Ben Webster with the Modern Jazz Quartet
Birdland
New York, NY
February 21, 1953 (1-5); February 28, 1953 (6-8)

Source: WADO AM (1280) > Boris Rose acetates
Lineage: Bootleg cassette (Jazz Anthology 5159) > Nakamichi CR-5A > r8brain PRO > WAV (16 bit/44.1kHz) > FLAC (level 8)

Notes: Jazz Anthology, a French bootleg label, issued this as "Rare Live Performance 1962", and the personnel lists the bass player as unknown. More recently, a Spanish bootleg label, Jazz Factory, also released this on CD. Like several of the Boris Rose acetates, this has appeared on several bootlegs but has never been officially released.

Ben Webster, tenor saxophone
Milt Jackson, vibraphones
John Lewis, piano
Percy Heath, bass
Kenny Clarke, drums

1. Confirmation (Parker) - 5:23
2. You Are Too Beautiful (Rodgers/Hart) - 3:49
3. Oh, Lady Be Good! (Gershwin/Gershwin) - 5:22
4. The Nearness of You (Carmichael/Washington) - 5:32
5. Poutin' (Webster) - 4:53
6. Danny Boy (Traditional)- 4:33
7. Billie's Bounce (Parker) - 4:22
8. Cottontail (Ellington) - 5:35

Total time = 39:32


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