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Ben Webster

USA

Born: 27 March 1909

Died: 20 September 1973

Years Active: 40, 50, 60, 70

Genres: Jazz, Vocal

Styles: Swing, Big Band/Swing, Traditional Pop, Vocal/Standards, Mainstream Jazz, Bop, New Orleans/Classic Jazz

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Ben Webster was considered one of the "big three" of swing tenors along with Coleman Hawkins (his main influence) and Lester Young. He had a tough, raspy, and brutal tone on stomps (with his own distinctive growls) yet on ballads he would turn into a pussy cat and play with warmth and sentiment. After violin lessons as a child, Webster learned how to play rudimentary piano (his neighbor Pete Johnson taught him to play blues). But after Budd Johnson showed him some basics on the saxophone, Webster played sax in the Young Family Band (which at th...

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