Documentary: Ben Webster in Holland, 1971

Two years before his death, the great tenor saxophonist talks and plays

If there were a Mount Rushmore honoring jazz tenor saxophonists, you’d likely see the faces of Coleman Hawkins, Lester Young, Sonny Rollins, John Coltrane and Ben Webster. Each had a distinct style that changed the personality of the instrument. [Photo above of Ben Webster]

Hawkins had a gruff attack, improvising up and down a song’s chord changes; Young…