Portrait of Ben Webster, Pt. I (Podcast #18-002)

Ellington Reflections · Feb 10, 2018 · 49m

https://ellingtonreflections.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/portrait-of-ben-webster-part-i.mp3“After he had made a record date with us in 1935, I always had a yen for Ben. So as soon as we thought we could afford him, we added him on, which gave us a five-piece saxophone section for the first time. Although Barney Bigard used to play tenor saxophone, clarinet was his main instrument, so Ben Webster was really our first tenor specialist and soloist. His splendid performances on “Cottontail,” “Conga Brava,” “All Too Soon,” “Just a-Settin&#8217…