Artist: Ben Webster
Title Of Album: Plays Ballads
Year Of Release: August 6, 2002
Label: Storyville Records
Genre: Jazz
Quality: Flac (Track+Log)/mp3
Bitrate: Lossless/320kbps
Total Size: 212 Mb/102 Mb(+5%recovery)
WebSite: Ben Webster

Tracklist:

1. Stardust
2. Cry Me A River
3. For Heavens' Sake
4. Greensleeves
5. My Romance
6. Willow Weep For Me
7. Old Folks



Benjamin Francis Webster (March 27, 1909 – September 20, 1973), a.k.a. "The Brute" or "Frog," was an influential American jazz tenor saxophonist. Webster, born in Kansas City, Missouri, was considered one of the three most important "swing tenors" along with Coleman Hawkins and Lester Young. Known affectionately as "The Brute", he had a tough, raspy, and brutal tone on stomps (with his own distinctive growls), yet on ballads he played with warmth and sentiment. Stylistically he was indebted to alto star Johnny Hodges, who, he said, taught him to play his instrument.