This is a small piece of jazz history. In January 1965, Ben Webster, newly arrived in Europe from America, was working out where to settle down. This concert shows why he decided on Copenhagen. The ...

In A Mellotone; In A Mellotone; Blues in Bb; Cottontail; Nasty Attitude; Dancing On the Ceiling; Indiana; The Man I Love; Sometimes I'm Happy; Things Ain't What They Used To Be; Sweet Georgia Brown; ...

A photograph on the inside of Soulville 's CD cover shows Webster with his head tilted back, eyelids drooping and a cigarette dangling from his mouth. It’s a great photo, simply because Webster ...

Like Someone In Love; My One And Only Love; Soulmates; All The Things You Are; Lula; Travelin' Light; Have You Met Miss Jones?; Caravan; Georgia On My Mind. Ben Webster: tenor sax; Joe Zawinul: piano ...

Ben Webster refused to fly. When he visited Norway from Denmark, his adopted homeland, he went by boat and when he got there would blame his somewhat uncertain gait on his "sea legs," rather than the ...

Welcome back to Jazz & Juice—after last month's venture into the opulent, it's a perfect time to venture into the idea of less being more. When something is transparent, we see beyond it. In a way, ...

For me, jazz is divided between those who recorded with Art Tatum and those who didn't. Tatum remains king of the jazz piano—a briskly shaken cocktail of unrivaled technique, impeccable taste and a ...

Ben Webster hated to fly on airplanes. When he went to Europe to perform for his fans across the Atlantic, the trip was one-way. A contemporary of Charlie Parker, Webster grew up in Kansas City, Mo., ...