Soulville

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Soulville is a 1957 album by swing tenor saxophonist Ben Webster, recording a session from October 15, 1957, which Webster played with the Oscar Peterson Trio and accompanied by Stan Levey.

Soulville
Studio album by Ben Webster
Released	1957
Recorded	October 15, 1957
Genre	Jazz
Length	48:45
Label	Verve
Producer	Norman Granz
Ben Webster chronology
Trav'lin Light (1957) Soulville (1957) Coleman Hawkins Encounters Ben Webster (1957)

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[1]
Encyclopedia of Popular Music	[2]
MusicHound	4/5[3]
Penguin Guide to Jazz	[4]
The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide	[5]

Reception

This session is described by AllMusic as "one of the highlights" of Webster's "golden '50s run".^[6] The album was reissued in the early 1990s on CD with three bonus tracks, which include rare recordings of Webster playing piano.^[7] When it was remastered in 24-bit for a 2003 edition, additional photographs and new liner notes were also included.^[8]

Track listing

1. "Soulville" (Ben Webster) – 8:03
2. "Late Date" (Webster) – 7:13
3. "Time on My Hands" (Harold Adamson, Mack Gordon, Vincent Youmans) – 4:16
4. "Lover, Come Back to Me" (Oscar Hammerstein II, Sigmund Romberg) – 8:26
5. "Where Are You?" (Lew Pollack, Lou Davis) – 4:41
6. "Makin' Whoopee" (Walter Donaldson, Gus Kahn) – 4:29
7. "Ill Wind (Harold Arlen, Ted Koehler) – 3:30

Bonus tracks

8. "Who?" (Hammerstein, Otto Harbach, Jerome Kern) – 2:56
9. "Boogie Woogie" (Webster) – 3:06
10. "Roses of Picardy" (Frederick E. Weatherly, Haydn Wood) – 2:05

Personnel

Performance

• Ray Brown – bass
• Herb Ellis – guitar
• Stan Levey – drums
• Oscar Peterson – piano
• Ben Webster – tenor saxophone, piano on the bonus tracks

Production

• Norman Granz – producer
• Nat Hentoff – original liner notes
• Ellie Hughes – design
• Tom Hughes – design
• Seth Rothstein – CD preparation
• Tom "Curly" Ruff – digital remastering
• Phil Schaap – re-issue liner notes
• Richard Seidel – CD preparation
• Phil Stern – photography