Listen to the Prize Party produced by Christian Rohde Nielsen
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
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Then Ben Webster Foundation supports Jazz in Denmark. Since 1977 we have given a yearly prize to numerous of Danish jazz musicians.
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Pianist Jacob Christoffersen receives the Ben Webster Prize 2013. Click on Events and see more photos
Big BW 2012 prize-party for pianist Jan Kaspersen at the Montmartre
At the 2012 prize-party Klaus Albrectsen received the Ben Webster Honorary Prize for his wonderful drawings of jazz musicians
Doug Raney blessed the 2012 prize-party with his effortless guitar playing
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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The photo shows Cootie Williams, Russell Procope og Paul Gonsalves visiting Webster in Copenhagen.
