biography
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Webster, Ben(jamin Francis)
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| sex:
| male
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| lived:
| (1909–73)
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| biography:
| Jazz musician, born in Kansas City, Missouri, USA. He was an outstanding tenor saxophonist who played with Bennie Moten and Fletcher Henderson during the 1930s, and emerged as a featured soloist with Duke Ellington during 1940–3. He freelanced thereafter, and spent the last ten years of his life in Copenhagen. |
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