Studied Ben Websters style for years and still amazed at how he does it. Saw one of his saxophones (selmer radio edition) for sale a few months ago. Starting price £30,000 It was presented to him by selmer when in the UK. The story goes that he swapped it with one of his band mates when in the UK. Nice piece of kit but only Ben can make it sound like Ben.
@jazzsaxboy I'm not sure what all the fuss is about. This guy sounds o.k. but he's a little slow. Presumably he continued practicing and learned how to pick up the pace a bit. Feel free to check out any of my videos for some excellent up-tempo playing.
@kfcisawful This guy is obviously jealous of the fact that I play in a kick ass band. Hey "friedchickenboy", my advice for you is - stop leaving comments on youtube and use that time to practice. Then some day you might be able to play as good as we do.
Ben Webster was the intrepidly passionate musician. He loved hearing his own playing so he often taped his performances, so he could enjoy them later. Some of these tapes have been issued on albums, and there are some real musical gems there.
He was so successful with his ballad playing that some said he couldn't play up-tempo, but that is not true.
Nobody had such a wild forceful tone on his tenor as Ben. Nicknamed the Brute, his loving heart is hanging out there visible for all to see and hear
The Father, Son, and Holy Ghost of Tenor Players--Coleman Hawkins, Lester Young, and Ben Webster. Ben was considered crude, but was he really? Listen to this track. He sings so beautifully through his horn.....no wonder Duke dug him.....
@gcrav - thanks for breaking it down, however the beauty of the music speaks for itself... knowing about how ben webster was as a person could colour the way someone could feel about him, know what i mean? sometimes its just nice to know an artist through the music and not attribute anything to their character. his playing was simply beautiful.
I wish I had a vinyl of this. I think it'd be so cool to listen to this outside on a porch on a nice cool summer night with fireflies about and crickets chirping...just chilling in a wicker chair sipping an iced tea.
Dear JazzVideoGuy, tks a lot for this cute video of the "Big Ben". He was unique in his sound. Personally, I ´m not sure if you are right when you wrote " he did not originate a style"...If you can hear Dexter Gordon playing ballades, or even Joe Lovano occassionally, you can recognize Ben influence. In any case, jazz is so a great movement that I am really glad to disagree with you while we appreciate the same things !!!!
The brute.He was the very opposite. I like the ultimate years of BW. I like him very much, the man and the musician . Nearly forty years after his death, we know his place in jazz: the highest , among Bean and Pres
I was born in 1978. I've been a crate digger for some years. Less than ten years ago I found one double set of his music, "Ballads", on the Verve label. I immediately loved the string arrangements by Ralph Burnsbut most of all the warmth and darkness of Ben's playing. Each time I listen to these records I think of a girl I met at the time.
the level of musicality and emotion poured into - no, not poured into, embodied by - by the music of Ben Webster continues to influence musicians to this day. Webster's music, at least for me, evokes emotions of incredible loneliness and painful solitude, but also emotions of unbound love and freedom.
A better tribute to this saxophone giant, and to the composers, Ira and George Gershwin, lions of American music, would be to credit the title of the tune, "How Long Has This Been Going On" rather than labeling this "The Brute". Webster had his personal issues, as all human beings do. What he also had was a great big sensitive HEART, and the ability to so beautifully and gently express it through that big cannon of a horn. Let's remember him for that.
What type of Jazz would this fall under? It's so Blues influenced and it's the type I love but what do you call this style when trying to describe to Jazz musician the tpye of jazz I enjoy?
I miss the wonderful jazz players and was lucky to hear and know many of them. Thanks for this beautiful video. 1973 doesn't seem so long ago but it is thirty plus years ago!
Music is dead. It's the 60's all over again and everything is just "factory made." And I see no sign of it coming back especially with how the industry is structured now. Sigh....
the link from blues to jazz? ur talking about them like theyre two separate things! the blues is just a format of chord changes that is used very often in jazz.
John Coltrane asked the giant of the tenor saxophone Ben Webster how he got his sound? That's like asking some one how do you breath? It's just what in you ,your sound nobody else has it belongs too you.
Thanks for sharing this. I always thought of Ben as somewhere in between Coleman Hawkins and Lester Young. Not as light as lester, not as beefy as the Bean. But the connection between all of them is clear--and wonderful. Webster played in Willis Young's band as a youngster.
