Ben Webster produces provocative jazz

Wildly beautiful is perhaps the best way to describe the gorgeous sound of the elegant tenor saxophone. This particular Friday was interesting because something in my soul cavorted and allowed me to go looking for the beautiful jazz sounds of the immortal Ben Webster on the tenor. Yes, Ben Webster and the sleek and wondrous Coleman Hawkins are two of may favorite tenor men. But the key aspect is the engaging improvisatory sound of jazz that is the elegant jazz art perpetrated by Mr. Ben Webster, let me tell you people... the man has an amazing way of bringing the lovely tones of a jazz ballad smokingly to life. It is good in our lives to return to the vivid world that is the artful essence of mainstream jazz. Ben Webster and Coleman Hawkins had an uncanny gift for letting us have jazz music that engages our brains and indeed stimulates us so profoundly. It remains a grand gift....this thing we call jazz....because it blows beautiful musical experiences our way and the blue tones get so remarkable and refreshing.

Good fish, Coleman Hawkins and 'Bird'

Eating good fish like grouper, bream or trout is so much fun. Tasty and so perfect. Kind of like diggin' good tenor saxophone playing. A favorite sax man of mine is the immortal tenor guy, Coleman Hawkins. It is hard to get a beautiful tone from a tenor, sometimes. But Coleman Hawkins could beautifully nail it each and every time. Listened today to an elegant number called 'Ballade' with Coleman Hawkins and the grand Charlie 'Bird' Parker on alto saxophone. Most people know Charlie 'Bird' Parker for his high-flying alto solos, but Mr. Charlie Parker could get mighty interesting with a slow composition, also. Good fish and super saxophone from Coleman Hawkins and his friend, Charlie Parker...well that's a "somethin' else" scene.