellson only on D6.) New York, May 28, 1954.

A5 & B1-B3: Jimmy Hamilton (cl), Danny Bank (cl, fl, b-cl), Sol Deutsch,

Leo Kruczek, Julius Schachter, Jack Zayde (vln), Burt Fisch (viola),

Bernard Greenhouse (cello), Teddy Wilson (p), Wendell Marshall (b),

Louie Bellson (ds), Ralph Burns (cond, arr). New York, December 15, 1954.

B4-B5, Side C & D1: Danny Bank (fl, cl), Al Epstein (cl, Eng-hrn, b-cl),

Harold Coletta, Martin Donegan, Leo Kruczek, Harry Lookofsky, Gene Orloff,

Tosha Samaroff, Paul Winter (vln) Burt Fisch (viola),

Abe Borodkin, George Ricci, Lucien Schmit (cello), Hank Jones (p),

Chet Amsterdam, Wendell Marshall (b), Osie Johnson (ds),

Ralph Burns (arr, cond). New York, September 9, 1955.

D2-D5: Teddy Wilson (p), Ray Brown (b), Jo Jones (ds). New York, March 30, 1954.

Original sessions produced by Norman Granz.