Name: Ben Webster Meets Oscar Peterson
Brand: Jazz Images
SKU: 125857365
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Ben Webster Meets Oscar Peterson

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Album: Ben Webster Meets Oscar Peterson
#	Song Title		Time
1)	The Touch of Your Lips	More Info...	0:06
2)	When Your Lover Has Gone	More Info...	0:04
3)	Bye Bye Blackbird	More Info...	0:06
4)	How Deep Is the Ocean?	More Info...	0:02
5)	In the Wee Small Hours of the Morning	More Info...	0:03
6)	Sunday	More Info...	0:04
7)	This Can't Be Love	More Info...	0:10
8)	Soulville	More Info...	0:08
9)	Late Date	More Info...	0:07
10)	Time On My Hands	More Info...	0:04
11)	Lover, Come Back to Me	More Info...	0:08
12)	Where Are You?	More Info...	0:04
13)	Makin' Whoopee	More Info...	0:04
14)	Ill Wind	More Info...	0:03

Album: Ben Webster Meets Oscar Peterson
#	Song Title		Time
1)	The Touch of Your Lips	More Info...	0:06
2)	When Your Lover Has Gone	More Info...	0:04
3)	Bye Bye Blackbird	More Info...	0:06
4)	How Deep Is the Ocean?	More Info...	0:02
5)	In the Wee Small Hours of the Morning	More Info...	0:03
6)	Sunday	More Info...	0:04
7)	This Can't Be Love	More Info...	0:10
8)	Soulville	More Info...	0:08
9)	Late Date	More Info...	0:07
10)	Time On My Hands	More Info...	0:04
11)	Lover, Come Back to Me	More Info...	0:08
12)	Where Are You?	More Info...	0:04
13)	Makin' Whoopee	More Info...	0:04
14)	Ill Wind	More Info...	0:03

Performer Notes

Personnel: Ben Webster (tenor saxophone); Oscar Peterson (piano); Ray Brown (bass); Ed Thigpen (drums).
Producers: Norman Granz, Russ Garcia.
Reissue producer: Michael Lang.
Recorded at United Recorders, Hollywood, California on November 6, 1959. Originally released on Verve (6114). Includes original liner notes by Stephen Frostberg and reissue liner notes by Kevin Whitehead.
Digitally remastered by Chris Herles (PolyGram Studios).
On this 1959 date, Webster teams up with the Oscar Peterson Trio (Ray Brown, bass, and Ed Thigpen, drums) and some very luscious, at times brilliant, music is the result. Webster's deeply emotional renditions of "When Your Lover Has Gone" and "In the Wee, Small Hours of the Morning" are testament to Webster's ability to capture the essence of a tune and put his inimitable stamp on it. Indeed, there are very few tenor saxophonists who can truly duplicate Webster's feel for a ballad, nor come up with anything that tops it.
Peterson is in top form on this release as well. He plays ballads with great restraint, sensing that the best way to accompany this tenor legend is by staying out of his way. However, on the one uptempo track, "Sunday," Peterson takes the reigns playing a technically virtuosic solo that harks back to both Art Tatum (his mentor) and embraces modern bebop stylings. Finally, Ed Thigpen's superb brush work adds the finishing touches to what amounts to a truly enjoyable mainstream jazz listen.

Professional Reviews

Down Beat (9/97, p.54) - 5 stars (out of 5) - "...this record takes the cake ....Webster is riding high....the sound is improved from earlier issues..."