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Another fine Webster release on Verve that sees the tenor great once again backed by the deluxe Oscar Peterson Trio. In keeping with the high standard of their Soulville collaboration of two years prior, Webster and the trio -- Peterson is joined by bassist Ray Brown and drummer Ed Thigpen -- use this 1959 date to conduct a clinic in ballad playing. And while Soulville certainly ranks as one of the tenor saxophonist's best discs, the Ben Webster Meets Oscar Peterson set gets even higher marks for its almost transcendent marriage of after-hours elegance and effortless mid-tempo swing -- none of Webster's boogie-woogie piano work to break up the mood here. Besides reinvigorating such lithe strollers as "Bye Bye Blackbird" (nice bass work by Brown here) and "This Can't Be Love," Webster and company achieve classic status for their interpretation of the Sinatra gem "In the Wee Small Hours of the Morning." And to reassure Peterson fans worried about scant solo time for their hero, the pianist lays down a healthy number of extended runs, unobtrusively shadowing Webster's vaporous tone and supple phrasing along the way. Not only a definite first-disc choice for Webster newcomers, but one of the jazz legend's all-time great records.
© Stephen Cook /TiVo
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Ben Webster, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - RAY BROWN, AssociatedPerformer - Ray Noble, Composer - Ed Thigpen, AssociatedPerformer - Oscar Peterson, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Norman Granz, Producer - REDWOOD MUSIC LTD , MusicPublisher
2021 Brand Recordings under license to Music Manager 1960 Brand Recordings, under license to Music Manager
Einar Aaron Swan, Composer - PUBLIC DOMAIN, MusicPublisher - Ben Webster, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - RAY BROWN, AssociatedPerformer - Ed Thigpen, AssociatedPerformer - Oscar Peterson, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Norman Granz, Producer
2021 Brand Recordings under license to Music Manager 1960 Brand Recordings, under license to Music Manager
Ben Webster, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - RAY BROWN, AssociatedPerformer - Ray Henderson, Composer - Ed Thigpen, AssociatedPerformer - Oscar Peterson, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Norman Granz, Producer - Remick Music Corporation / Redwood Music Ltd, MusicPublisher
2021 Brand Recordings under license to Music Manager 1960 Brand Recordings, under license to Music Manager
Ben Webster, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Irving Berlin, Composer - RAY BROWN, AssociatedPerformer - Ed Thigpen, AssociatedPerformer - Oscar Peterson, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Norman Granz, Producer - Irving Berlin Music Corporation / Universal Music Publishing Ltd, MusicPublisher
2021 Brand Recordings under license to Music Manager 1960 Brand Recordings, under license to Music Manager
Ben Webster, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - RAY BROWN, AssociatedPerformer - Ed Thigpen, AssociatedPerformer - David A Mann, Composer - Oscar Peterson, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Norman Granz, Producer - BOURNE CO / WARNER CHAPPELL MUSIC LTD, MusicPublisher - Rytvoc Inc / Cherio Corporation, MusicPublisher
2021 Brand Recordings under license to Music Manager 1960 Brand Recordings, under license to Music Manager
Ned Miller, Composer - Jule Styne, Composer - Ben Webster, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - RAY BROWN, AssociatedPerformer - Ed Thigpen, AssociatedPerformer - Oscar Peterson, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Bennie Krueger, Composer - Norman Granz, Producer - Chester Cohn, Composer - EMI Feist Catalog Inc / EMI Catalogue Partnership / EMI United Partnership Ltd., MusicPublisher
2021 Brand Recordings under license to Music Manager 1960 Brand Recordings, under license to Music Manager
Richard Rodgers, Composer - Ben Webster, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - RAY BROWN, AssociatedPerformer - Ed Thigpen, AssociatedPerformer - Oscar Peterson, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Norman Granz, Producer - Warner Chappell Music Limited, MusicPublisher - Williamson Music Company / Rodgers & Hammerstein Holdings LLC, MusicPublisher
2021 Brand Recordings under license to Music Manager 1960 Brand Recordings, under license to Music Manager
Review: Ben Webster and Oscar Peterson - Ben Webster Meets Oscar Peterson
Another fine Webster release on Verve that sees the tenor great once again backed by the deluxe Oscar Peterson Trio. In keeping with the high standard of their Soulville collaboration of two years prior, Webster and the trio -- Peterson is joined by bassist Ray Brown and drummer Ed Thigpen -- use this 1959 date to conduct a clinic in ballad playing. And while Soulville certainly ranks as one of the tenor saxophonist's best discs, the Ben Webster Meets Oscar Peterson set gets even higher marks for its almost transcendent marriage of after-hours elegance and effortless mid-tempo swing -- none of Webster's boogie-woogie piano work to break up the mood here. Besides reinvigorating such lithe strollers as "Bye Bye Blackbird" (nice bass work by Brown here) and "This Can't Be Love," Webster and company achieve classic status for their interpretation of the Sinatra gem "In the Wee Small Hours of the Morning." And to reassure Peterson fans worried about scant solo time for their hero, the pianist lays down a healthy number of extended runs, unobtrusively shadowing Webster's vaporous tone and supple phrasing along the way. Not only a definite first-disc choice for Webster newcomers, but one of the jazz legend's all-time great records.
© Stephen Cook /TiVo
About the album
- 1 disc(s) - 7 track(s)
- Total length: 00:36:30
- Main artists: Ben Webster Oscar Peterson
- Composer: Various Composers
- Label: Music Manager
- Genre: Jazz Bebop
2021 Brand Recordings under license to Music Manager 1960 Brand Recordings under license to Music Manager
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