Webb’s developed a niche as a guy
who offers options
“The other thing that is really unique
about Doug Webb and I can’t think of
any other player in town like this,” says
the highly regarded Ron Stout, is that
“he maintains his purity even though he
does commercial work.” “This is really a
rare thing” said Stout, who has observed
commercial work creep into and water
down the straight ahead playing of other
musicians. “Doug can play funk, he can
play commercial, but it has never
sneaked into his straight ahead playing,”
says the respected jazz trumpeter,
commenting “he’s able to flip the switch
on and off.”
Paul Kreibich
According to the well traveled
saxophonist and session-man Brandon
Fields, “the most important aspects that
I get from Doug, is his dedication to
woodwinds.” Doug really does have a
handle on the different instruments and
their function, according to Fields who
says, Webb “has a creativity that comes
along with making really beautiful music
out of all these different instruments
that he happens to love playing.”
Ron Stout
Through the grapevine, Ron Stout has
heard that Doug is man to call around
LA, “if you want a guy to come in and
give you all kinds of options.” While he
doesn’t do a lot of studio work, Paul
Kreibich was also aware that Doug gets
“called because he plays all the different
horns—strange horns that composers
come up with that they want.”
Brandon Fields