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Ben Webster

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Aliases
The Ben Webster Quintet
The Ben Webster Sextet
Ben Webster with Strings
Real name
Benjamin Francis Webster
Born
March 27, 1909
Died
September 20, 1973
Country
United States
IPI
00032615215 2 works
00038053101 3 works
Affiliation
ASCAP
Comments
Influential jazz tenor saxophonist
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Covers by Ben Webster

Title Performer Release date Originally by
i February 1961 Jan Garber and His Orchestra - Vocal Refrain by Lee Bennett
i 1974 Margaret Simms & Paul Bass
i   1958 Eddy Duchin and His Orchestra - Vocal Chorus by Stanley Worth REC, Hiram Sherman, Frances Mercer, Hollace Shaw, Ralph Stuart PRF
i 1955 Duke Ellington and His Famous Orchestra
i   1971 Yves Montand BRD, Cora Vaucaire - Au piano : M. Philippe-Gérard REL
i   1972 Yves Montand BRD, Cora Vaucaire - Au piano : M. Philippe-Gérard REL
i 1995 Emilio De Marchi
i January 1956 Shirley Ross
i   1944 Belle Baker PRF, Imperial Dance Orchestra - Vocal Chorus by Arthur Fields REC
i February 1961 Bing Crosby
i July 1960 Sam Lanin's Dance Orchestra - Vocal Chorus Arthur Hall
i 1968 Barney Bigard and His Jazzopaters
1959 Ma Rainey - Acc. by Her Georgia Jazz Band
i   1959 Duke Ellington and His Orchestra REC, Duke Ellington and His Famous Orchestra REL
i   January 1956 Duke Ellington and His Orchestra REC, Duke Ellington and His Famous Orchestra REL
i Chelsea Bridge Ben Webster 1960 Unverified
1962 Pete Johnson and His Boogie Woogie Boys - Vocal Chorus Joe Turner
i 1995 Barney Bigard and Orchestra
i   1955 Tommy Dorsey and His Orchestra - Vocal Refrain by Sy Oliver REC, Ruby Hill, Harold Nicholas PRF
i   1972 Duke Ellington and His Orchestra PRF, Duke Ellington and His Famous Orchestra REL
i   1963 Duke Ellington and His Orchestra PRF, Duke Ellington and His Famous Orchestra REL
1962 Jay McShann at the Piano with Singing By Walter Brown
1959 Charlie McCoy and Bo Chatman
i 1954 Duke Ellington and His Famous Orchestra
i 1988 Julie London
i 1954 (unknown)
i   1971 Henry Mancini, His Orchestra and Chorus REL, [Unknown Studio Artists] BRD
i 1955 Duke Ellington and His Famous Orchestra
i   1973 Walter Woolf King PRF, Guy Lombardo and His Royal Canadians - Vocal Chorus by Carmen Lombardo REC,REL
i 1954 Duke Ellington and His Famous Orchestra
i 1969 Duke Ellington and His Famous Orchestra
i January 1956 Woody Herman and His Orchestra
i   1971 Frances Langford with Jimmy Dorsey and His Orchestra REC, James Stewart and Eleanor Powell [dubbed by Marjorie Lane] BRD
i   1962 Ginger Rogers and Allen Kearns PRF, Majestic Dance Orchestra [Lou God] - Vocal Chorus Irving Kaufman REC
i 1974 Aileen Stanley
1959 Pine Top, Memphis Slim & The House Rockers
1973 Pine Top, Memphis Slim & The House Rockers
i   1967 Roger Wolfe Kahn and His Orchestra REC, Harry Richman PRF
i   1978 Benny Goodman Sextet REL,REC
i   1972 Hal Kemp and His Orchestra – Vocal Chorus by Bob Allen REC, Morton Downey PRF
i 1972 Claude Thornhill and His Orchestra - Vocal Chorus by Fran Warren
1959 Little Willie Littlefield
i 1958 (unknown)
i 1988 (unknown)
i   1958 Joy Hodges & Austin Marshall PRF, Joe Rines and His Orchestra – Vocal Chorus Lee Sullivan REC,REL
i 1967 Bert Stock and His Orchestra
i 1944 Bert Stock and His Orchestra
i 1967 Paul Whiteman and His Orchestra - Vocal Refrain by Jack Fulton
