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Someone to Watch over Me : The Life and Music of Ben Webster.

Buchmann-Moller, Frank.

Someone to Watch over Me : The Life and Music of Ben Webster. - 1st ed. - 1 online resource (400 pages) - Jazz Perspectives Series . - Jazz Perspectives Series .

Intro -- CONTENTS -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- 1. Kansas City Childhood (1909-1927) -- 2. From Piano to Saxophone (1927-1931) -- 3. From Kansas City to New York (1931-1934) -- 4. From Smack to Duke (1934-1940) -- 5. Golden Years with Ellington (1940-1943) -- 6. From Fifty-second Street to Kansas City (1943-1949) -- 7. From Kansas City to Monterey (1949-1959) -- 8. Last Years in the United States (1959-1964) -- 9. First Years in Europe (1964-1966) -- 10. The Dutch Years (1966-1969) -- 11. The Last Busy Years in Denmark (1969-1973) -- Appendix: Ben Webster on CD, DVD, and VHS -- Notes -- Index -- Illustrations following page 178.

The definitive biography of the great tenor saxophonist Ben Webster.

9780472025985


Webster, Ben.


Electronic books.

ML419

788.7/165092 B

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