Ben Webster

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human jazz musician tenor saxophonist

Ben Webster was a highly influential American jazz tenor saxophonist known for his warm, breathy tone and prominent work in the swing era, especially with Duke Ellington’s orchestra.

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Label Occurrences
Ben Webster canonical 17

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Predicate Object
instanceOf human ⓘ
jazz musician ⓘ
tenor saxophonist ⓘ
activeYearsEnd 1973 ⓘ
activeYearsStart 1920s ⓘ
associatedAct Billie Holiday ⓘ
Count Basie Orchestra ⓘ
Duke Ellington ⓘ
Oscar Peterson Trio ⓘ
birthName Benjamin Francis Webster ⓘ
burialPlace Assistens Cemetery, Copenhagen ⓘ
surface form: Assistens Cemetery, Copenhagen, Denmark
causeOfDeath stroke ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship United States of America ⓘ
dateOfBirth 1909-03-27 ⓘ
dateOfDeath 1973-09-20 ⓘ
ethnicity Black Americans ⓘ
surface form: African American
genre jazz ⓘ
mainstream jazz ⓘ
swing music ⓘ
influenced John Coltrane ⓘ
Sonny Rollins ⓘ
Stan Getz ⓘ
influencedBy Coleman Hawkins ⓘ
instrument tenor saxophone ⓘ
memberOf Duke Ellington Orchestra ⓘ
movedTo Copenhagen ⓘ
surface form: Copenhagen, Denmark

Europe ⓘ
movement swing era ⓘ
name Ben Webster self-link ⓘ
notableFor expressive ballad playing ⓘ
warm, breathy saxophone tone ⓘ
notableWork album "Ben Webster Meets Oscar Peterson" ⓘ
album "See You at the Fair" ⓘ
album "Soulville" ⓘ
occupation composer ⓘ
musician ⓘ
placeOfBirth Kansas City, Missouri, United States ⓘ
placeOfDeath Amsterdam ⓘ
surface form: Amsterdam, Netherlands
recordLabel Impulse! Records ⓘ
Norgran Records ⓘ
Verve Records ⓘ
residence Copenhagen ⓘ
surface form: Copenhagen, Denmark

New York City ⓘ
surface form: New York City, United States
styleCharacteristic heavy vibrato ⓘ
strong, raspy attack on up-tempo tunes ⓘ
workedWith Billie Holiday ⓘ
Cab Calloway ⓘ
Coleman Hawkins ⓘ
Count Basie ⓘ
Duke Ellington ⓘ
Fletcher Henderson ⓘ
Oscar Peterson ⓘ

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Verve Records → notableArtist → Ben Webster ⓘ
Coleman Hawkins → influenced → Ben Webster ⓘ
Bennie Moten Orchestra → notableMember → Ben Webster ⓘ
Cotton Tail → notableSoloist → Ben Webster ⓘ
Bennie Moten → associatedAct → Ben Webster ⓘ
Johnny Hodges → associatedAct → Ben Webster ⓘ
Duke Ellington Orchestra → associatedAct → Ben Webster ⓘ
Ben Webster → name → Ben Webster self-link ⓘ
Coleman → influenced → Ben Webster ⓘ
subject surface form: Coleman Hawkins
Bean → influenced → Ben Webster ⓘ
Don Byas → performedWith → Ben Webster ⓘ
Coleman Randolph Hawkins → associatedAct → Ben Webster ⓘ
Coleman Randolph Hawkins → influenced → Ben Webster ⓘ
Gerry Mulligan → associatedAct → Ben Webster ⓘ
Herb Ellis → collaboratedWith → Ben Webster ⓘ
Jazz at the Philharmonic → hasParticipant → Ben Webster ⓘ
What Is This Thing Called Love? → hasNotablePerformer → Ben Webster ⓘ
subject surface form: "What Is This Thing Called Love?"