Verve session · in the studio
September 11, 1956
The Art Tatum - Ben Webster Quartet
- This day's music is on 2 records: The Art Tatum-Ben Webster Quartet, The Essential Art Tatum
In the room
Ben Webster – tenor sax
Art Tatum – piano- Red Callender – bass
- Bill Douglass – drums
The takes
3 of these 10 takes stayed in the vault at the time: alternates and tunes that weren't issued. Switch to hear only the ones that came out on the records.
What the numbers mean
Norman Granz's labels numbered the tunes they recorded in one running series; the take kept is the one that was issued.
| Matrix · take | Title | First out on |
|---|---|---|
| 2990-1 | All The Things You Are | MGV-8220 |
| 2991-1 | My One And Only Love | MGV-8220 |
| 2992-1 | My Ideal | MGV-8220, V-8433 |
| 2993-? | Gone With The Wind (alternate take 1) | Not issued at the time · later on Pablo PACD-2405-431-2 |
| 2993-2 | Gone With The Wind | Not issued at the time · later on Pablo PACD-2405-431-2 |
| 2993-3 | - | MGV-8220 |
| 2994-? | Have You Met Miss Jones (alternate take) | Not issued at the time · later on Pablo PACD-2405-431-2 |
| 2994-3 | Have You Met Miss Jones | MGV-8220 |
| 2995-2 | Night And Day | MGV-8220 |
| 2996-2 | Where Or When | MGV-8220 |
10 takes · the ones we haven't matched yet are looked up on Spotify when you make it
Where it ended up
MGV-8220 · 1957The Art Tatum-Ben Webster QuartetThe Art Tatum - Ben Webster Quartet
V-8433 · 1962The Essential Art TatumArt Tatum SoloTogether elsewhere
The other albums at least two of these players are on together.
2 of them 5 albums
| No. | Title | Leader | Year | Who | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 | MGN-1024 | Dance Bash | Johnny Hodges | 1955 | Ben Webster, Red Callender |
 | MGN-1061 | The Blues | Johnny Hodges And His Orchestra | 1956 | Ben Webster, Red Callender |
 | MGN-1080 | Lionel Hampton And His Giants | Lionel Hampton And His Giants | 1956 | Art Tatum, Red Callender |
 | MGV-8215 | The Genius Of Lionel Hampton | Gene Krupa - Teddy Wilson - Lionel Hampton Quartet | 1957 | Art Tatum, Red Callender |
 | MGV-8320 | Down Beat's Hall Of Fame Vol. 1 | Various Artists | 1959 | Art Tatum, Red Callender |