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Ben Webster
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American jazz saxophonist (1909–1973)
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Ben Webster was an American jazz musician, saxophonist, composer, and actor. Born in Kansas City in 1909, he studied under Pete Johnson and Budd Johnson. He performed in genres including jazz, swing, easy listening, and smooth jazz, and recorded for the Blue Note record label.
Webster died in Amsterdam in 1973 and is buried at Assistens Cemetery. He spoke English and was an African American male. His works include *Ben Webster's Solos*, *Ireland for Less*, and *London for Less*. He is also associated with academic works such as *Knot Invariants and Higher Representation Theory* and *Representation Theory, Mathematical Physics, and Integrable Systems*.
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Music · MusicBrainz
- Type
- Person
- Gender
- Male
- Origin
- United States
- Active from
- 1909
- Active to
- 1973
Discography
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Listeners · Last.fm
- Listeners
- 509,927
- Total plays
- 4,093,035
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Benjamin Francis Webster (Kansas City, Missouri, USA, March 27, 1909 – Amsterdam, The Netherlands, September 20, 1973) was an influential American jazz tenor saxophonist. Ben Webster, a.k.a. "The Brute" or "Frog", was considered one of the three most important "swing tenors" along with Coleman Hawkins (his main influence) and Lester Young. Known affectionately as "The Brute", he had a tough, raspy, and brutal tone on stomps (with his own distinctive growls), yet on ballads he played with warm
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Ben
- Family name
- Webster
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- Kansas City
- Place of death
- Amsterdam
- Occupation
- jazz musician
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Student of
- Budd Johnson
- Genre
- jazz
- Instrument
- saxophone
- Record label
- Blue Note
- Image
- Ben Webster ca. May 1946 (cropped).jpg
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- Commons category
- Ben Webster
- date of birth
- 1909-03-27
- date of death
- 1973-09-20
- ethnic group
- African Americans
- place of burial
- Assistens Cemetery
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