Ben Webster

tenor saxophone, saxophone, piano, performer, reeds, vocal, arranger

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Top collaborators

Artist name Roles Recordings
Duke Ellington & His Orchestra
Bothus Podas
Billie Holiday
Ray Brown (jazz bassist) bass Boogie Woogie, Budd Johnson, Bye-Bye, Blackbird, De-Dar, How Deep Is the Ocean?, Ill Wind, In a Mellow Tone, Late Date, Lover Come Back to Me, Makin' Whoopie, Roses of Picardy, Soulville, Sunday, The Touch of Your Lips, This Can't Be Love, Time After Time, Time on My Hands, When Your Lover Has Gone, Where Are You, Who, Young Bean
Jimmy Witherspoon

Collaborators on this artist's recordings

Artist name Roles Recordings
Ray Brown (jazz bassist) bass Boogie Woogie, Budd Johnson, Bye-Bye, Blackbird, De-Dar, How Deep Is the Ocean?, Ill Wind, In a Mellow Tone, Late Date, Lover Come Back to Me, Makin' Whoopie, Roses of Picardy, Soulville, Sunday, The Touch of Your Lips, This Can't Be Love, Time After Time, Time on My Hands, When Your Lover Has Gone, Where Are You, Who, Young Bean
Denzil Best drums 'Nuff Said, 'Nuff Said (take 1), Dirty Deal, Dirty Deal (take 1-2), Don't Blame Me, Don't Blame Me (take 1-2), I Surrender, Dear, Tea For Two, Tea For Two (take 1-4), Teezol, Teezol (Take 2-4), Teezol (take 1), The Horn, The Horn (take 1), Woke Up Clipped, Woke Up Clipped (take 1), Woke Up Clipped (take 2)
Charlie Drayton (1930s blues bassist) bass 'Nuff Said, 'Nuff Said (take 1), Dirty Deal, Dirty Deal (take 1-2), Don't Blame Me, Don't Blame Me (take 1-2), I Surrender, Dear, Tea For Two, Tea For Two (take 1-4), Teezol, Teezol (Take 2-4), Teezol (take 1), The Horn, The Horn (take 1), Woke Up Clipped, Woke Up Clipped (take 1), Woke Up Clipped (take 2)
Clyde Hart piano 'Nuff Said, 'Nuff Said (take 1), Dirty Deal, Dirty Deal (take 1-2), Don't Blame Me, Don't Blame Me (take 1-2), I Surrender, Dear, Tea For Two, Tea For Two (take 1-4), Teezol, Teezol (Take 2-4), Teezol (take 1), The Horn, The Horn (take 1), Woke Up Clipped, Woke Up Clipped (take 1), Woke Up Clipped (take 2)
Hot Lips Page trumpet 'Nuff Said, 'Nuff Said (take 1), Dirty Deal, Dirty Deal (take 1-2), Don't Blame Me, Don't Blame Me (take 1-2), I Surrender, Dear, Tea For Two, Tea For Two (take 1-4), Teezol, Teezol (Take 2-4), Teezol (take 1), The Horn, The Horn (take 1), Woke Up Clipped, Woke Up Clipped (take 1), Woke Up Clipped (take 2)
Kenny Drew piano Blues in F, Didn't We, Gone With the Wind, I'm Gonna Sit Right Down and Write Myself a Letter, In a Mellow Tone, Indiana, Misty, Over the Rainbow, Perdido, Set Call, Some Other Blues, Sunday, That's All, Yesterdays
Alan Bates (Producer, possibly other roles) producer Friskin' the Frog, Gone With the Wind, I'm Gonna Sit Right Down and Write Myself a Letter, Indiana, Misty, Over the Rainbow, Perdido, Set Call, Stormy Weather, Sunday, Teach Me Tonight, That's All, Yesterdays
Oscar Peterson piano Bye-Bye, Blackbird, How Deep Is the Ocean?, Ill Wind, Late Date, Lover Come Back to Me, Makin' Whoopie, Soulville, Sunday, The Touch of Your Lips, This Can't Be Love, Time on My Hands, When Your Lover Has Gone, Where Are You
