Ben Webster

Ben Webster

Benjamin Francis Webster

On 4 records in 1 Record Tribe collection

Played on

The Jimmy Blanton Era 1939-1941Duke Ellington, 1990Tenor Saxophone Big Band Jazz (From The Beginnings To The Fifties)Various, 1983Tenor Saxophone, Soloist SoulvilleThe Ben Webster Quintet, 1958Tenor Saxophone, Written-By Legrand JazzMichel Legrand Featuring Miles Davis, 1958Tenor Saxophone

About

Born: March 27, 1909 in Kansas City, Missouri, USA.
Died: September 20, 1973 in Amsterdam, Netherlands.

Also known as “The Brute” or “Frog”. He was an influential American jazz tenor saxophonist.
Please note: The song “I Got It Bad (And That Ain’t Good)” is a song co-written by Paul Francis Webster.

Had a part as himself in the movie Stille dage i Clichy / Quiet days on Clichy, directed by Jens Jørgen Thorsen