i July 1960 Paul Whiteman and His Orchestra - Vocal Refrain by Jack Fulton
i   1995 Benny Goodman and His Orchestra – Vocal Chorus by Helen Forrest REC, Frances Comstock & Alfred Drake PRF
1959 Ida Cox, Leroy Carr
i 1962 Bobbe Arnst
i 1973 Bobbe Arnst
1973 Ida Cox, Leroy Carr
i Hymn to Freedom Ben Webster And The Frans Wieringa Trio (Ben Webster) 1969 Unverified
i 2000 Dolores Valesco
1962 Papa Freddie
i August 1958 Harold Arlen - Piano Accompaniment by Arthur Schutt
i   1974 Red Nichols and His Five Pennies REC, Trixie Friganza and Jimmie Savo PRF
i February 1961 Harry James and His Orchestra
1959 Casey Bill
1962 Casey Bill
i 1977 "Fats" Waller and His Rhythm
i 1964 Duke Ellington and His Famous Orchestra
i 1969 Duke Ellington and His Orchestra
i July 1960 Frank Sinatra with Orchestra conducted by Nelson Riddle
i It Happens to Be Me Ben Webster with Strings 1955 Unverified
i 1959 Shirley Ross
i February 1961 Bing Crosby
1973 St. Louis Jimmy
i 1972 McKinney's Cotton Pickers with Vocal Refrain by George Thomas
i I Want a Little Girl Ben Webster / Buck Clayton 1995 Unverified
i 1972 Duke Ellington and His Famous Orchestra
1962 Big Bill
i 1967 (unknown)
1962 Charles Segar
i   1963 Dinah Shore PRF, Bing Crosby with John Scott Trotter and His Orchestra REC
i November 1947 Bailey's Lucky Seven
i   1955 Kenny Baker [US1] BRD, Abe Lyman and His Orchestra – Vocal Refrain by Frank Parrish REC
i   1974 Kenny Baker [US1] BRD, Abe Lyman and His Orchestra – Vocal Refrain by Frank Parrish REC
i   August 1958 Evelyn Herbert PRF, Victor Arden-Phil Ohman and Their Orchestra - Vocal Refrain by Male Quartet REC
i   August 1958 Eddie Cantor REC,REL,PRF
i   1972 Eddie Cantor REC,REL,PRF
i Moonlight in Vermont Harry Edison & Ben Webster (Harry "Sweets" Edison, Ben Webster) 1957 Unverified
i   1955 Fairchild and Carroll and Their Orchestra REL, Mitzi Green PRF
i January 1956 Larry Clinton's Bluebird Orchestra - Vocal Refrain by Terry Allen
i 1967 Vic Damone and Music by Camarata
i 1958 Vic Damone and Music by Camarata
i 1971 Gloria Grafton & Donald Novis
i 1962 Gloria Grafton & Donald Novis
i February 1961 Frank Sinatra – Axel Stordahl and His Orchestra
i   1958 Leo Reisman and His Orchestra - Vocal Refrain by Fred Astaire REC, Fred Astaire PRF
i January 1956 Isham Jones' Orchestra - Vocal Chorus by Woody Herman
i 1972 Larry Clinton & His Orchestra - Vocal Refrain by Bea Wain
i Once in a While Ben Webster And The Frans Wieringa Trio (Ben Webster) 1969 Unverified
i   1972 Kenny Baker [US1] BRD, Abe Lyman and His Orchestra – Vocal Refrain by Frank Parrish REC
i 1964 Judy Garland
i   1954 Eddy Duchin and His Orchestra - Vocal Refrain by Lew Sherwood REC, Bing Crosby BRD
i 1968 Duke Ellington and His Famous Orchestra
i 1974 Duke Ellington and His Famous Orchestra
1962 Buddy Johnson and His Band - Vocal Chorus by Ella Johnson
listen on Internet Archive i April 1945 Ethel Waters
i 1955 Duke Ellington and His Famous Orchestra
i 1972 Duke Ellington and His Famous Orchestra
i 1959 Russ Columbo
i 1969 The Harlem Footwarmers (Duke Ellington)
1959 Joe Turner and Pete Johnson
1973 Joe Turner and Pete Johnson
i 1989 Hubert Eisdell
i 1959 International Novelty Orchestra (Nathaniel Shilkret)
1973 Ma Rainey - Acc. by Her Georgia Jazz Band
i 1972 Johnny Mandel
i 1959 Miss Walton and Mr. Macdonough
i November 1947 Waring's Pennsylvanians
