Ben Webster

United States
March 27, 1909 – September 20, 1973

Benjamin Francis Webster was an American jazz tenor saxophonist. Born in Kansas City, Missouri, he is considered one of the three most important "swing tenors" along with Coleman Hawkins and Lester Young. Known affectionately as "The Brute" or "Frog", he had a tough, raspy, and brutal tone on stomps (with growls), yet on ballads he played with warmth and sentiment. He was indebted to alto saxophonist Johnny Hodges, who, he said, taught him to play his instrument.

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1	My Romance
2	Someone to Watch Over Me
3	When I Fall In Love
4	Bye, Bye Blackbird
5	Star Dust
6	Tangerine
7	It Never Entered My Mind
8	Tenderly
9	Cotton Tail
10	Time After Time
11	Chelsea Bridge
12	Honeysuckle Rose
13	Nobody Knows the Trouble I've Seen
14	How Long Has This Been Going On
15	Don't Get Around Much Anymore
16	How Deep Is the Ocean
17	You're Mine, You!
18	I'm Beginning to See the Light
19	I Got It Bad And That Ain't Good
20	Cry Me a River
21	Blues in B Flat
22	All Too Soon
23	When Your Lover Has Gone
24	I Surrender Dear
25	Late Date

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Like every other place, I guess, Kansas City was quite a different city when I was a youngster there. They had quite a few clubs, and we had what we used to call jam sessions every night.