Paul Webster (jazz)

Paul Francis Webster (August 24, 1909 - May 6, 1966) was a jazz trumpeter in the big band era.

[1] He played in bands led by George E. Lee (1927), Bennie Moten (1927–28), Paul Banks (1930), and Jap Allen (around 1930).

[1] He joined Jimmie Lunceford's band in 1931, then moved to Tommy Douglas (around the same year), and vocalist Eli Rice (1933–34).

[1] After leaving Lunceford in 1944, he joined Cab Calloway's band, and played with them on and off into the 1950s.

[1] He was part of other bands in the same period, including those led by Charlie Barnet (1946–47, and 1952–53), Sy Oliver (1947), Eddie Wilcox, and Count Basie (1950).