Released 1959 Length 36:25 Release date 1959 Label Verve Records | Recorded November 6, 1959 Ben Webster Meets Oscar Peterson
(1959) Fiorello!
(1960) Producer Norman Granz Genre Jazz | |
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Studio United Recorders, Hollywood, CA Ben Webster Meets Oscar Peterson
(1959) Ben Webster at the Renaissance
(1960) Artists Oscar Peterson, Ben Webster Similar Ben Webster albums, Jazz albums | ||
Ben Webster Meets Oscar Peterson is a 1959 (see 1959 in music) studio album featuring a jazz trio, led by the Canadian jazz pianist Oscar Peterson, with the tenor saxophonist Ben Webster.
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Reception
Writing for AllMusic, critic Stephen Cook wrote "Another fine Webster release on Verve that sees the tenor great once again backed by the deluxe Oscar Peterson Trio... 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."
Track listing
- "The Touch of Your Lips" (Ray Noble) – 6:20
- "When Your Lover Has Gone" (Einar Aaron Swan) – 3:59
- "Bye Bye Blackbird" (Mort Dixon, Ray Henderson) – 6:45
- "How Deep Is the Ocean?" (Irving Berlin) – 2:36
- "In the Wee Small Hours of the Morning" (Bob Hilliard, David Mann) – 3:13
- "Sunday" (Chester Conn, Benny Krueger, Nathan "Ned" Miller, Jule Styne) – 3:57
- "This Can't Be Love" (Lorenz Hart, Richard Rodgers) – 9:51
Personnel
Songs
1The Touch of Your Lips6:19
2When Your Lover Has Gone3:59
3Bye-Bye - Blackbird6:44