Johnny Hodges and Ben Webster became friends when they played together in Duke Ellington's fabulous band of the early Forties. Here they show that their feeling of kinship hasn't gone away, nearly twenty years after Webster abruptly left the band.Anytime you put two of the Duke's hornmen together, you'll get magic. The first 12 tracks are from the 60's meeting. Besides tenor and alto, we have Lou Levy on piano, Herb Ellis on guitar, Wilfred Middlebrooks on bass, and Gus Johnson on drums. Tracks 13-17 has Ray Nance on trumpet, Lawrence Brown on trombone, Emil Richards on vibes, Russ Freeman on piano, Joe Mondragon on bass, Mel Lewis on drums, and arranged by Jimmy Hamilton, in Los Angeles, January 31, 1961.Track Listing01 Ben's Web02 Side Door (Don't Kid Yourself)03 Blues'll Blow Your Fuse04 I Can't Believe That You're In Love With Me05 Dual Highway06 Big Ears07 Shorty Gull08 Ifida09 Big Smack10 I'd Be There11 Just Another Day12 Lollalagin Now13 Exactly Like You14 I'm Beginning To See The Light15 Val's Lament16 Tipsy Joe17 Waiting On The Champagne