i 1967 Duke Ellington and His Orchestra
i   1964 Gertrude Lawrence REC,REL,PRF
i 1955 Duke Ellington and His Orchestra
i Soulville The Ben Webster Quintet August 1958 Unverified
i 1964 Hoagy Carmichael & His Pals
i   February 1961 Victor Young and His Concert Orchestra - Ray Turner at the Piano REC,REL, Victor Young and His Orchestra BRD
1959 Prince's Band
1973 Prince's Band
i St. Louis Blues Ben Webster And The Frans Wieringa Trio (Ben Webster) 1969 Unverified
1959 Abe Lyman's California Orchestra
i July 1960 Abe Lyman's California Orchestra
i 1973 Ben Bernie and His Hotel Roosevelt Orchestra
i 1974 Ben Bernie and His Hotel Roosevelt Orchestra
i 1974 The Radiolites [Ben Selvin]
i Sweet Lorraine Ben Webster And The Frans Wieringa Trio (Ben Webster) 1969 Unverified
1973 Tennessee Ten (Original Memphis Five), Jimmy Witherspoon
i   1959 Vaughn Monroe and His Orchestra REC, Bob Eberly, Helen O'Connell, and Jimmy Dorsey and His Orchestra BRD
i January 1956 Janet Brace with Orchestra directed by Jack Pleis
i 1954 Dick Farney - Orchestrated and conducted by Paul Baron
i 1954 Nat "King" Cole
i The Fall Of Love Ben Webster 1964 Unverified
i 1967 Johnny Hodges and His Orchestra
i   1973 Marion Harris REC, Adele Astaire PRF
i February 1961 Frank Sinatra – Axel Stordahl and His Orchestra
i February 1961 (unknown)
i July 1960 Hal Kemp and His Orchestra - Vocal Chorus Skinny Ennis
i February 1961 The Whiffenpoofs
i   July 1960 Eddie Albert & Marcy Westcott PRF, Benny Goodman and His Orchestra - Vocal Refrain by Martha Tilton REC, Les Brown and His Orchestra - Vocal Refrain by Miriam Shaw REL
i   February 1961 Frank Sinatra BRD, Margaret Whiting with Frank De Vol and His Orchestra REC
i   August 1958 Paul Gregory & Marilyn Miller PRF, New Mayfair Dance Orchestra (Ray Noble) REC,REL
i   1963 Jane Powell accompanied by Johnny Green and the M-G-M Studio Orchestra REL, Jane Powell BRD
i 1963 Paul Whiteman and His Orchestra
1959 Thelma La Vizzo
i Under a Blanket of Blue Ben Webster with Strings July 25, 1995 Unverified
i January 1956 The Pied Pipers with Paul Weston and His Orchestra
i January 1956 Duke Ellington and His Famous Orchestra
i March 1953 Elsie Carlisle
i 1971 Bob Crosby and His Orchestra featuring Trumpet by Billy Butterfield
i When I fall in love Ben Webster 1960 Unverified
i July 1960 Gene Austin
i   August 1958 Bunny Berigan and His Orchestra REL, Sterling Young and His Orchestra – Vocal Chorus Donna Lee REC
i   1967 Ruby Newman & His Rainbow Room Orch. featuring Ray Heatherton REC, Ray Heatherton & Mitzi Green PRF
i   1958 Ruby Newman & His Rainbow Room Orch. featuring Ray Heatherton REC, Ray Heatherton & Mitzi Green PRF
i   1989 Marilyn Miller and Paul Frawley PRF, Eddie Elkins and His Orchestra REC,REL
i January 1956 Ted Fiorito & His Orchestra
i   February 1961 Richard Himber and His Ritz-Carlton Orch. - Vocal Refrain by Joey Nash REC, Bing Crosby BRD
i 1967 Bing Crosby
i   1971 Fay Templeton PRF, Leo Reisman and His Orchestra REC,REL
i 1972 Katharyn Mayfield - Robert Bard
i   1959 Dick Jurgens and His Orchestra - Vocal Chorus by Harry Cool REC, Dinah Shore with Orchestra conducted by Paul Wetstein REL
i   1967 Isham Jones Orchestra REL, Franklyn Baur REC
i 1955 Guy Lombardo and His Royal Canadians (Chorus by Carmen Lombardo)
listen on Internet Archive i   March 1952 Mike Doty and His Orchestra - Vocal Refrain by Ward Silloway REC,REL, Lya Lys BRD

