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Portrait of Ben Webster, Pt. II (Podcast #18-003)
https://ellingtonreflections.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/ben-webster-part-ii.mp3“He was considered the supreme ballad master. As great as Prez, Hawk and Byas were, they all had to take a back seat to Ben on ballads. Ben almost had a monopoly on the pretty ones. His breathy, whispy [sic] style, coupled with a most distinct tone enabled him to get an effect of a violin sound in his upper register playing. And when he would manipulate down to the lower register, he would nearly blow you out of your mind.”
–-Bernard Montgomery
Jet Magazine, 24 July 1958
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