Ben Webster

 

    

Artist:  Ben Webster

Birth Name:  Benjamin Francis Webster

Born:  March 27, 1909.  Kansas City, Missouri, USA

Died:  September 20, 1973 (Aged 64).  Amsterdam, Netherlands

Genre:  Jazz, Swing, Mainstream Jazz, Jazz Instrument, Saxophone Jazz

Occupation:  Music

Instruments:   Tenor Saxophone

Ben Webster was an American Jazz Tenor Saxophone from Kansas City, Missouri, learned how to play Blues on the piano from Pete Johnson, and received Saxophone lessons from Budd Johnson.  He played with Lester Young in the Young Family Band.  He became a member of the Bennie Moten Orchestra with Count Basie.  During the 1930s, he played in bands led by Wille Bryant, Benny Carter, Cab Calloway, Fletcher Henderson, Andy Kirk, and Teddy Wilson.  He was a soloist with the Duke Ellington Orchestra, starting in 1940.  He also played with Johnny Hodges, Jimmy Witherspoon, Oscar Peterson, Coleman Hawkins, Gerry Mulligan, and many more!.

Title:  Ben Webster Meets Oscar Peterson (2024)

Genre:  Jazz, Swing, Mainstream Jazz, Jazz Instrument, Saxophone Jazz

Label:  Verve Records

Rating:  *****

Format:  LP

Tracks:

Side One:

 1.  The Touch Of Your Lips (6:20)

 2.  When Your Lover Has Gone (3:59)

 3.  Bye Bye Blackbird (6:45)

 4.  How Deep In The Ocean? (2:36)

Side Two:

 1.  In The Wee Small Hours Of The Morning (3:13)

 2.  Sunday(3:57)

 3.  This Can't Be Love (9:51)

Personnel:

Ben Webster:  Tenor Saxophone

Oscar Peterson:  Piano

Ray Brown:  Double Bass

Ed Thigpen:  Drums

Ben Webster Meets Oscar Peterson is a studio album by Ben Webster, originally released 1960 by Verve Records, remastered and reissued on November 1, 2024 by Verve Records.  180 Gram Audiophile Vinyl.