One of the great tenor saxophonists in early jazz history, with a warm, breathy sound that's instantly recognizable.
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Album Discography

Year Album Label AllMusic Rating User Ratings
Plays Music with Feeling 1950 Plays Music with Feeling Norgran
 
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Sophisticated Lady 1954 Sophisticated Lady Verve
 
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Consummate Artistry of Ben Webster 1954 Consummate Artistry of Ben Webster
 
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The Big Tenor 1955 The Big Tenor
 
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Music with Feeling/Ben Webster with Strings 1955 Music with Feeling/Ben Webster with Strings Verve
 
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Ballads 1955 Ballads Essential Jazz / Essential Jazz Albums / Disconforme
 
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Art Tatum & Ben Webster Quartet 1956 Art Tatum & Ben Webster Quartet Palm Grove / Essential Jazz Classics / MSI Music Distribution
 
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King of the Tenors 1956 King of the Tenors Verve
 
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Bill Harris and Friends 1957 Bill Harris and Friends Fantasy / Original Jazz Classics
 
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Coleman Hawkins Encounters Ben Webster 1957 Coleman Hawkins Encounters Ben Webster Verve / Polygram
 
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Soulville 1957 Soulville PolyGram / Verve
 
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Blues A-Plenty 1958 Blues A-Plenty APO (Analogue Production Originals) / The Verve Music Group
 
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Not So Dukish 1958 Not So Dukish Verve
 
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At the Nuway Club (1958) 1958 At the Nuway Club (1958) Jazz Guild
 
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Meets Gerry Mulligan 1959 Meets Gerry Mulligan Verve
 
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Ben Webster and Associates 1959 Ben Webster and Associates Universal / Verve
 
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Ben Webster Meets Oscar Peterson 1959 Ben Webster Meets Oscar Peterson Universal / Verve
 
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Gerry Mulligan Meets Ben Webster 1959 Gerry Mulligan Meets Ben Webster Verve / Polygram
 
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At the Renaissance 1960 At the Renaissance Original Jazz Classics
 
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The Soul of Ben Webster 1960 The Soul of Ben Webster The Verve Music Group
 
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Warm Moods 1961 Warm Moods Warner Archives / Warner Bros.
 
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Ben & Sweets 1962 Ben & Sweets Columbia
 
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Ben Webster and Sweets Edison 1962 Ben Webster and Sweets Edison Columbia / ORG
 
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Live: Providence, Rhode Island, 1963 1963 Live: Providence, Rhode Island, 1963 Storyville
 
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Live at Pio's 1963 Live at Pio's Enja
 
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Soulmates 1963 Soulmates OJC / Riverside
 
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Trav'lin Light 1963 Trav'lin Light Milestone
 
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See You at the Fair 1964 See You at the Fair Impulse! / GRP
 
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Stormy Weather 1965 Stormy Weather Intuition Music / 1201 Music
 
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Gone with the Wind 1965 Gone with the Wind 1201 Music
 
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There Is No Greater Love 1965 There Is No Greater Love 1201 Music / Black Lion
 
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Duke's in Bed! 1965 Duke's in Bed! Black Lion
 
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In a Mellow Tone 1965 In a Mellow Tone Candid / Candid Productions
 
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Intimate! 1965 Intimate! Intermusic
 
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The Jeep Is Jumping 1965 The Jeep Is Jumping Black Lion
 
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Blue Light 1966 Blue Light Polydor
 
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Meets Bill Coleman 1967 Meets Bill Coleman Black Lion
 
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Swingin' in London 1967 Swingin' in London Black Lion
 
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Big Ben Time 1967 Big Ben Time Emarcy
 
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Meets Don Byas in the Black Forest 1968 Meets Don Byas in the Black Forest
 
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Live in Amsterdam 1969 Live in Amsterdam Charly Records
 
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At Work in Europe 1969 At Work in Europe Prestige
 
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For the Guv'nor (Tribute to Duke Ellington) 1969 For the Guv'nor (Tribute to Duke Ellington) Le Jazz
 
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Blow Ben Blow 1969 Blow Ben Blow Catfish
 
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Plays Ballads 1970 Plays Ballads Membran
 
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Masters of Jazz, Vol. 5 1970 Masters of Jazz, Vol. 5 Storyville
 
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Live at the Haarlemse Jazzclub 1972 Live at the Haarlemse Jazzclub Limetree Projects / Wim Wigt
 
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Makin' Whoopee 1972 Makin' Whoopee Spotlite
 
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Did You Call 1972 Did You Call Nessa
 
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Ben Meets Don Byas 1972 Ben Meets Don Byas Verve
 
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Gentle Ben 1972 Gentle Ben Acoustic / Acoustic Sounds
 
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Live in Paris, 1972 1972 Live in Paris, 1972 Charly Records
 
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Cafe: Sociëteit de Twee Spieghels 1973 Cafe: Sociëteit de Twee Spieghels Bovema / EMI
 
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My Man: Live at Montmartre, 1973 1973 My Man: Live at Montmartre, 1973 Steeplechase
 
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Atmosphere for Lovers and Theives 1974 Atmosphere for Lovers and Theives Pure Pleasure Records
 
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The Kid and the Brute 197? The Kid and the Brute Verve
 
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Town Hall '45: The Zodiac Suite 1993 Town Hall '45: The Zodiac Suite Vintage Jazz Classics
 
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Black Lion Presents 1996 Black Lion Presents Black Lion
 
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Ben & Teddy 2001 Ben & Teddy Sackville
 
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Complete 1953 Leader Studio Sessions 2003 Complete 1953 Leader Studio Sessions Definitive
 
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Live at Ronnie Scott's 1964: The Punch 2005 Live at Ronnie Scott's 1964: The Punch Storyville
 
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Wayfaring Webster 2006 Wayfaring Webster Daybreak / Challenge Records
 
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Ben Webster - Artist Details

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1930s - 1970s

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Benjamin Francis Webster
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