Ben Webster’s closing remark to the audience at his last ever live gig: “Now I will say to all of you youngsters what I heard when I was a kid from an old-timer. He said, ‘Son, you’re young and growing and I’m old and going. So have your fun while you can.’”
Ben Webster died in Paris in 1973, but is buried in Copenhagen … Photo: William P. Gottlieb, 1947 - The Closed Door, NYC (LoC)

Ben Webster’s closing remark to the audience at his last ever live gig: “Now I will say to all of you youngsters what I heard when I was a kid from an old-timer. He said, ‘Son, you’re young and growing and I’m old and going. So have your fun while you can.’”

Ben Webster died in Paris in 1973, but is buried in Copenhagen … Photo: William P. Gottlieb, 1947 - The Closed Door, NYC (LoC)

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