Without question, a great jazz musician. One of the my university professors spent 6 months living living with Websterand another great legend that I don't remember off the top of my head (professor was 19 years old at the time). Professor told my class he learned so much from this guy and stories from some of the great jazz legends of the time, like Duke Ellington and Ella Fitzgerald. Wish I were my professor 8(
One of the sexiest ballad players of all time, accompanied here by the great but troubled late Kenny Drew and the magnificent late Niels-Henning Ørsted Pedersen, who went on to excellent recordings with Oscar Peterson to Albert Ayler before his premature death in 2005.
I just got into Webster a few months ago and with all the jazz I've listened to for the last 12 years I missed out on this hidden treasure. thank you for posting such a gorgeous track.
I have a JATP recording with a ballad nedley. One of the tunes is "Tenderly" Ben Webster plays it. His solo is totally wrapped around the melody of the song and at times he will just blow air through the horn not actually playing any note at all...and THAT IS the NOTE! It was more tender and beautiful than playing the note itself. SOOO LUSH and gorgeous. He made love to the tenor sax when he played. Also, check him out playing In The Wee Small Hours of the Morning w/ Oscar Peterson. WOW!
Mr Ben ,nobody plays a ballad like Ben Webster! "I could cry salty tears" . Learn the lyrics master your horn and maybe just maybe you can start too sound like this maserful giant.mpcguy you are speaking my language,Johnny Hartman and Ben Webster two of the greats one on sax the other a gifted gifted underrated singer.
'How Long Has This Been Going On'. I turned up to see Ben at Ronnie's and The Bull's Head Barnes in the same week , ?late '60s? and both times Ben was too "ill" to play. Embarrassing and devastating at the time, but he will always be The Master
I saw and heard Ben Webster many, many - too many! - years ago playing at a jazz club in Odense, Denmark. Even though he had some whiskey in him you could not tell, he played SO beautifully. Oh I was SO young back then in the 60th!!
ben was like johnny hartman he was capable of making a huge statement by playing little more than the melody, a lesson could be learned form him today by some of our more "note"worthy sax players
first heard ben in the movie "quiet days in clichy" and despite i was really interested in that movie i stopped watching it, drove to the next music shop,bought one of his cds and listenend to it over and over again for at least 4hours..simply incredible..
Izzy I was in my early 20s it was the early 60s Saw Bean at the 5 Spot in NYC Derivation of his nick name. Best and Only, became B&O which morphed into beano , then Bean
I was so fortunat e to see so many greats in NYC in the 60s
Kevinherbert, my dad and I are enjoying this incredible song right now. Thanks be to you...you are STILL the man! And my pops REALLY appreciates all of the support on the Herb Ellis video, you have no idea...thanks again...
Different eras, so it's hard to compare. But in any case, Trane, Sonny, Dexter or any of the cats of the bebop era owe their lives to cats like Ben Webster and Coleman Hawkins.
Nope, Ben was as big as Coltrane until the bebop era took over in the 60s and its gotten too cerebral. Its a matter of heart vs mind. Ben was incredibly soulful while guys like Coltrane, Parker were more abstract. But in the end, music is about the heart and the soul, so Ben will get his dues.
@jazzweather I don't think that Coltrane and Parker were 'abstract' and lacking in soul. I hear incredible soul in their playing. I agree that Ben Webster was a wonderful player and if he's not been given his due lately, it's only because Coltrane's influence has been massive and not always to the good. You can teach people how to play Coltrane's music, but you can't teach them how to play with Webster's soul and passion - or Coltrane's soul and passion either, for that matter.
is "The Brute" the name of this song? i know he went by that name also
jer3l 2 days ago in playlist jazz horns
excellent!
metabolid 1 month ago
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rodrigoulart33 1 month ago
Delightful.TY JazzVideoGuy for posting.
paulostroff99 4 months ago
@paulostroff99 Thanks. We love Ben Webster.
JazzVideoGuy 4 months ago
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Great video!! , i brought myself a copy on DVD from rockonvidtrade super cool!!
dvdKollector 5 months ago
Ben is a Master !
Thanks
123must 5 months ago
cool
votemaniac 5 months ago
just heard him for the first time.... WOW. i've been missing out on some gooood music..... Jazz is so damn beautiful...
Mtdeadhead312 6 months ago 2
THIS IS SO UNBELIEVABLE!!!!HIS SOUND OMG!!!
