Ben Webster & Johnny Hodges- The Complete 1960 Jazz Cellar Session

Label: Solar

Reissued 2011

Digitally remastered edition. Contains this superb November 1960 session recorded by the Ben Webster-Johnny Hodges sextet in studio conditions at the Jazz Cellar, in San Francisco (without an audience). It is presented here in it's complete form on a single CD for the first time ever. The two great saxophonists were the only horn players heard at the session. They were backed by a rhythm section of piano, guitar, bass and drums. These recordings are exceptional in that no other date exists in their collaborative discography featuring them as the only horns. A complete (and very rare) octet session featuring Webster and Hodges has been added as a bonus.

Track listing:

1. Ben's Web
2. Side Door (Don't Kid Yourself)
3. Blues'll Blow Your Fuse
4. I Can't Believe That You're In Love With Me
5. Dual Highway
6. Big Ears
7. Shorty Gull
8. Ifida
9. Big Smack
10. I'd Be There
11. Just Another Day
12. Lollalagin Now
13. Exactly Like You
14. I'm Beginning To See The Light
15. Val's Lament
16. Tipsy Joe
17. Waiting On The Champagne