The Warm Moods
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| The Warm Moods | ||||
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| Released | February 1961 | |||
| Recorded | 1961 | |||
| Genre | Jazz | |||
| Length | 35:20 | |||
| Label | Reprise F/FS 2001 | |||
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The Warm Moods is an album by American jazz saxophonist Ben Webster featuring tracks recorded in 1961 for the Reprise label.[1] The album was the label's first non-Frank Sinatra release.
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| Source | Rating |
| Allmusic |   [2] |
| Los Angeles Times | [3] |
| The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide | [4] |
| The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings |  [5] |
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 (as in 'Nancy,' 'There's No You,' 'But Beautiful,' 'It Was So Beautiful') or near impossible (as in 'The Sweetheart of Sigma Chi' and 'The Whiffenpoof Song')."[3] 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".[2]