Ben Webster - My Romance (2003)
PS3 Rip | SACD ISO | DSD64 2.0 > 1-bit/2.8224 MHz | 61:06 minutes | Scans included | 1,91 GB
or FLAC 2.0 (converted with foobar2000 to tracks) 24bit/44,1 kHz | Scans included | 705 MB
'Ampzilla 2000' Demonstration Reference Disc | Top Music Intl. # SACD-8020.2 | Made in Japan by Sony
This was quite a surprise, coming from the Asian label specializing in various audiophile CDs and SACDs of more middle-of-the-road material. The two sessions that produced these dozen tracks both were recorded in Copenhagen in 1965, and for most of the tracks – as you can see – Webster’s band was mostly local musicians. Ben Webster was one of many black American jazz men who moved to Europe in the 1960s or later. Denmark and Holland were his main bases of operation. Earlier he had been a mainstay of Norman Granz’ Jazz at the Philharmonic concerts, and had also played with Ellington for a few years.