Birger Svan recording Friskin' the Frog, Gone With the Wind, I'm Gonna Sit Right Down and Write Myself a Letter, Indiana, Misty, Over the Rainbow, Perdido, Set Call, Stormy Weather, Sunday, Teach Me Tonight, That's All, Yesterdays
Jimmy Jones (jazz pianist, active years 1936-1975) piano Ash, Budd Johnson, Charlotte Piccolo, Chelsea Bridge, Coal Train, De-Dar, Ev's Mad, Fajista, In a Mellow Tone, Time After Time, When I Fall in Love, Young Bean
Ed Thigpen bass, drums Blues in F, Bye-Bye, Blackbird, Didn't We, How Deep Is the Ocean?, In a Mellow Tone, Perdido, Some Other Blues, Sunday, The Touch of Your Lips, This Can't Be Love, When Your Lover Has Gone
Niels-Henning Ørsted Pedersen (Danish jazz upright bassist) bass Gone With the Wind, I'm Gonna Sit Right Down and Write Myself a Letter, Indiana, Misty, My Romance, Over the Rainbow, Perdido, Set Call, Sunday, That's All, Yesterdays
Ton Olde Monnikhof recording Autumn Leaves, For All We Know, How High the Moon, I Got Rhythm, Just You, Just Me, My Romance, Pennies From Heaven, Short Speech by Ben Webster, Straight, No Chaser, Sunday
Alex Riel drums Gone With the Wind, I'm Gonna Sit Right Down and Write Myself a Letter, Indiana, Misty, Over the Rainbow, Perdido, Set Call, Sunday, That's All, Yesterdays
Stan Levey drums Boogie Woogie, Ill Wind, Late Date, Lover Come Back to Me, Makin' Whoopie, Roses of Picardy, Soulville, Time on My Hands, Where Are You, Who
Herb Ellis (jazz guitarist) guitar Boogie Woogie, Ill Wind, Late Date, Lover Come Back to Me, Makin' Whoopie, Roses of Picardy, Soulville, Time on My Hands, Where Are You, Who
Hans Nymand drums Blue Light, Brother Jone's Blues, Days of Wine and Roses, Duke's in Bed, My Romance, Nancy With the Laughing Face, Stompy Jones, The Jeep Is Jumping, What's I'm Gotchere?
Richard Davis (American jazz bassist) bass Fall of Love, In a Mellow Tone, Lullaby of Jazzland, Our Love Is Here to Stay, Over the Rainbow, See You at the Fair, Someone to Watch Over Me, Stardust, While We're Dancing
Irv Rocklin piano Autumn Leaves, For All We Know, How High the Moon, I Got Rhythm, Just You, Just Me, My Romance, Pennies From Heaven, Straight, No Chaser, Sunday
John Darville trombone Blue Light, Brother Jone's Blues, Days of Wine and Roses, Duke's in Bed, My Romance, Nancy With the Laughing Face, Stompy Jones, The Jeep Is Jumping, What's I'm Gotchere?
Arnved Meyer trumpet Blue Light, Brother Jone's Blues, Days of Wine and Roses, Duke's in Bed, My Romance, Nancy With the Laughing Face, Stompy Jones, The Jeep Is Jumping, What's I'm Gotchere?
Henk Haverhoek bass Autumn Leaves, For All We Know, How High the Moon, I Got Rhythm, Just You, Just Me, My Romance, Pennies From Heaven, Straight, No Chaser, Sunday
Peter Ypma instrument Autumn Leaves, For All We Know, How High the Moon, I Got Rhythm, Just You, Just Me, My Romance, Pennies From Heaven, Straight, No Chaser, Sunday
Osie Johnson drums Fall of Love, In a Mellow Tone, Lullaby of Jazzland, Our Love Is Here to Stay, Over the Rainbow, See You at the Fair, Someone to Watch Over Me, Stardust, While We're Dancing
Niels Jørgen Steen piano Blue Light, Brother Jone's Blues, Days of Wine and Roses, Duke's in Bed, My Romance, Nancy With the Laughing Face, Stompy Jones, The Jeep Is Jumping, What's I'm Gotchere?
