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I don't want to play out of another man's bag.

Ben Webster

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Ben Webster
Age: 64 †
Born: 1909
Born: March 27
Died: 1973
Died: September 20
Composer
Jazz Musician
Saxophonist
Kansas City
Missouri
Benjamin Francis Webster
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I dont listen to my own records a lot. Once in a while - to check out my mistakes. Because you can always see a spot or two in the record where you could have done better. So you more or less study this way.
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