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Benjamin Francis Webster (March 27, 1909 – September 20, 1973) was an American jazz tenor saxophonist. [1] Career. Early life and career. A native of Kansas City, Missouri, [1] he studied violin, learned how to play blues on the piano from Pete Johnson, and received saxophone lessons from Budd Johnson. [2] .
Benjamin Francis „Ben“ Webster (* 27. März 1909 in Kansas City, Missouri; † 20. September 1973 in Amsterdam, Niederlande) war ein US-amerikanischer Tenorsaxophonist des Jazz, der gelegentlich auch Piano und Klarinette spielte. Er wird ähnlich wie Coleman Hawkins und Lester Young als einer der großen Tenorsaxophonisten der Swing -Epoche angesehen.
26. März 2022 · Biography. Articles. News. Has Influenced. 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.
Ben Webster (1909–73) Born in Kansas City as Benjamin Francis Webster, and originally influenced stylistically by Coleman Hawkins, Webster was one of the most distinctive stylists on tenor saxophone in jazz history. As a mature soloist, with his huge, bullying, sometimes rasping tone in up-tempo performances, and a tender, breathy lyricism on ...
Vor 5 Tagen · Ben Webster (born March 27, 1909, Kansas City, Mo., U.S.—died Sept. 20, 1973, Amsterdam, Neth.) was an American jazz musician, considered one of the most distinctive of his generation, noted for the beauty of his tenor saxophone tone and for his melodic inventiveness.
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8. Feb. 2019 · Doc: Ben Webster in Europe In '67, Webster moved to Amsterdam for a year, where director Johan van der Keuken captured him on film between March and June. The mid-length film is a vastly humanistic portrait that showcases Webster's sense of humor and his enormous skill on the tenor saxophone.
28. Dez. 2019 · Ben Webster: The Soul Of Ben Webster. By. Matthew Wright. - 28 December 2019. 4792. A certain amount of discographical unravelling is involved in this issue. Tracks 1-7 came out as The Soul Of Ben Webster and were issued originally on Norgran/Verve.