Artist:Ben Webster
Song:Someone To Watch Over Me
Album:The House That Trane Built:The Impulse Records Story
Tenor sax player Ben Webster became popular from his days in the Duke Ellington band in the 40s. He's considered influential because of his style in playing ballads. He never adapted to the bebop sound but did continue to record in the 60s. This version of the Gershwin song Someone To Watch Over Me is from Webster's final US recording session in 1964 called See You At The Fair. It was a quartet with Hank Jones on piano, Richard Davis on bass & Osie Johnson on drums. Jazz fans should check it out. Like a lot of other jazz musicians, Webster then moved to Europe and died in 1973 in Amsterdam at age 64.
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