Ben Webster (Tenor Sax) - Over The Rainbow

[NJJ77]

It doesn't get much better than this.

[paoladurantini]

meravigliosa interpretazione della mia gioventù

[fzzzzzzzy]

I'll drink to that.

[PitturaSpirale]

beautiful!

[benjaminwebster2]

im benwebster2

[furer22ify]

magnifico....

[moojin999]

It's settled. I'm gonna stick with my tenor until my lungs are ripped!

So motivational for other tenors cause it shows tenors limits

[bromixsr]

A good sax performance goes down smooth like a nicely aged scotch poured into fine crystal. This, my friends, was smooth.

[MrAlohashirt]

@bromixsr - For me, the closest "drinks" equivalent I could ever think of for Ben Webster was a glass of Scotch with half a teaspoon of wild honey stirred in. But then, we all hear things differently.

[KennyHora]

Superb!

--Debb Saxx in Florida

[samneye100]

simply genius

[TheOld86]

that sound is what everyone is looking for nice

[BashuUp]

Go Big Ben!!!!!!!!

[123must]

Beautiful !

A lot of thanks

[music1831]

That sax sounds like LIQUID GOLD

PURE GENIUS.Long live good music like this.

The song would have to be in the top 100 of all time.

[edesnerdshack]

i think it's the marquee club in london, 1964.

stan tracy's trio with a young rick laird on bass, who would switch to bass guitar a few years later to be part of the first mahavishnu orchestra...

[arhada]

: ) love froggie

[JanYaMan]

i definitely was born to late. other wise i could have seen him playing live

[Jazzwayze]

@JanYaMan

That doesn't matter, except to you. You missed a treat, but you have the right soul for this music. Best of Luck.

JW

[JanYaMan]

@Jazzwayze

you're right, i guess

[lucaseric]

fabulous!! great jazz.

[Jayee123]

What an artist. He seemed to be almost making love to the song, itself.

[noisyfan]

@Jayee123

I deeply agree with you on his playing.

[soundstrom]

Key of A??

[siberia1960]

uyyy no other with that feeling

[Momocastillo12]

GGGGGGGGGGGGGGRRRRRRRRRREEEEEE­EEEAAAAATTTTTTT!!!!! Ben rules

[Irishheart33]

Kenny G may have gotten more reviews, but the common masses do not appreciate great jazz like we do. This is lovely, lovely, so lovely......thanks for putting all these great standards up for us to enjoy.

[gastonmeilan]

@Irishheart33 I agree....



[bszwed]

@Irishheart33 There will never be another Ben Webster

[peteroak2009]

Did anyone ever play ballads with more heart and sensuous depth of feeling? OK, maybe Prez and Rabbit, Dexter and Harry Carney. But something is indefinably special about Ben. Maybe it's the primacy of sound itself, the texture and timbre that few saxophonists achieve, combined with a kind of spiritual longing I associate more with Coltrane than with products of Midwestern Swing.

[yellostoneful]

@peteroak2009 c'est l'âme qu'il joue son coeur un veritable artiste comme on en fait plus

[CrimsonAlun]

@peteroak2009 For tone and sincerity: nobody matched Ben; and I say that as a massive Trane and Sonny R fan.

[peteroak2009]

@CrimsonAlun I'm glad you mentioned sincerity. Lester Young used to recommend knowing the lyrics of any song you were improvising on, so that what you "said" in your solo would have a basis in sincerity and not just be some abstract noodling or technical pyrotechnics. And Ben's tone, what can you say? Not to be maudlin but it's what I'd want to hear on my deathbed.

[4205lr]

The ultimate!

[paulostroff99]

Lovely playing.TY CCJ for posting.

[nosnetromj]

There is no justice. 38K views on this, almost 300K views of Kenny G on the same tune. :-P

[Rtwalkerjr86]

Sweeet Sound, Ben was in a class by himself !!!

[TeddyCool23]

Three Words: King Of Tenors !

[Tomken12345]

Cool. sax is it. :)

[FATNiGGAGZUZ]

soo relaxing :)

[MrOmarPerez1]

good song

[Cyworldabcd]

Wat is that ciggarette doing on top of the piano

[MrOmarPerez1]

@Cyworldabcd its not a ciggarette its a mic. , fda pos

[Cyworldabcd]

@MrOmarPerez1 at 3:00 u can clearly see something creating a bit of smoke. most probably a ciggarette

[MrAam1964]

Great interpretation by a giant, full of rightness in the intention, sensitivity, and tempo.

[helluvagun]

@fruityguy1969

My Tenor mouthpieces a simple Vandoren Paris 77 and an E. Rousseau brass piece!

[eljonah123]

is wonderfull, es precioso

[mickwillie1]

they didn,t see the double rainbow coming did they.?or did they hmmm.

any way it my rainbow just for me so you fighters bug off.

[matiasorfen]

thanks !!

love it!

[UTeduardo]

wow... im really rough on ppls playing,.. and this just blew me out of the water! thanks for posting this!

[1996SaxMaster]

Haha Looks like Carl from Family Matters! Anyways, love it!

[danilomarrone]

I can listen to Ben Webster all day! Pure genius.

[danilomarrone]

i van listen to Ben Webster all day! Pure genius.

[Jayee123]

Well, from now on if I get stressed out, I'll just listen to this. Thanks for posting.

[jazzweather]

Thanks for the post CCJazzmen2. I agree with you. No one can play a ballad on a tenor sax quite like Ben Webster. He is the master of ballads.

[123must]

Dear CCJazzmen2, I agree totally with you. Thanks for the wonrderfull post, I recommand you also " over the rainbow " on you tube and still played by this Giant

of Jazz.

[4205lr]

This was probably done while he was appearing at Ronnie Scott's in London.