Frank Butler (drummer) drums Caravan, Georgia on My Mind, Gone With the Wind, Mop Mop, Ole Miss Blues, Renaissance Blues, Stardust, What Is This Thing Called Love
Red Mitchell bass Caravan, Georgia on My Mind, Gone With the Wind, Mop Mop, Ole Miss Blues, Renaissance Blues, Stardust, What Is This Thing Called Love
Jim Hall (US jazz guitarist, composer & arranger) guitar Caravan, Georgia on My Mind, Gone With the Wind, Mop Mop, Ole Miss Blues, Renaissance Blues, Stardust, What Is This Thing Called Love
Jimmy Rowles piano Caravan, Georgia on My Mind, Gone With the Wind, Mop Mop, Ole Miss Blues, Renaissance Blues, Stardust, What Is This Thing Called Love
Dave Bailey drums Ash, Charlotte Piccolo, Chelsea Bridge, Coal Train, Ev's Mad, Fajista, When I Fall in Love
Art Farmer trumpet Ash, Charlotte Piccolo, Chelsea Bridge, Coal Train, Ev's Mad, Fajista, When I Fall in Love
Mundell Lowe guitar Ash, Charlotte Piccolo, Chelsea Bridge, Coal Train, Ev's Mad, Fajista, When I Fall in Love
Milt Hinton bass, double bass Ash, Charlotte Piccolo, Chelsea Bridge, Coal Train, Ev's Mad, Fajista, When I Fall in Love
Bo Stief bass Blues in F, Didn't We, In a Mellow Tone, Perdido, Some Other Blues, Sunday
Dexter Gordon tenor saxophone Blues in F, Didn't We, In a Mellow Tone, Perdido, Some Other Blues
Ted Köhler (engineer) recording For All We Know, How Long Has This Been Going On?, In a Mellowtone, Stardust, Sunday
Tete Montoliu piano For All We Know, How Long Has This Been Going On?, In a Mellowtone, Stardust, Sunday
Coleman Hawkins tenor saxophone Budd Johnson, De-Dar, In a Mellow Tone, Young Bean
Jo Jones drums Budd Johnson, De-Dar, In a Mellow Tone, Time After Time, Young Bean
Roy Eldridge trumpet Budd Johnson, De-Dar, In a Mellow Tone, Time After Time, Young Bean
Harold Ashby tenor saxophone Ash, Charlotte Piccolo, Coal Train, Ev's Mad, Fajista
Tony Inzalaco drums For All We Know, How Long Has This Been Going On?, In a Mellowtone, Stardust, Sunday
Les Spann guitar Budd Johnson, De-Dar, In a Mellow Tone, Time After Time, Young Bean
Rob Langereis bass For All We Know, How Long Has This Been Going On?, In a Mellowtone, Stardust, Sunday
Budd Johnson tenor saxophone Budd Johnson, De-Dar, In a Mellow Tone, Young Bean
Norman Granz producer Boogie Woogie, Roses of Picardy, Who
Stan Lewey drums Boogie Woogie, Roses of Picardy, Who
Oscar Pettiford bass Body and Soul, Honeysuckle Rose
David Booth drums Body and Soul, Honeysuckle Rose
Johnny Guarnieri piano Body and Soul, Honeysuckle Rose
Joe Zawinul performer Come Sunday (feat. Joe Zawinul)
Rune Carlsson drums My Romance
Atli Bjørn piano My Romance
Charley Drayton bass Woke Up Clipped

Work on other artists' recordings

Artist name Roles Recordings
Duke Ellington & His Orchestra tenor saxophone A Portrait of Bert Williams, A Slip of the Lip (Can Sink a Ship), Accent on Youth, Across the Track Blues, After All, All Too Soon, Are You Sticking?, At a Dixie Roadside Diner, Bakiff, Bli-Blip, Blue Goose, Blue Serge, Bojangles, Chelsea Bridge, Chloe (Song of the Swamp), Chocolate Shake, Conga Brava, Cotton, Cotton Tail, Dusk, Exposition Swing, Exposition Swing (alternate take 2), Five O'Clock Whistle, Harlem Air Shaft, Hayfoot Strawfoot, I Don't Know What Kind of Blues I Got, I Don't Mind, I Got It Bad and That Ain't Good, I Never Felt This Way Before, I got It Bad and That Ain't Good, In a Mellotone, Jack the Bear, John Hardy's Wife, Johnny Come Lately, Jump for Joy, Jumpin' Punkins, Just A-Settin' and A-Rockin', Just A-Sittin' and A-Rockin', Main Stem, Me and You, Mood Indigo, Moon Mist, Moon Over Cuba, Morning Glory, My Little Brown Book, Perdido, Raincheck, Rocks in My Bed, Rumpus in Richmond, Sentimental Lady, Sepia Panorama, Sherman Shuffle, So Far, So Good, Solitude, Someone, Sophisticated Lady, Stormy Weather, Take the "A" Train, The Brown-Skin Gal (in the Calico Gown), The Flaming Sword, The Giddybug Gallop, The Girl in My Dreams Tries to Look Like You, The Sidewalks of New York, There Shall Be No Night, Truckin’, Uptown Downbeat (Blackout), What Am I Here For?, What Good Would It Do?, You, You Darlin'
