[Dixielandjazz] Ben Webster's last years in Holland

[Hans en Corrie]

Ben Webster lived the last years of his life in Amsterdam, pampered by his
landlady Mrs. Hartlooper, who didn't speak his language and communicated in
broken English: Is lekker the keek .. En de kaffee .. Lekker water .. (= You
like the cake? And the coffee? Nice fresh water?). She's like a mother to
me, Ben says in the Johan Van Der Keuken film "Big Ben". Living in an
Amsterdam apartment, playing his music ( Fats Waller's stride on a noisy
LP), making home movies, visiting the Amsterdam Zoo, playing his billiards
and a gig now and then, this documentary fascinates :
http://keepswinging.blogspot.com

 

 

Hans