Ben Webster
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Benjamin Francis Webster was an American jazz tenor saxophonist. He performed in the United States and Europe and made many recordings with Duke Ellington, Billie Holiday, Johnny Hodges, and others.
Webster c. 1946
Duke Ellington
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Edward Kennedy "Duke" Ellington was an American jazz pianist, composer, and leader of his eponymous jazz orchestra from 1924 through the rest of his life. Music critic Ralph J. Gleason called him "Ame
Ben Webster
…March 27, 1909 – September 20, 1973) was an American jazz tenor saxophonist. He performed in the United States and Europe and made many recordings with Duke Ellington, Billie Holiday, Johnny Hodges, and others. A native of Kansas City, Missouri, Webster studied violin, learned how to play blues on the piano from Pete…
Publicity portrait, c. 1940s
British pressing of "East St. Louis Toodle-Oo" (1927)
Adelaide Hall recorded "Creole Love Call" with Ellington in 1927. The recording became a worldwide hit.
Ellington at the Hurricane Club, Broadway & West 51st Street, New York City, May 1943