For the first time on DVD four fantastic Ben Webster recordings from the vault of Denmark's Radio. Three concert recordings and the documentary "Big Ben" has only been shown i parts on Denmarks Radio. These unique programmes haven been much asked for by jazzfans all over the world. Ben Webster was at the top of his career when he moved to Denmark. You can hear it on all of these recordings.

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Ben Webster: His Life and Music Paperback by J.De Valk

An anecdotal portrait of the jazz saxophonist begins with the transport of his great-great-grandmother as a slave from Guinea to Kentucky in the early nineteenth century and continues through the donation of his instrument to the Institute of Jazz Studies after his death.

Someone to Watch Over Me: The Life and Music of Ben Webster (Jazz Perspectives) Paperback
by Frank Buchmann-Moller (Author)

For a half century, Ben Webster, one of the "big three" of swing tenors-along with Coleman Hawkins and Lester Young-was one of the best-known and most popular saxophonists.

Early in his career, Webster worked with many of the greatest orchestras of the time, including those led by Willie Bryant, Cab Calloway, Benny Carter, Fletcher Henderson, Andy Kirk, Bennie Moten, and Teddy Wilson. In 1940 Webster became Duke Ellington's first major tenor soloist, and during the next three years he played on many famous recordings, including "Cotton Tail."

Ben Webster Sessionography compiled by Heinz Baumeister

Ben Webster Sessionography has listed all recordings of any kind with Ben Webster playing tenorsaxophone, clarinet or piano that are known to the author. More than 200 pages

For further information please contact Heinz Baumeister@kolumbus.fi