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Webster Young

Webster Young: For Lady

May 6, 2011

Add Webster Young to your list of little-known but consequential trumpeters. Born in South Carolina in 1932, Young met Louis Armstrong early on and asked for some pointers. He soon shifted to Dizzy Gillespie's style after hearing the bop trumpeter play. Eventually, Young landed on Miles Davis' patient, breathy sound, grasping the trumpeter's phrasing and economy ...

For Lady

By Webster Young

Label: Verve Records
Released: 1959