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Ben Webster

real name Benjamin Francis Webster

United States · 1909-03-27 – 1973-09-20

Ben Webster is credited on 2,889 releases across 734 albums tracked on Gatefold, active 1950–2026 — the collector-built map of who actually made the music.

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2,889

Credits

734

Albums

8

Decades active

197

In collections

Biography

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Born: March 27, 1909 in Kansas City, Missouri, USA.
Died: September 20, 1973 in Amsterdam, Netherlands.
Also known as "The Brute" or "Frog". He was an influential American jazz tenor saxophonist.
Please note: The song "I Got It Bad (And That Ain't Good)" is a song co-written by Paul Francis Webster.
Had a part as himself in the movie Stille dage i Clichy / Quiet days on Clichy (1970), directed by Jens Jørgen Thorsen

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2,889 releases · 734 albums · active 1950–2026

  • Performance · 4,392
  • Other credits · 361
  • Engineering · 1

Studios: Jazzhus Montmartre · Metronome Studio, Copenhagen · Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey · Contemporary's Studio

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