# Soulville

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For the Rick Price album, see [Rick Price#Studio albums](/source/Rick_Price#Studio_albums).

***Soulville*** is a 1957 album by [swing](/source/Swing_music) [tenor saxophonist](/source/Tenor_saxophone) [Ben Webster](/source/Ben_Webster), recording a session from October 15, 1957, which Webster played with the [Oscar Peterson Trio](/source/Oscar_Peterson_Trio) and accompanied by [Stan Levey](/source/Stan_Levey).

## Reception

This session is described by [AllMusic](/source/AllMusic) as "one of the highlights" of Webster's "golden '50s run".[1] The album was reissued in the early 1990s on CD with three bonus tracks, which include rare recordings of Webster playing piano.[2] When it was remastered in 24-bit for a 2003 edition, additional photographs and new liner notes were also included.[3]

## Track listing

1. "Soulville" ([Ben Webster](/source/Ben_Webster)) – 8:03
1. "Late Date" (Webster) – 7:13
1. "Time on My Hands" ([Harold Adamson](/source/Harold_Adamson), [Mack Gordon](/source/Mack_Gordon), [Vincent Youmans](/source/Vincent_Youmans)) – 4:16
1. "Lover, Come Back to Me" ([Oscar Hammerstein II](/source/Oscar_Hammerstein_II), [Sigmund Romberg](/source/Sigmund_Romberg)) – 8:26
1. "[Where Are You?](/source/Where_Are_You%3F_(1937_song))" ([Lew Pollack](/source/Lew_Pollack), [Lou Davis](/source/Lou_Davis)) – 4:41
1. "[Makin' Whoopee](/source/Makin'_Whoopee)" ([Walter Donaldson](/source/Walter_Donaldson_(songwriter)), [Gus Kahn](/source/Gus_Kahn)) – 4:29
1. "[Ill Wind](/source/Ill_Wind_(Arlen-Koehler_song)) ([Harold Arlen](/source/Harold_Arlen), [Ted Koehler](/source/Ted_Koehler)) – 3:30

### Bonus tracks

1. "Who?" (Hammerstein, [Otto Harbach](/source/Otto_Harbach), [Jerome Kern](/source/Jerome_Kern)) – 2:56
1. "Boogie Woogie" (Webster) – 3:06
1. "[Roses of Picardy](/source/Roses_of_Picardy)" ([Frederick E. Weatherly](/source/Frederick_E._Weatherly), [Haydn Wood](/source/Haydn_Wood)) – 2:05

## Personnel

### Performance

- [Ray Brown](/source/Ray_Brown_(musician)) – [bass](/source/Double_bass)
- [Herb Ellis](/source/Herb_Ellis) – [guitar](/source/Guitar)
- [Stan Levey](/source/Stan_Levey) – [drums](/source/Drum_kit)
- [Oscar Peterson](/source/Oscar_Peterson) – [piano](/source/Piano)
- [Ben Webster](/source/Ben_Webster) – [tenor saxophone](/source/Tenor_saxophone), piano on the bonus tracks

### Production

- [Norman Granz](/source/Norman_Granz) – producer
- [Nat Hentoff](/source/Nat_Hentoff) – original liner notes
- Ellie Hughes – design
- Tom Hughes – design
- Seth Rothstein – CD preparation
- Tom "Curly" Ruff – digital remastering
- [Phil Schaap](/source/Phil_Schaap) – re-issue liner notes
- Richard Seidel – CD preparation
- Phil Stern – photography

## References

1. [Soulville](http://www.vervemusicgroup.com/product.aspx?ob=disc&src=art&pid=10767) Verve Music Group. Accessed September 18, 2007.

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