See You at the Fair explained

See You at the Fair
Type:	Studio
Artist:	Ben Webster
Cover:	See You at the Fair.jpg
Released:	1964
Recorded:	March 11 & 25, 1964
Studio:	Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey
Genre:	Jazz
Length:	48:57
Label:	Impulse! A-65
Producer:	Bob Thiele
Chronology:	Ben Webster
Prev Title:	Soulmates
Prev Year:	1963
Next Title:	Stormy Weather
Next Year:	1965

See You at the Fair is an album by jazz saxophonist Ben Webster, released by Impulse! Records.

Reception

Allmusic awarded the album 5 stars with its review by Scott Yanow stating "Ben Webster's final American recording was one of his greatest. At 55, the tenor saxophonist was still very much in his prime but considered out of style in the U.S. He would soon permanently move to Europe where he was better appreciated".^[1]

Track listing

1. "Someone to Watch Over Me" (Gershwin, Gershwin) 4:30
2. "In a Mellow Tone" (Ellington, Gabler) 4:26
3. "Over the Rainbow" (Arlen, Harburg) 4:42
4. "Love Is Here to Stay"(Gershwin, Gershwin) 2:48
5. "The Single Petal of a Rose" [#] (Ellington) 3:20
6. "See You at the Fair" (Webster) 6:14
7. "Stardust" (Carmichael, Parish) 2:26
8. "Fall of Love" (Tiomkin, Washington) 2:46
9. "While We're Dancing" (Skylar, Vroman) 2:49
10. "Lullaby of Jazzland" (Albam, Ward) 3:04
11. "Midnight Blue" [#] (Hefti) 4:05
12. "Blues for Mr. Broadway" [#] (Brubeck) 8:10

Recorded at Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs (New Jersey) on March 11 (1–5), March 25 (6–10) and November 10 (11–12), 1964

[#] Not released on original LP but appeared on 1993 reissue (Impulse! Records GRP-11212).^[2]

Personnel

1–10:

• Ben Webster: tenor sax
• Hank Jones

piano (1–5)

• Roger Kellaway

piano (6–8), harpsichord (9–10)

• Richard Davis

bass

• Osie Johnson

drums

11–12:

• Oliver Nelson

arranger, conductor, leader

• Thad Jones

trumpet

• Ben Webster: tenor sax
• Phil Bodner

tenor sax, English horn

• Phil Woods

tenor sax

• Pepper Adams

baritone sax

• Roger Kellaway

piano

• Richard Davis

bass

• Grady Tate

drums

Cover

The cover photo shows Ben Webster in front of the Unisphere sculpture, a spherical stainless steel representation of the Earth in Flushing Meadows–Corona Park in the New York City borough of Queens, designed for the 1964 New York World's Fair, the same year the record came out.

Notes and References

1. Yanow, S. Allmusic Review accessed August 27, 2012
2. Web site: Ben Webster - See You at the Fair . . 1993 .