Big Ben Ben Webster in Europe

In the late sixties the American saxophone player and living jazz legend Ben Webster lived in Amsterdam for a year Webster who was born in Kansas City in 1909 was a unique personality in the world of jazz and blues In the thirties he played with all the great names During his Amsterdam period he stayed with an elderly landlady Mrs Hardloper with whom he appeared on a national talk show In conversations with Van der Keuken he muses on the past on the fantastic experience of playing in the renowned Duke Ellington band or on one of his best friends who was so deft at eating with a knife and fork Short fragmented remarks which Van der Keuken has edited in a loose improvised editing style