The Ben Webster Foundation
The mission of The Ben Webster Foundation is to keep the music and the memory of one of the worlds finest tenor saxophonists alive. Ben Webster (27.3.1909-20.9.1973) spent his last years in Denmark.
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►Check out all known gigs by Ben Webster from 1925 to 1973.
Listed by Frank Brückmann Møller, member of the Ben Webster Foundation
Prizewinners 1977-2011
Then Ben Webster Foundation supports Jazz in Denmark. Since 1977 we have given a yearly prize to numerous of Danish jazz musicians. Kresten Osgood received the prize in 2010.
On July 4 Bo Stief received The Ben Webster Prize 2011 at a celebration held in the old Montmartre in Copenhagen where Ben Webster played so many times.
The photo shows Cootie Williams, Russell Procope og Paul Gonsalves visiting Webster in Copenhagen.
On July 3rd, 2011 Sonny Rollins received an honourable membership of the Ben Webster Foundation
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Legendary reedplayer Yusef Lateef and legendary owner of the Montmartre Jazzhus met again in 2009 and became both Honourable Memberes of the Ben Webster Foundation.
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