17205513 6 months ago
King of Tenors..
TeddyCool23 6 months ago
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Hey guys, i tried "dj got us falling in love again" on tenor saxophon :)
please check it out /watch?v=IoYhXvVJfG0
TheSaxophonGuy 7 months ago
Studied Ben Websters style for years and still amazed at how he does it. Saw one of his saxophones (selmer radio edition) for sale a few months ago. Starting price £30,000 It was presented to him by selmer when in the UK. The story goes that he swapped it with one of his band mates when in the UK. Nice piece of kit but only Ben can make it sound like Ben.
jazzsaxboy 7 months ago
@jazzsaxboy I'm not sure what all the fuss is about. This guy sounds o.k. but he's a little slow. Presumably he continued practicing and learned how to pick up the pace a bit. Feel free to check out any of my videos for some excellent up-tempo playing.
number1saxophone 6 months ago
@number1saxophone You just don't get it; Speed is for kids.
JohnDVenter 5 months ago
@JohnDenver A Speaking of which: fasten your seatbelt, you're going to love these country roads after studying a few more of my band's compositions.
number1trumpet 5 months ago
@number1saxophone Give me a tenth of his talent.
jazzsaxboy 1 month ago
@number1saxophone lol STFU, Noob
kfdisawesome 2 weeks ago
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@kfcisawful This guy is obviously jealous of the fact that I play in a kick ass band. Hey "friedchickenboy", my advice for you is - stop leaving comments on youtube and use that time to practice. Then some day you might be able to play as good as we do.
number1saxophone 2 weeks ago
It's like the first time...every time.....wow
kevinherbert 7 months ago
How awesome is it that my best friend is Ben Webster and he plays the tenor sax, and just a couple of days ago, he played this for me?
holdragon 7 months ago
A QUIEN MIERDA NO LE GUSTA!
vickylikeanemokid 7 months ago
Ben Webster was the intrepidly passionate musician. He loved hearing his own playing so he often taped his performances, so he could enjoy them later. Some of these tapes have been issued on albums, and there are some real musical gems there.
He was so successful with his ballad playing that some said he couldn't play up-tempo, but that is not true.
Nobody had such a wild forceful tone on his tenor as Ben. Nicknamed the Brute, his loving heart is hanging out there visible for all to see and hear
drjukebox 8 months ago
@drjukebox He loved his own playing? Or he recorded his stuff to review and study later?
MichaelnChristine 7 months ago
i have a friend named ben webster, he is sitting beside me :] you jealouse?
gametheplaya 8 months ago
heard this for the first time today
and i'm already a fan
hiehoeha 9 months ago
5:22 video: feature of Ben Webster on Tenor Saxophone.
March 27, 1909: birth of Ben Webster, American jazz saxophonist (d. 1973).
mkworkman 10 months ago
The Father, Son, and Holy Ghost of Tenor Players--Coleman Hawkins, Lester Young, and Ben Webster. Ben was considered crude, but was he really? Listen to this track. He sings so beautifully through his horn.....no wonder Duke dug him.....
terrryc 10 months ago 6
wow NHOP looks so young
unclejunglebass 10 months ago
@gcrav - thanks for breaking it down, however the beauty of the music speaks for itself... knowing about how ben webster was as a person could colour the way someone could feel about him, know what i mean? sometimes its just nice to know an artist through the music and not attribute anything to their character. his playing was simply beautiful.
RizRa 10 months ago
incredible! underated
earthchild100 10 months ago
First time for me hearing Master Webster. Very beautiful.
jaysonvalentine 10 months ago
this is beautiful... why is it titled 'the brute' tho?
RizRa 10 months ago
@RizRa
His temper earned him that title.
gcrav 10 months ago
Exquisite saxophone playing and great musical artistry.
portraitartistdamour 11 months ago
Is this elegant or is this elegant!
blacsouljah 11 months ago 3
@blacsouljah
elegant, elegant and elegant!
crownpropeller 6 months ago
this is smooth man, makes me all jelly in my chair, think I'm going to sleep..
Peace out my fellow jazz lovers :)
Xhaosz 11 months ago
i can't imagine how can ppl dislike this!