Web Covers by Ben Webster

Releases

Albums

Title Performer Release date Label
At the Renaissance Witherspoon Mulligan Webster 1959 HiFi Records
Autumn Leaves Ben Webster – Georges Arvanitas 1972 Futura [FR]
Ben and the Boys Ben Webster 1978 Jazz Archives
Ben / Buck Ben Webster / Buck Clayton 1995 Storyville [DK]
Ben Webster Meets Don Byas Ben Webster With Don Byas 1968 SABA
Ben Webster Meets Oscar Peterson Ben Webster & Oscar Peterson July 1960 Verve Records
Ben Webster Plays Ballads Ben Webster 1988 Storyville [DK]
Ben Webster & "Sweets" Edison Wanted to Do One Together Ben Webster & "Sweets" Edison 1962 Columbia [US]
Big Ben Time! Ben Webster 1967 Fontana
Coleman Hawkins Encounters Ben Webster Coleman Hawkins & Ben Webster 1959 Verve Records
Days of Wine and Roses Ben Webster 1971 Black Lion
For the Guv'nor Ben Webster 1969 Imperial [NL]
Gentle Ben Ben Webster, Tete Montoliu Trio 1973 Ensayo
Gerry Mulligan Meets Ben Webster Gerry Mulligan and Ben Webster 1959 Verve Records
Midnight at the Montmartre Ben Webster 1977 Black Lion
Music for Loving Ben Webster with Strings 1955 Norgran Records
Music with Feeling Ben Webster with Strings January 1956 Norgran Records
Previously Unreleased Recordings Jimmy Witherspoon & Ben Webster 1973 Verve Records
Roots Jimmy Witherspoon featuring Ben Webster 1962 Reprise Records
See You at the Fair Ben Webster 1964 Impulse!
Soulmates Ben Webster and Joe Zawinul 1963 Riverside [US]
Soulville The Ben Webster Quintet 1989 Verve Records
Soulville The Ben Webster Quintet August 1958 Verve Records
Steen Vig's Jazz Orchestra featuring Ben Webster Steen Vig's Orchestra featuring Ben Webster 1974 Storyville [DK]
The Art Tatum • Ben Webster Quartet Art Tatum and Ben Webster 1958 Verve Records
The Consummate Artistry of Ben Webster Ben Webster 1954 Norgran Records
The Warm Moods Ben Webster February 1961 Reprise Records
Webster's Dictionary Ben Webster 1972 Philips

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