The Warm Moods


The Warm Moods is an album by American jazz saxophonist Ben Webster featuring tracks recorded in 1961 for the Reprise label. The album was the label's first non-Frank Sinatra release.

Reception

In the Los Angeles Times, Leonard Feather wrote The Warm Moods demonstrated why Webster was "among the immortals", commenting that his tenor saxophone playing "makes every song seem beautiful, whether the task is easy or near impossible." Scott Yanow wrote in his review for AllMusic: "even when simply stating the melody, Webster brings out unexpected beauty in the songs. His tone has never been accurately duplicated".

Track listing

  1. "The Sweetheart of Sigma Chi" - 2:23
  2. "Stella by Starlight" - 2:59
  3. "With Every Breath I Take" - 3:02
  4. "Accent on Youth" - 2:57
  5. "But Beautiful" - 2:50
  6. "Time After Time" - 3:08
  7. "Nancy (With the Laughing Face)" - 3:09
  8. "I'm Beginning to See the Light" - 2:44
  9. "It Was So Beautiful" - 3:21
  10. "The Whiffenpoof Song" - 2:23
  11. "It's Easy to Remember" - 3:08
  12. "There's No You" - 3:16

Personnel