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]

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.

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