1953: An Exceptional Encounter

{{Infobox album

| name = 1953: An Exceptional Encounter

| type = live

| artist = Ben Webster and Modern Jazz Quartet

| cover = Modern Jazz Quartet - 1953- An Exceptional Encounter.jpg

| released = February 13, 2001

| recorded = February 21 & 23, 1953

| venue =

| genre = Jazz

| length = 40:01

| label = The Jazz Factory

| producer =

| chronology = Ben Webster

| prev_title = The Jeep Is Jumping

| prev_year = 1990

| next_title =

| next_year =

| misc =

{{Extra chronology

| artist = Modern Jazz Quartet

| type = live

| prev_title = In A Crowd

| prev_year = 1997

| title = 1953: An Exceptional Encounter

| year = 2001

| next_title =

| next_year =

}}

}}

1953: An Exceptional Encounter is a live album by Ben Webster and the Modern Jazz Quartet that was recorded in 1953 and released in 2001.{{cite web |last1=Dryden |first1=Ken |title=1953: An Exceptional Encounter|url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/1953-an-exceptional-encounter-mw0000000212 |website=AllMusic |accessdate=2 November 2018}}

Track listing

{{Track listing

| title1 = Confirmation

| note1 = Charlie Parker

| length1 = 5:27

| title2 = You Are Too Beautiful

| note2 = Rodgers and Hart

| length2 = 3:51

| title3 = Oh, Lady Be Good!

| note3 = George Gershwin/Ira Gershwin

| length3 = 5:25

| title4 = The Nearness of You

| note4 = Hoagy Carmichael/Ned Washington

| length4 = 5:38

| title5 = Poutin'

| note5 = Ben Webster

| length5 = 4:57

| title6 = Danny Boy

| note6 = Frederic Weatherly

| length6 = 4:37

| title7 = Billie's Bounce

| note7 = Charlie Parker

| length7 = 4:27

| title8 = Cotton Tail

| note8 = Duke Ellington

| length8 = 5:39

}}

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Personnel

Source:{{cite web |title=1953: An Exceptional Encounter – Credits |url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/1953-an-exceptional-encounter-mw0000000212/credits |website=AllMusic |accessdate=13 September 2022}}

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