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" Someone to watch over me : "
Frank Büchmann-Møller.
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BL
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1035596
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b789966
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Büchmann-Møller, Frank.
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Someone to watch over me : : the life and music of Ben Webster /\ Frank Büchmann-Møller.
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Ann Arbor :: University of Michigan Press,, ©2006.
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| Series Statement
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Jazz perspectives
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xiv, 369 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates :: illustrations ;; 25 cm.
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0472033603
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: 0472114700
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: 9780472114702
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9780472025985
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 327-345), discography (p. 323-326) , and index.
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| Contents
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Kansas City childhood (1909-1927) -- From piano to saxophone (1927-1931) -- From Kansas City to New York (1931-1934) -- From smack to Duke (1934-1940) -- Golden years with Ellington (1940-1943) -- From Fifty-Second Street to Kansas City (1943-1949) -- From Kansas City to Monterey (1949-1959) -- Last years in the United States (1959-1964) -- First years in Europe (1964-1966) -- The Dutch years (1966-1969) -- The last busy years in Denmark (1969-1973).
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"For a half century, Ben Webster, one of the "big three" of swing tenors - along with Coleman Hawkins and Lester Young - was one of the best-known and most popular saxophonists." "Early in his career, Webster worked with many of the greatest orchestras of the time, including those led by Willie Bryant, Cab Calloway, Benny Carter, Fletcher Henderson, Andy Kirk, Bennie Moten, and Teddy Wilson. In 1940 Webster became Duke Ellington's first major tenor soloist, and during the next three years he played on many famous recordings, including "Cotton Tail.""
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"Someone to Watch Over Me tells, for the first time, the complete story of Ben Webster's brilliant and troubled career. For this comprehensive study of Webster, author Frank Buchmann-Moller interview more than fifty people in the United States and Europe, and he includes numerous translated excerpts from European periodicals and newspapers, none previously available in English. In addition, the author studies every know Webster recording and film, including many private recordings from Webster's home collection not available to the public."--Jacket.
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Webster, Ben,1909-1973.
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Webster, Ben,1909-1973.
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Webster, Ben
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Webster, Ben,1909-1973.
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Jazz musicians-- United States, Biography.
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Musiciens de jazz-- États-Unis, Biographies.
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Jazz musicians.
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Jazzmusiker-- Förenta staterna-- 1900-talet, biografi.
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Jazz.
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Musici.
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United States.
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Verenigde Staten.
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| Dewey Classification
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788.7/165092B
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| LC Classification
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ML419.W39B83 2006
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24.65bcl
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