Art Webb is an American jazz-funk flutist who played on Seventies albums by Norman Connors, Stanley Clarke, and Pharoah Sanders. As a bandleader, he made the 1977 Atlantic albums Mr. Flute and Love Eyes.
Background
Arthur “Art” Webb was born and raised in West Philadelphia. Webb studied at Philadelphia Musical Academy, which became Philadelphia College of the Performing Arts. In the late 1960s, teenage drummer Darryl Brown formed the Latin Unit with Webb, percussionist Peachy German, bassist Charles Fambrough, and pianist Stanley Clarke.
Webb moved to New York in 1972 to join percussionist Ray Barretto and became the youngest member of the band. Norman Connors hired Webb for the 1972 Cobblestone release Dance of Magic. Pharoah Sanders hired Webb for the 1973 Impulse! release Village of the Pharoahs, and Stanley Clarke brought him into the 1973 Polydor release Children of Forever, where he performed alongside Chick Corea, Pat Martino, Lenny White, and Dee Dee Bridgewater.
Barretto retained Webb for the 1973 Fania release Indestructible. Connors brought Webb back for the 1973 Cobblestone release Dark of Light. Bassist Cecil McBee hired Webb for the 1974 Strata-East release Mutima.
Horacee Arnold hired Webb for the 1974 Columbia release Tales of the Exonerated Flea. Hannibal Marvin Peterson included Webb in the Sunrise Orchestra for the 1974 Sunrise release Children of the Fire. Connors brought Webb back for the 1976 Buddah album You Are My Starship.
Atlantic subsequently signed Webb as a leader and paired him with producer-arranger Patrick Adams for Mr. Flute. Atlantic issued the album by February 1977 as the first release under the Art Webb name.
Discography:
- Mr. Flute (1977)
- Love Eyes (1977)
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