His grandfather offered to buy a shoeshine kit for Doug Webb after he told the family
that he wanted to study music in college. The often anonymously documented
woodwind artist has since developed a niche in the studios for making really beautiful
music with a lot of different instruments.
By RA Monaco
“M
Y LACK of success as an
artist, made me a more
rounded musician—a
stronger musician—in a lot of ways,”
said Doug Webb, who is “still making
progress.” Most of Doug’s successes
have come by way of making his living
as an LA studio musician. Is there
anyone who hasn’t heard his soprano
saxophone solo on the theme from the
TV series Law and Order?
While Doug’s been documented
musically in some ways, “usually it’s
anonymously,” commented the
remarkable jazz trumpeter Ron Stout,
who shared sideman duties with Webb
in the mid-90’s on the Horace Silver
Band. “It’s been a double-edged sword
for Doug—the fact that he’s been able to
be successful making a living with the
studio thing,” Stout observed.
Doug’s saxophone playing wasn’t
overlooked by well-known record
producer Richard Perry, who has
captured Webb’s woodwind work on
modern releases with Rod Stewart, Carly