Gentle Ben

If you want a great example of Jazz Saxophone Great Ben Webster, you will love Gentle Ben. This recording features Ben performing with the Tete Montoliu Trio. Tepe Montoliu is himself a virtuoso but here, with his trio, he offers the supreme accompaniment. The title ‘Gentle Ben’ was inspired by the warm and gentle atmosphere created by Ben during this, his last recording session before his death. The bluster has gone and he could caress a theme like ‘The Man I Love’ with tenderness.   One of the paradoxes of Ben was that in person he was quite an aggressive man but in his music he was gentle, seductive and sensual. If you want a great example of later Ben Webster, this recording splendidly reproduces Ben’s glorious, utterly unique rich sound. Gentle Ben splendidly reproduces Ben’s glorious performance in utterly unique rich sound. The audiophile recording was made in a small theatre directly to an Analog 2 Track Tape Recorder. For this release, it was transferred from the Analog Master Tape to Stereo DSD by 2xHD.