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At The Renaissance

Ben Webster

Recorded	Oct 14, 1960
Label	Contemporary Records
Released	1960
Personnel	5 credited players
Discogs	master 302009

The record

A West Coast quintet session finding Webster's tenor at its most unhurried, breathy and tender against Jim Hall's spare guitar lines and Jimmy Rowles' understated comping. Cut for Contemporary in 1960, it's a masterclass in ballad restraint from a horn player who'd long since learned that silence carries as much weight as sound.

Session personnel

Red Mitchell — bass
Frank Butler — drums
Jim Hall — guitar
Jimmy Rowles — piano
Ben Webster — tenor saxophone

Contemporary reception

No period review located yet. The vintage-press pipeline searches DownBeat, Cash Box, and Billboard for this session.

Pressings

Showing the first pressing, audiophile reissues and copies carrying a collector marker, out of 30 pressings on file.

1985	Contemporary Records · 68626 — Vinyl, LP, Album earliest on file
1985	Contemporary Records — MONO
1985	Boplicity Records · COP 026 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Stereo
1985	Contemporary Records · 98.626 — CD, Album, Mono
1985	Contemporary Records · 68.626 — Vinyl, LP, Album
1986	Contemporary Records · NM3020 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Mono
1989	Original Jazz Classics · OJC-390 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Reissue, Remastered
1989	Contemporary Records · C-7646 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Reissue, Remastered, Stereo
1989	Original Jazz Classics · OJCCD 390-2 — CD, Album, Reissue, Remastered, Stereo
1989	Original Jazz Classics · OJCCD-390-2 — CD, Album, Reissue, Stereo
1989	Original Jazz Classics · OJCCD 390-2 — CD, Album, Reissue, Stereo
1989	Original Jazz Classics · OJC 5390 — Cassette, Album, Reissue, Remastered
1989	Original Jazz Classics · OJCCD 390-2 — CD, Album, Reissue, Remastered, Stereo
1993	Analogue Productions · APJ 011 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Limited Edition, Numbered, Reissue, Remastered, Stereo, 180gr Super Vinyl