Ben Webster, Benjamin Francis Webster, 1909-1973, amerikansk jazztenorsaxofonist.

Påvirket af Coleman Hawkins vakte Ben Webster opmærksomhed som medlem af forskellige orkestre. Hos Duke Ellington 1940-43 og 1948-49 udviklede han en personlig stil med både et aggressivt frembrusende (i hurtigere tempi) og et ømt kærtegnende udtryk (i ballader). I 1950'erne var han bl.a. med i Jazz At The Philharmonic.

1964 flyttede Ben Webster til Europa, hvor han til sin død især havde København som base for en flittig aktivitet. Ikke mindst i sine sidste år rendyrkede Webster sit spil i langsomme numre til en afklaret fordybelse med stor emotionel styrke.

Ben Webster er begravet på Assistens Kirkegård i København, og en kajgade i Sydhavnen i København er opkaldt efter ham.

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Seven Months of Sundays

Cool jazz show on radio Maestral. This edition features albums: Oscar Peterson trio & Herb Ellis: hello herbie, Ben Webster: soulville. Tracklist:
Stan Getz - over the rainbow ( 5:22 ) -
Stan Getz - everything happens to me ( 7:06 ) - 
Stan Getz - cool mix ( 3:04 )
Oscar Peterson & Herb Ellis - naptown blues ( 5:20 ) -
Oscar Peterson & Herb Ellis - blues for h.g. ( 6:05 ) -
Oscar Peterson & Herb Ellis - a lovely way to spend an evening ( 8:23 )
Ben Webster - lover come back to me ( 8:33 ) -
Ben Webster - makin whoopee ( 4:34 )
Ben Webster - coal train ( 4:10 )
Cannonball Adderley - a little taste ( 5:08 ) -
Zoot Sims - buried gold ( 6:16 ) -
Charles Mingus - east coasting ( 5:14 )
Sonny Rollins - I’m an old cowhand ( 5:43 ) -
Lou Donaldson - the humpback ( 5:28 ) -
Jim Hall & Buddy Collette - wagnervous ( 4:39 )
Louis Armstrong - what a wonderful world

Cool Jazz 66 ( 02.05.2024. ) - Oscar Peterson trio & Herb Ellis: hello herbie, Ben Webster: soulville

Cool jazz radio show on www.radio-maestral.hr This edition features one of the greatest tenor saxophonists of all time: Ben Webster. Tracklist:
"Cotton Tail" – 3:23
"Perdido" – 4:45
"Soulville" – 6:15
"Chelsea Bridge" – 4:40
"Blue Skies" – 3:05​
"Honeysuckle Rose" – 4:20​
"In a Mellow Tone" – 4:30​
"Just a Settin' and a Rockin'" – 3:50​
"All Too Soon" – 3:30​
"What Am I Here For?" – 3:20​
"C Jam Blues" – 4:10
"Tenderly" – 3:55​
"That's All" – 5:20​
"Bounce Blues" – 4:35
"Over the Rainbow" – 4:40​
"Stardust" – 3:53
"Danny Boy" – 3:36​
"Tangerine" 5:23
"Shine of harvest moon" 4:51
"Sunday" 3:58
"the touch of your lips" 6:21


Cool jazz 114 ( 3.4.2025. ) Ben Webster

Cool jazz show on www.radio-maestral.hr This edition features various artists from golden era of jazz. Track list:
Clifford Brown & Max Roach - Joy Spring 6:50
Tal Farlow - Taking A Chance Of Love 4:47
Art Blakey & Jazz Messengers - Come Rain or Come Shine 5:49
Lester Young with the Oscar Peterson Trio - I Can't Get Started 3:44
The Dave Brubeck Quartet - Bossa Nova U.S.A. 7:24
Bud Powell - Reets and I 
Horace Silver - Home Cookin' 6:31
Ben Webster - Sunday 3:52
Lucky Thompson Quartet featuring Tommy Flanagan - My Old Flame 6:28
George Shearing - I Didn't Know What Time It Was 3:22
Ron Carter - Blues for D.P. 6:20
Chet Baker - Bye Bye Blackbird 9:10
Bobby Timmons - So Tired 6:24
Hank Mobley - B for BB 6:28
Herbie Nichols - Step Tempest 5:13
Louis Armstrong - what a wonderful world

Cool jazz 121 ( 22.5.2025. ) Various artists from golden era of jazz

Jazzradio i Nordsjælland, der sender på FM 104,3 MHz - læs mere på www.jazzkanalen.dk

Saxophonist, arranger, and composer in Austin TX.

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