Ben Webster - Dig Ben!

This 8CD box set has more than 10 hours of Ben Webster�s music including previously unreleased tracks. The sessions were recorded mainly during 1964 � 1973 in Europe, mostly in Scandinavia, and include live recordings from festivals, clubs and radio and television broadcasts. They feature Webster at Copenhagen�s famous Montmartre club and other Danish locations as well as sessions from his renowned month-long residency at London�s Ronnie Scott�s (his first job in Europe). Completing the set are recordings from Finland, Sweden, Belgium, Germany and several tracks recorded before he left New York.Webster is heard in various settings � from trios to big bands � in the company of contemporaries including Teddy Wilson, Clark Terry, Buck Clayton and Dexter Gordon. The booklet is illustrated with some great photos of Ben and gives a very personal insight from his closest friends and associates into his life and loves, his music and the colourful anecdotes that arose everywhere this remarkable musician went.