A nova e rara colecção de faixas deste álbum é uma compilação criteriosamente escolhida do período Europeu de Ben Webster (1964-1970). O convite para tocar durante um mês no Ronnie Scott's Club de Londres em finais de 1964 marcou uma viragem na carreira de Ben Webster com o seu estabelecimento no norte da Europa, onde passaria o resto da sua vida.

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Even if his body declined during his last years, his playing never did. To the last day, Webster played with passion and intensity and his ballad playing became even more beautiful and tender, simplified almost to the laconic and delivered with weight on every note. He never launched into double-time while playing ballads, as was the custom at the time, but maintained the songs feeling throughout while staying in the slow tempo. Webster was one of the unique jazz musicians whose presence came through on every recording.

Webster was one of the unique jazz musicians whose presence came through on every recording. He is regarded as one of the three foremost swing-era tenor saxophonists: the two others being Coleman Hawkins and Lester Young. His ballad playing and sound inspired such later fellow saxophonists as Paul Gonsalves, Harold Ashby, Archie Shepp, Eddy "Lockjaw" Davis, Sonny Rollins, John Coltrane, and Branford Marsalis. His rough playing with growl was emulated by Charlie Ventura and David Murray, and it also inspired R&B and rock saxophonists, who often combined the use of growl with altissimo notes.

Ben Webster, who was described by Barry Ulanov as one of "the warmest and most sensitive of performers," is among that exclusive hierarchy of jazz artists to whose consistent excellence there can never be an over-abundance of recorded testimony.

This album offers a balanced and thoughtfully chosen selection of tracks, recorded between 1964 and 1970 in Copenhagen, his adopted city.

The unique compilation presents a window in that very important period in Webster's career.

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Lista de Faixas:

01. Stardust
02. Cry Me a River
03. Willow Weep for Me
04. Old Folks
05. Going Home
06. Cottontail
07. Come Sunday
08. Our Blues
09. Sunday