Bothus Podas tenor saxophone Blues in B Flat, Blues in B Flat (CD master take), Blues in B Flat (alternative take), Blues in B Flat (breakdown / discussion / false start), Chelsea Bridge, Chelsea Bridge (LP master take), Chelsea Bridge (alternate take), Fajista, Fajista (CD master take), Fajista (alternative take), Fajista (discussion and rehersal), Fajista (false start), For Bessie, For Bessie (CD master take), Go Home, Go Home (LP master take with insert as issued), Go Home (end of unedited-3), Go Home (unedited insert), Go Home: (breakdown / rehersal and false start), In a Mellotone, In a Mellow Tone (CD master take), In a Mellow Tone (alternate take), Sunday, Sunday (LP master take), Sunday (false start / alternative take), Tell Me When, Tell Me When (LP master take), Tell Me When (alternative take), The Cat Walk, The Cat Walk (LP master take), The Cat Walk (alternative take), The Cat Walk (rehersal and discussion / false start and discussion / breakdown), The Cat Walk (warmup / breakdown / breakdown), What Is This Thing Called Love, What Is This Thing Called Love? (CD master take), Who's Got Rhythm, Who's Got Rhythm?, Who’s Got Rhythm? (LP master take)
Billie Holiday tenor saxophone A Foggy Day, April in Paris, Body and Soul, But Not for Me, Comes Love, Comes Love (alternate), Darn That Dream, Day in Day Out, Didn't Know What Time It Was, Embraceable You, Fine and Mellow, Gee Baby, Ain't I Good to You?, I Wished on the Moon, I'm Painting the Town Red, Ill Wind (You're Blowin' Me No Good), It's Too Hot for Words, Just Friends (instrumental), Just One of Those Things, Let's Call the Whole Thing Off, Love Is Here to Stay, Miss Brown to You, One for My Baby (And One More for the Road), Say It Isn't So, Stars Fell on Alabama, They Can't Take That Away From Me, What a Little Moonlight Can Do, What a Night, What a Moon, What a Girl
Jimmy Witherspoon tenor saxophone 'Tain't Nobody's Biz-Ness If I Do, Big Fine Girl, C.C. Rider, Chelsea Bridge, Corrine, Corrina, Cottontail, Every Day I Have the Blues, Good Rockin' Tonight, How Long Blues, I'm Gonna Move to the Outskirts of Town, Interview, Kansas City, No Rollin' Blues, Roll 'em, Roll 'em Pete, St. Louis Blues, T'Ain't Nobody's Bizness If I Do, Time's Gettin' Tougher Than Tough, Times Getting Tougher, Trouble in Mind, When I Been Drinkin'
Lionel Hampton tenor saxophone Cute, Early Session Hop, Four or Five Times, Gin for Christmas, Hot Mallets, I Can't Get Started, I've Found a New Baby, Munson Street Breakdown, One Sweet Letter From You, Pick a Rib, Ring Dem Bells, Sweethearts on Parade, Swingle Jingle, Taste of Honey, Tempo's Birthday, Trick or Treat, Vibraphone Blues, When Lights Are Low, When Lights Are Low (alternate take)
Ella Fitzgerald tenor saxophone Cotton Tail, Do Nothin' Till You Hear From Me, Don't Get Around Much Anymore, I Let a Song Go Out of My Heart, In a Mellow Tone, It Don’t Mean a Thing (If It Ain’t Got That Swing), Just A-Sittin' and A-Rockin', Just Squeeze Me (But Don't Tease Me), Love You Madly, Lush Life, Mood Indigo, Prelude to a Kiss, Rocks in My Bed, Satin Doll, Sophisticated Lady, Squatty Roo
Duke Ellington arranger, tenor saxophone Blue Serge, C Jam Blues, Clementine, Concerto for Cootie, Cotton Tail, Five O'Clock Drag, In a Mellow Tone, Ko Ko, Main Stem, Perdido, Take the "A" Train, Warm Valley
