| Ben Webster and Associates | |
| Type: | Studio |
| Artist: | Ben Webster |
| Cover: | Ben Webster and Associates.jpg |
| Released: | 1959 |
| Recorded: | April 9, 1959 New York City |
| Genre: | Jazz |
| Length: | 45:03 |
| Label: | Verve MGV 8318 |
| Producer: | Norman Granz |
| Chronology: | Ben Webster |
| Prev Title: | The Soul of Ben Webster |
| Prev Year: | 1958 |
| Next Title: | Gerry Mulligan Meets Ben Webster |
| Next Year: | 1959 |
Ben Webster and Associates is an album by American jazz saxophonist Ben Webster featuring tracks recorded in 1959 for the Verve label.[1]
Allmusic awarded the album 4½ stars with its review by Al Cambell stating: "Ben Webster and Associates is a 1959 session that took full advantage of the long-playing LP format. Highlighted by the 20-minute version of Ellington's 'In a Mellow Tone' (taking up the entirety of side one) in which tenor titans Ben Webster, Coleman Hawkins, and Budd Johnson plus trumpeter Roy Eldridge stretch out, not so much in a cutting contest as a laid-back jam session amongst friends. This summit meeting turned out to be a tribute to another tenor master of the same generation, Lester Young, who had died less than four weeks before this session".[2]
All compositions by Ben Webster except as indicated