[Dixielandjazz] Ben Webster's final concert

[Hans en Corrie]

On the 6th of September 1973 history was written in the Twee Spieghels in
Leiden (The Netherlands), although no-one realized that. An old, weary and a
bit merry tenor saxophone player Ben Webster, tried to survive in rather
noisy circumstances - an evening to forget .... if it hadn't been so special
- it happened to be Ben's last public performance. Almost forty years later,
on the same day, and the same spot, almost the same rhythm section joined in
for a jam to commemorate this historical concert. It is recorded on a great
documentary film by a young filmmaker, Flore Deroose entitled A Tribute to
Ben Webster: http://keepswinging.blogspot.com
<http://keepswinging.blogspot.com/> 

 

Hans