LorentzYeung 11 months ago
mindless lethargy allover the body after listening....wow....nothing matters...let the river flow...
somaditya75 11 months ago
Mestre do sax Mr. Ben Webster
ricardoguitarraleao 1 year ago
I wish I had a vinyl of this. I think it'd be so cool to listen to this outside on a porch on a nice cool summer night with fireflies about and crickets chirping...just chilling in a wicker chair sipping an iced tea.
keetner 1 year ago 2
Dear JazzVideoGuy, tks a lot for this cute video of the "Big Ben". He was unique in his sound. Personally, I ´m not sure if you are right when you wrote " he did not originate a style"...If you can hear Dexter Gordon playing ballades, or even Joe Lovano occassionally, you can recognize Ben influence. In any case, jazz is so a great movement that I am really glad to disagree with you while we appreciate the same things !!!!
TheDukepeterson 1 year ago
Thanks
closetome 1 year ago
The brute.He was the very opposite. I like the ultimate years of BW. I like him very much, the man and the musician . Nearly forty years after his death, we know his place in jazz: the highest , among Bean and Pres
dirtyfrenchie 1 year ago
I was born in 1978. I've been a crate digger for some years. Less than ten years ago I found one double set of his music, "Ballads", on the Verve label. I immediately loved the string arrangements by Ralph Burnsbut most of all the warmth and darkness of Ben's playing. Each time I listen to these records I think of a girl I met at the time.
oliverecords 1 year ago
i think this is why they call him the boss. yep indeed
paulsax75 1 year ago
No one else played such a dark sax, and I've loved his sound for more decades than I care to count.
MoodIndigo1 1 year ago
the level of musicality and emotion poured into - no, not poured into, embodied by - by the music of Ben Webster continues to influence musicians to this day. Webster's music, at least for me, evokes emotions of incredible loneliness and painful solitude, but also emotions of unbound love and freedom.
shermanb300 1 year ago
The soul of the matter...thank you for posting and to paulostroff99 for sharing!
Kievest 1 year ago
Superb! TY for posting.
paulostroff99 1 year ago
A better tribute to this saxophone giant, and to the composers, Ira and George Gershwin, lions of American music, would be to credit the title of the tune, "How Long Has This Been Going On" rather than labeling this "The Brute". Webster had his personal issues, as all human beings do. What he also had was a great big sensitive HEART, and the ability to so beautifully and gently express it through that big cannon of a horn. Let's remember him for that.
deepkeel65 1 year ago
lovely.
Wilxtinarg86 1 year ago
daniel!
you're too cool for school.
dont be a fool, wrap your tool.
hope you dont get hit... by a mule /:] <3 i6w0 ')!5nw 5!y+ 3^07 n0h +u0p
meganjah 1 year ago
now thats some jazz for that azz....this song and my MPC will go hand in hand...
siloe103 1 year ago 2
So unusual -Ben without his hat!
Could someone tell me who's at piano?
N-i-c-e...
da19lila38 1 year ago
@da19lila38
On piano is Kenny Drew
helluvagun 1 year ago
@da19lila38
At the piano for us all we hear KennY Drew
helluvagun 1 year ago
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@da19lila38
At the piano for us all we hear Kenny Drew
helluvagun 1 year ago
he's still great :)
Korien89 1 year ago
Damn i was looking for music like this for awhile. *is in inner peace* love it Thanks.
DrGirl2010 1 year ago
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MrPianoguitar 1 year ago
SMOOOOOOOOOOOOTH.
chronosynclastic8 1 year ago
What type of Jazz would this fall under? It's so Blues influenced and it's the type I love but what do you call this style when trying to describe to Jazz musician the tpye of jazz I enjoy?
kayaks41 1 year ago
I don't really know how many times I have watched this video in the past year. These gems just can be listened to over and over...
matoflash 1 year ago
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wow. just wow.
spamdinosaur 1 year ago
love the frog! man nhop has such a sweet mellow bassline here really swings at a slow tempo
sri888 1 year ago
I miss the wonderful jazz players and was lucky to hear and know many of them. Thanks for this beautiful video. 1973 doesn't seem so long ago but it is thirty plus years ago!
ocnoreen 1 year ago
anyone knows which album is that song ??? thanks
Brieffing 1 year ago
one of the Jazz kings!
