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15. März 2022 · Written by Board member of the Ben Webster Foundation Frank Büchman-Møller. The tenor saxophone wasn’t Webster’s first choice of instrument. He first played violin while still a school boy, but later he took up the piano which he played professionally since around 1927. The following year he played for silent movies in Amarillo, Texas ...
Instrument: Saxophone. Label: Blue Note. Maîtres: Pete Johnson, Budd Johnson. Genre artistique: Jazz. Discographie: Discographie de Ben Webster (d. Ben Webster est un saxophoniste de jazz américain né le 27 mars 1909 à Kansas City, m ...
13. Feb. 2001 · 1953: An Exceptional Encounter by The Modern Jazz Quartet, Ben Webster released in 2001. Find album reviews, track lists, credits, awards and more ...
Having established the expressive capabilities of the instrument, Webster had enormous influence on subsequent tenor saxophonists. Representative recordings include Art Tatum–Ben Webster Quartet (1956), Soulville (1957), and Duke’s in Bed (1965). A documentary, Ben Webster: The Brute and the Beautiful, was released in 1989.
Traditional Pop, Jazz Instrument, Saxophone Jazz. Recording Location. Ronnie Scott's Club, London . Discography Timeline See Full Discography. Ballads (1955) King of the Tenors (1956) Art Tatum & Ben Webster Quartet (1956) Bill Harris and Friends (1957) C ...
Ben Webster was considered one of the “big three” of swing tenors along with Coleman Hawkins (his main influence) and Lester Young. He had a tough, raspy, and brutal tone on stomps (with his own distinctive growls) yet on ballads he would turn into a pussy cat and play with warmth and sentiment. After violin lessons as a child, Webster learned how to play rudimentary piano (his neighbor ...
