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Release date: 08-08-2011 (recording 1972)
2011 US limited Vinyl LP edition, pressing on 180 gram HQ vinyl= Gentle Ben was recorded just 10 months before Ben Webster's death. Webster and Montoliu understood each other deeply, and their comfort with on another is extremely palpable on this recording. Their accompaniment of one another is seamless.=  sealed in Rice paper sleeve with Heavy cardboard jacket

Tracks:
01.  Ben's Blues
02.  The Man I Love
03.  My Nephew Bent
04.  How Long This Has Been Going On
05.  Sweet Georgia Brown
06.  Don't Blame Me
07.  Did You Call
08.  Barcelona Shout
Gentle Ben was recorded just 10 months before Ben Webster's death in 1972. Webster, who had left the United States in 1965 to settle in Europe, first in Copenhagen and then in Amsterdam, was visiting fellow musician and friend Tete Montoliu in Barcelona. Webster and pianist Montoliu went way back, having played together regularly in Webster's Copenhagen days. In fact, Montoliu cited Webster and Don Byas as his two chief musical influences.
Webster and Montoliu understood each other deeply, and their comfort with on another is extremely palpable on this recording. Their accompaniment of one another is seamless. On board with these two is Montoliu's regular working trio-mates, Eric Peter on bass and Peer Wyboris on drums.
There's no shortage of Webster's trademark breathy, fat tenor tone here. In fact, given the sparse arrangement, his rich, humid, giant sax blooms like on very few other recordings. Highlights include "Ben's Blues," "Sweet Georgia Brown," "The Man I Love" and "Don't Blame Me."

Credits:
    Bass – Eric Peter
    Drums – Peer Wyboris
    Piano – Tete Montoliu
    Saxophone [Tenor] – Ben Webster

"...Webster's trademark sensual sound is on full display and, of course, he's backed by Montoliu, an outstanding Spanish piano veteran who accompanied all the great jazz artists passing through Europe...This is one of the first releases by Analogue Productions pressed at their new in-house pressing plant Quality Record Pressings, and the record bears a close resemblance in appearance to records from Pallas - beautiful looking and perfectly quiet...The superb 200-gram LP comes in a rice paper sleeve and jacket of heavy cardboard...Highest Recommendation." Recording = 10/10; Music = 8.5/10 - Dennis D. Davis, Hi-Fi+, Issue 81