FucDaNuSkool 1 year ago
Beautifulllll <3
NaturalMystic101 1 year ago
beautiful true art I love to be able to play a sax like him : )
TheTubbz15 1 year ago
simply beautiful
Pferdekopfnebel 1 year ago
check out "la rosita" by Ben Webster and Coleman Hawkins, it's just another masterpiece by this gentleman
hellodavidgreene 1 year ago
Que te sacan la cabeza estos "Locos"
saavedra342 1 year ago
this is truly beyond belief.
17205513 1 year ago
Wow, cojonudo!!
gusynzenga 1 year ago
I love watching and hearing the greats who came before us. Great footage.
BossTenor 1 year ago
that vibrato is just hypnotic
Giwilly18 1 year ago
Music is dead. It's the 60's all over again and everything is just "factory made." And I see no sign of it coming back especially with how the industry is structured now. Sigh....
ASIANWHITEBOY1337 1 year ago 2
Excelent !!.
tocaur 1 year ago
Who's on piano? A young John Lewis? Jaki Byard?
fin4ance 1 year ago
@fin4ance: kenny drew on piano ,, n.h.o. pedersen on bass , and alex riel on drums .
RusselProcope 1 year ago
check my videos out
gravymeatballs 1 year ago
Love his sound...
tenorsaxinated 1 year ago
Thanks ..so tender & ...funky...and cool.......
kevinherbert 1 year ago
grande classe the frog è un grande
antosax 1 year ago
You post the most amazing videos!!! Love them!! Thank you!
LadeeMelody 1 year ago
There is blues in every American music genre. Blues is the heart, Jazz is the intellect.
JazzWithoutANet 1 year ago 8
You can hear the link from blues to Jazz
samadjhi 1 year ago
the link from blues to jazz? ur talking about them like theyre two separate things! the blues is just a format of chord changes that is used very often in jazz.
sebklyn555 1 year ago 2
No I am not. I agree. Some times its not as audible
samadjhi 1 year ago
no there is a clear difference between a blues as in the chord progression and blues as a stylistic way of playing
estoufflet 1 year ago
@estoufflet lmao woww i feel dumb idk why i wrote that. that was a while back.
sebklyn555 1 year ago
It doesn't get better than this. Thanks for posting!
IzzyIsou 1 year ago
John Coltrane asked the giant of the tenor saxophone Ben Webster how he got his sound? That's like asking some one how do you breath? It's just what in you ,your sound nobody else has it belongs too you.
hremdldw 2 years ago 2
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Ben Webster's Tone is such filth...Isnt it great =)
TheEuphman 2 years ago
I'll be damned if you can't pour a Ben Webster ballad over pancakes...
JazzWithoutANet 2 years ago 8
Ben Webster is very easy to identify. Nobody else sounds like him.
abukamoon 2 years ago 46
Amen.
JazzVideoGuy 2 years ago 20
I hear that bro! Best version of that I have ever heard...
belindastar5 7 months ago
That´s it SOUL, and a contry man of mine is playing the base
Pas4Borg5 2 years ago 2
pure sexuality
frankros1000 2 years ago
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frankros1000 2 years ago
smooth as silk or brandy by the fire.
prunellapussywuggums 2 years ago
How do you get that kind of raspy sound and its also smooth as well
2Godbdaglori 2 years ago 2
crea davvero una atmosfera, mi sto rilassando dopo una lunga giornata
cvm2870 2 years ago 2
Thanks for sharing this. I always thought of Ben as somewhere in between Coleman Hawkins and Lester Young. Not as light as lester, not as beefy as the Bean. But the connection between all of them is clear--and wonderful. Webster played in Willis Young's band as a youngster.
SharaPoet 2 years ago 2
He learned the art of ballad playing sitting next to Johnny Hodges in the Duke Ellington Orchestra.
orson15 2 years ago 2
A magnificent clip of magnificent music.Thank you.
SOGLIDER 2 years ago 3
The Greatest Fighter to have Ever Lived 2.0 (Fedor / Фëдор)
amxrtdket 2 years ago
If I am correct this is 'How Long Has This Been Going On' by Gershwin.
BuckshotLaFunke 2 years ago
damn, so sexy and romantic, i love that guy so much
he214ab 2 years ago 2
hearing this kinda makes you wish you were there!! back in the day. i love it
SOCOLEMUSIC 2 years ago 3
nicccccce!
justformirka 2 years ago 3
smooth.
prunellapussywuggums 2 years ago 4
nice kazoo
F3nyx 2 years ago
nice music to play if you have good stereo setup
davidaud777 2 years ago 3
what type of music is nice to play if you have a bad stereo set up?
doesnt a good stereo set up help all musics that you enjoy listening to?
