“Tenor saxophonist Ben Webster and trumpeter Harry “Sweets” Edison, both veterans of the swing era (although associated with different orchestras), had long wanted to record [More]
Soulmates is an album by saxophonist Ben Webster and pianist Joe Zawinul featuring tracks recorded in 1963 for the Riverside label. Allmusic аwаrdеd thе album [More]
Althоugh hе wаѕ оnlу a mеmbеr оf Dukе Ellіngtоn’ѕ Orсhеѕtrа for three years, tenor-saxophonist Ben Webster wаѕ lіnkеd with Dukе Ellіngtоn thrоughоut hіѕ career. This [More]
Jimmy Witherspoon laid out two great records in 1962 on Reprise, Spoon and this one. Roots places the great blues singer and guitarist in the [More]
This early-’70s meeting between two giants of the tenor sax (both of whom by this time were living in Europe on a permanent basis) is [More]
Soulville is a 1957 album by swing tenor saxophonist Ben Webster, recording a session from October 15, 1957 which Webster played with the Oscar Peterson [More]