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Ben Webster
1909-1973

". . . In this modern jazz, they heard something rebel and nameless that spoke for them, and their lives knew a gospel for the first time. It was more than a music; it became an attitude toward life, a way of walking, a language and a costume; and these introverted kids... now felt somewhere at last." -John Clellon Holmes

Ben Webster Quotes

“I don't listen to my own records a lot. Once in a while - to check out my mistakes. Because you can always see a spot or two in the record where you could have done better. So you more or less study this way. ” -Ben Webster

"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." -Ben Webster

“There are four guys that I've always listened to and admired and have great respect for. I think they're just about the greatest for what they're doing. That's Benny Carter, Coleman Hawkins, Johnny Hodges and Hilton Jefferson. Jeff sounds beautiful. The way he treats a note - he plays so pretty.” -Ben Webster

“As for listening to other recordings - that's just about all that I do. I listen to everyone. First thing when I wake up, I turn my set on.” -Ben Webster

"If you try all different styles that are in vogue, I think you con yourself. Me, I just stick by my guns; I don't want to play out of another man's bag." -Ben Webster

Ben Webster Multimedia Directory

How Long Has Thing Been Going On - Ben Webster

Ben Webster & Teddy Wilson

Ben Webster 1967

Dinah Shore Gerry Mulligan & Ben Webster Teach You Some Jazz

Ben Webster Internet Directory

Ben Webster Life Line At Jazz Script (UK)	Ben Webster: At Verve	Ben Webster: A Biography
Ben Webster At Black History	Ben Webster eJazz (Brazil)	Ben Webster’s Last Concert : Sept 6, 1973.	Ben Webster: At Black Music America
Ben Webster & Associates : A Brief Review.	The Soul of Ben Webster: A Russian Language Site.	Ben Webster: A Biography	Ben Webster"s "Cotton Tail" Sheet Music
Ben Webster A Dutch Language Site	Ben Webster: @ Photo at Jazz Image.	Ben Webster: Calloway Brooks on Ben Webster	Ben Webster Photograph at "Jazz Pix".
Ben Webster Talking to Les Tomkins in 1965.	Ben Webster At NPR Jazz.	Ben Webster A Biography.	Ben Webster At JazzRadio.Net
Ben Webster Bio: At Lycos Music	Ben Webster Profile At Lycos Music	Ben Webster's Last Concert (Dutch Language	A Salute to Ben Webster 1936-1945 A Review
Ben Webster A Profile	Ben Webster At Music Magazine		Ben Webster At VH1.
	Ben Webster At Music Web UK	Kerouac Alley Books, Etc. Beat Era Jazz & Beat Generation Books

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