Saxman11290 2 years ago
Without question, a great jazz musician. One of the my university professors spent 6 months living living with Websterand another great legend that I don't remember off the top of my head (professor was 19 years old at the time). Professor told my class he learned so much from this guy and stories from some of the great jazz legends of the time, like Duke Ellington and Ella Fitzgerald. Wish I were my professor 8(
GourmetItalia 2 years ago 3
wow :) nice :)
mitu5 2 years ago 3
@GourmetItalia ....i would guess that your professor lived or took university classes is Denmark or
Sweden......Ben Webster lived his last years in europe.....the crowds were not very large at those clubs
and a young student could hear Ben and a number of expatriat musicians often....i got to hear Ben in
the late 50's.....he was always great......edwin10@charter.net
mothj9 9 months ago
@mothj9 So lucky to hear Ben live!
JazzVideoGuy 9 months ago
Yes.
jazzflutist 2 years ago
So its my birthday and This made it so much better.. I love Ben Webster!!!
mcwoman18 2 years ago 6
What a tone!
ragariddims 2 years ago 4
The brute Is brutal on the sax
xyraste 2 years ago 3
One of the sexiest ballad players of all time, accompanied here by the great but troubled late Kenny Drew and the magnificent late Niels-Henning Ørsted Pedersen, who went on to excellent recordings with Oscar Peterson to Albert Ayler before his premature death in 2005.
fanofmozart 2 years ago 4
"That's All" was one of his best solo ballads (look for the album "King if Tenors".
Also "The Night is Blue". And countless other ballads.
But Ben was also a excellent up tempo swing player. .
drjukebox 2 years ago 3
I just got into Webster a few months ago and with all the jazz I've listened to for the last 12 years I missed out on this hidden treasure. thank you for posting such a gorgeous track.
Ou8 2 years ago 2
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aslom44 2 years ago
The sax is the best sex toy around.
Midnighttoker70 2 years ago
i really don't follow, not even sure i want to...
HeronREX 2 years ago
haha, right on man. this is a great tune to play on those quiet nights that hopefully get a bit rowdier later on if you know what i mean,lol.
123BubberMiley 2 years ago 3
duh, this is the coolest stuff ive heard in a long time, thx for posting, 10/5 :)
TSED5566 2 years ago 4
My soul is melting!
thekickey 2 years ago 8
it makes me cry ..
julesmonendrumface 2 years ago 25
I have a JATP recording with a ballad nedley. One of the tunes is "Tenderly" Ben Webster plays it. His solo is totally wrapped around the melody of the song and at times he will just blow air through the horn not actually playing any note at all...and THAT IS the NOTE! It was more tender and beautiful than playing the note itself. SOOO LUSH and gorgeous. He made love to the tenor sax when he played. Also, check him out playing In The Wee Small Hours of the Morning w/ Oscar Peterson. WOW!
DrumTchr 2 years ago 2
knocks kenny g's dick in the dirt!
jerkfaceloser 2 years ago 6
this is the sound, wich every ts player should aspire)) very pleasant!
korneylaugh 2 years ago 4
Mr Ben ,nobody plays a ballad like Ben Webster! "I could cry salty tears" . Learn the lyrics master your horn and maybe just maybe you can start too sound like this maserful giant.mpcguy you are speaking my language,Johnny Hartman and Ben Webster two of the greats one on sax the other a gifted gifted underrated singer.
hremdldw 2 years ago 2
so sweet
fireislandcats 2 years ago 4
Gorgeous, beautiful, relaxing and inspiring!
watchagonnadu 2 years ago 3
so moving. this band is on point!
ssg263 2 years ago
'How Long Has This Been Going On'. I turned up to see Ben at Ronnie's and The Bull's Head Barnes in the same week , ?late '60s? and both times Ben was too "ill" to play. Embarrassing and devastating at the time, but he will always be The Master
jonthejazz 2 years ago 2
Jon, you're the only one who came up with the title of the tune. I figured it would be the Gershwin one, but you confirmed it. Thanks.
