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unusual facts about Ben Webster


Nat Jaffe

Three solo piano pieces (Body And Soul, Liza and I Can't Get Started) were recorded on January 31, 1938 and released by Onyx Records in 1974 on 52nd Street; Volume 2, which also features performances by Coleman Hawkins, Ben Webster and Don Byas.


Allan Botschinsky

In 1956 he joined Ib Glindemann's big band, where he remained through 1959; he also played with visiting American musicians around this time, such as Oscar Pettiford, Stan Getz, Dexter Gordon, Lee Konitz, Ben Webster, and Kenny Dorham.

Ben Webster Meets Oscar Peterson

Ben Webster Meets Oscar Peterson is a 1959 (see 1959 in music) studio album featuring a jazz trio, led by the Canadian jazz pianist Oscar Peterson, with the tenor saxophonist Ben Webster.

Jazz collections at the University Library of Southern Denmark

The Danish Jazz Center ceased to exist on the 1st July 1997; a great deal of their collection was transferred to the former Odense University Library, including the Center's public collection, the Timme Rosenkrantz Collection, the Ben Webster Collection, the Radio Jazz Collection and the Erik Lindemann Collection.

Sture Nordin

He accompanied several visiting musicians on their visits to Sweden, including Josh White, Ben Webster, Dexter Gordon, Clark Terry, Johnny Griffin, Benny Bailey, Gábor Szabó and Dick Morrissey, as well as playing regularly with other leading Swedish jazz musicians, such as Jan Johansson, Rolf Ericson, Jan Allan, and Arne Domnérus.


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