Ben Webster & Oscar Peterson • Ben Webster Meets Oscar Peterson

 

 

Review by Stephen Cook
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.
https://www.allmusic.com/album/ben-webster-meets-oscar-peterson-mw0000022556

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Reseña de Stephen Cook
Otro buen lanzamiento de Webster en Verve que ve al gran tenor una vez más respaldado por el lujoso Oscar Peterson Trio. Manteniendo el alto nivel de su colaboración en Soulville de los dos años anteriores, Webster y el trío -- Peterson se une al bajista Ray Brown y al baterista Ed Thigpen -- usan esta fecha de 1959 para dirigir una clínica de baladas. Y mientras que Soulville es uno de los mejores discos del saxofonista tenor, el conjunto Ben Webster Meets Oscar Peterson obtiene notas aún más altas por su casi trascendente matrimonio entre la elegancia fuera de horario y el swing de ritmo medio sin esfuerzo - ninguna de las obras de piano de boogie-woogie de Webster para romper el ambiente aquí. Además de revigorizar los cochecitos como "Bye Bye Blackbird" (bonito bajo de Brown) y "This Can't Be Love", Webster y compañía alcanzan el estatus de clásicos por su interpretación de la gema de Sinatra "In the Wee Small Hours of the Morning". Y para tranquilizar a los fans de Peterson preocupados por el escaso tiempo en solitario de su héroe, el pianista hace un buen número de carreras prolongadas, ensombreciendo discretamente el tono vaporoso de Webster y el flexible fraseo a lo largo del camino. No sólo es una elección definitiva para los recién llegados a Webster, sino uno de los grandes discos de la leyenda del jazz de todos los tiempos.
https://www.allmusic.com/album/ben-webster-meets-oscar-peterson-mw0000022556

 

 

 

 

Tracks:

1 - The Touch Of Your Lips - 6:17

2 - When Your Lover Has Gone - 3:57
3 - Bye-bye, Blackbird - 6:42
4 - How Deep Is The Ocean - 2:33
5 - In The Wee, Small Hours Of The Morning - 3:10
6 - Sunday - 3:55
7 - This Can't Be Love - 9:51


Credits:
    Art Direction [Series] – Hat Nguyen, Patricia Lie
    Bass – Ray Brown
    Drums – Ed Thigpen
    Liner Notes [1997] – Kevin Whitehead
    Liner Notes [Original] – Stephen Frostberg
    Mastered By – Chris Herles
    Photography By – Herman Leonard
    Piano – Oscar Peterson
    Producer – Norman Granz, Russ Garcia
    Reissue Producer – Richard Seidel
    Tenor Saxophone – Ben Webster

Notes:
Recorded 6th November 1959.


Label: Verve Records ‎– 314 521 448-2, Verve Records ‎– MG VS-6009
Series: Verve Master Edition –
Released: 1997
Original Released: 1959
Genre: Jazz
Style: Swing

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