BuckshotLaFunke 2 years ago 4
happy birthday man ! ...R.I.P.
bebop54 2 years ago
I saw and heard Ben Webster many, many - too many! - years ago playing at a jazz club in Odense, Denmark. Even though he had some whiskey in him you could not tell, he played SO beautifully. Oh I was SO young back then in the 60th!!
toveeggertsen 2 years ago
What a mellow tone, very much like Lester Young. Love it.
538921 2 years ago
ben was like johnny hartman he was capable of making a huge statement by playing little more than the melody, a lesson could be learned form him today by some of our more "note"worthy sax players
mpcguy 3 years ago 4
stupendo, toccante il cuore e il cervello vingaribbo
vingari 3 years ago
ben is so good
Guitarstring187 3 years ago
Good bass player, fine choice of notes
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BuckshotLaFunke 3 years ago
Has music come a long way? I don't think you have ANY talent like this around these days...
Ben Webster is a master and a mood setter. LOVE HIM!!
reallynow99 3 years ago 6
music sure has come along way since then
schrumpfl 3 years ago
what does that mean?
Guitarstring187 3 years ago 3
wow, it captured the essence of my sense that's hidden somewhere deep inside of me. In my next life, I will become a jazz musician.
junyi2007 3 years ago
why not in this one?
coronachilla 3 years ago
Amen brother, that's what jazz is all about. these guys all know what's goin on.
kpg51876 3 years ago 2
first heard ben in the movie "quiet days in clichy" and despite i was really interested in that movie i stopped watching it, drove to the next music shop,bought one of his cds and listenend to it over and over again for at least 4hours..simply incredible..
Terccier 3 years ago
Me too, I feel like that every time I ear it.
puretoo 3 years ago
My favorite style of jazz !!
Thanks for sharing !!
urkoolUncle 3 years ago
Thanks for posting this ..DO you have any Coleman Hawkins video too..Awesome !!!
Jeleosimi 3 years ago
I wish I did have Coleman Hawkins video!
JazzVideoGuy 3 years ago
Izzy I was in my early 20s it was the early 60s Saw Bean at the 5 Spot in NYC Derivation of his nick name. Best and Only, became B&O which morphed into beano , then Bean
I was so fortunat e to see so many greats in NYC in the 60s
Di I recallthe show in detail ,,,NO
sailorguyli 3 years ago
I second,,,just beautiful
Thanks so much . Saw Hawkins once ( whose birthdate I share) never saw Ben
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sailorguyli 3 years ago
Amazing, you saw Hawkins! Do tell! How was the show?
IzzyIsou 3 years ago
Just beautiful!
I've been getting into Webster and Lester Young lately. So thanks for posting!
IzzyIsou 3 years ago
Kevinherbert, my dad and I are enjoying this incredible song right now. Thanks be to you...you are STILL the man! And my pops REALLY appreciates all of the support on the Herb Ellis video, you have no idea...thanks again...
JosephK1980 3 years ago
Oh me oh my...that boys reed melts xxxx
Toritata 3 years ago
Er dette fra NRK? Hvilket år?
peolse 3 years ago
he seems underappreciated compared to the big names like Coltrane and Rollins (for tenors)...
what an amazing sound!
ddx420 3 years ago
I agree! And this may be blasphemous among jazz listeners, but I would take Ben Webster over Coltrane or Rollins any day.
kjuergens1985 3 years ago 2
Different eras, so it's hard to compare. But in any case, Trane, Sonny, Dexter or any of the cats of the bebop era owe their lives to cats like Ben Webster and Coleman Hawkins.
Djangoblackbird 3 years ago
what about lester young he was one of dexter gordons, john coltranes, charlie parker and sonny stitt's biggest influences
Jazzman555 3 years ago
Nope, Ben was as big as Coltrane until the bebop era took over in the 60s and its gotten too cerebral. Its a matter of heart vs mind. Ben was incredibly soulful while guys like Coltrane, Parker were more abstract. But in the end, music is about the heart and the soul, so Ben will get his dues.
jazzweather 1 year ago
@jazzweather I think your chronology is a little off.
BlindPegLegPaul 1 year ago
@jazzweather I don't think that Coltrane and Parker were 'abstract' and lacking in soul. I hear incredible soul in their playing. I agree that Ben Webster was a wonderful player and if he's not been given his due lately, it's only because Coltrane's influence has been massive and not always to the good. You can teach people how to play Coltrane's music, but you can't teach them how to play with Webster's soul and passion - or Coltrane's soul and passion either, for that matter.
lexo30 1 year ago