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.