Freddie Webster

[Jazzrook]

An interesting article on the legendary trumpeter, Freddie Webster here:

www.danmillerjazz.com/webster.html

'Yesterdays', mentioned in the article, can be found on 'Jimmie Lunceford 1943-45 Broadcasts'(SOUNDCRAFT SC 5016)

[Ian Thumwood]

Jazzrook

That is a brilliant article. Thanks for posting the link.

I've heard of Freddie Webster and have some of the tracks listed in the discography in my collection including this Earl Hines record called "Yellow Fire" which always struck me as sounding very strident and modern for 1941:-



You can really hear the influence of Basie's band in this track. Budd Johnson's solo (i think) sounds a lot of Lester Young and the Webester trumpet breaks recall the aggressive attack of early "Sweets" Edison. This is a brilliant record.

Also of interest in the link to the transcribed solo of "Reverse the charges" which is featured on the last Brad Goode record that came out on Delmark. He is another trumpeter that hails from Chicargo and the Webster composition is one of the best on the whole CD. Here is a link to this CD which I felt has some terrific trumpet playing but suffers from an out of tune piano on a couple ot tracks.

/http://www.amazon.co.uk/Tight-Like-This-Brad-Goode/dp/B003UOM5NI/ref=sr_1_1?s=music&ie=UTF8&qid=1337718028&sr=1-1

[Alyn_Shipton]

Quite independently of Jazzrook's initiative here, Webster's Reverse the Charges is going to be included in JRR in a couple of weeks, in the Socolow recording with Bud Powell on piano.