Clark Terry tenor saxophone Do Nothin' Till You Hear From Me, Ellington Rides Again: Don't Get Around Much Anymore / Perdido / I'm Beginning to See the Light, Hammerhead Waltz, High Towers, Impulsive, In a Mist, Jazz Conversations, Return to Swahili, Rockin in Rhythm
Johnny Hodges and His Orchestra tenor saxophone Blues-A-Plenty, Cool Your Motor, Don't Take Your Love From Me, Gone With the Wind, Honey Hill, I Didn't Know About You, Reeling and Rocking, Satin Doll, Saturday Afternoon Blues
高柳恋 saxophone Blues for Yolande, Blues for Yolande (mono), Blues for Yolande (preliminary takes), It Never Entered My Mind, La rosita, Prisoner of Love, Shine on Harvest Moon, Tangerine, You'd Be So Nice to Come Home To
Richard “Groove” Holmes tenor saxophone Deep Purple, Good Groove, Just Friends, Lucks a Plenty, Next Spring, Seven Come Eleven, That Healin' Feelin', Them That's Got, Them's That's Got
ゴジマジP tenor saxophone Billie's Bounce, Confirmation, Cotton Tail, Danny Boy, Lady Be Good, Poutin', The Nearness of You, You Are Too Beautiful
SFX tenor saxophone Barcelona Shout, Ben's Blues, Did You Call, Don't Blame Me, How Long This Has Been Going On, My Nephew Bent, Sweet Georgia Brown, The Man I Love
Billie Holiday and Her Orchestra tenor saxophone All or Nothing at All, Cheek to Cheek, Do Nothin’ Till You Hear From Me, I Wished on the Moon, Moonlight in Vermont, Sophisticated Lady, Speak Low, We’ll Be Together Again
Just Bubbles tenor saxophone Ill Wind, Late Date, Lover, Come Back to Me, Makin' Whoopie, Soulville, Time on My Hands, Where Are You
Côr Meibion Gwalia tenor saxophone All the Things You Are, Gone With the Wind, Have You Met Miss Jones?, My Ideal, My One and Only Love, Night and Day, Where or When
DJ Jim Atomic tenor saxophone B-Flatted Blues, How Long Has This Been Going On, In a Mellow Tone, My Romance, Pennies From Heaven, Sunday
Johnny Hodges tenor saxophone Blues A-Plenty, Cool Your Motor, Honey Hill, Jam Blues, Not So Dukish, Preacher Blues
George Jephson tenor saxophone Ben's Blues, Benny's Tune, Hymne to Freedom, Once in a While, St. Louis Blues, Sweet Lorraine
Coleman Hawkins performer Uptown Lullaby (feat. Ben Webster)
Benny Carter tenor saxophone Ain't She Sweet, Blue Lou, Blues My Naughty Sweety Gives to Me, How Can You Lose, Old Fashioned Love
Teddy Wilson and His Orchestra tenor saxophone A Sunbonnet Blue, I Wished on the Moon, Miss Brown to You, Sweet Lorraine, What a Little Moonlight Can Do
Pete Johnson tenor saxophone Ben Rides Out, J.C. From K.C., Page Mr. Trumpet, Pete's Housewarming
Michel Legrand tenor saxophone Blue and Sentimental, Don't Get Around Much Anymore, Nuages, Rosetta
Jack Teagarden's Big Eight tenor saxophone Shine, St James Infirmary, The Big Eight Blues, The World is Waiting for the Sunrise
Edna Bentz Woods tenor saxophone Flamingo, Ko-Ko, My Greatest Mistake, Never No Lament
Charlie Parker tenor saxophone Ballad Medley (All the Things You Are / Dearly Beloved / The Nearness of You), Funky Blues, Jam Blues, What Is This Thing Called Love?
Bennie Moten's Kansas City Orchestra saxophone, tenor saxophone Moten's Swing, Prince of Wails, Toby
Oliver Nelson tenor saxophone Blues for Mr. Broadway, Midnight Blue
Barney Kessel saxophone Jersey Bounce, Tiger Rag
Fletcher Henderson and His Orchestra reeds, saxophone Down South Camp Meetin', Down South Camp Meeting
Carl Oscar Mannström tenor saxophone In the Wee, Small Hours of the Morning, The Touch of Your Lips
Victoria HQ reeds I’ve Got You Under My Skin
V.O.O.D.I. performer Linger Awhile
Kurt Sobotka performer You'd Be So Nice to Come Here To
Henri du Bailly tenor saxophone Subtle Slough