Ben Webster Meets Oscar Peterson
Ben Webster Meets Oscar Peterson | ||||
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Studio album by Ben Webster & Oscar Peterson | ||||
Released | 1960 | |||
Recorded | November 6, 1959 | |||
Studio | United Recorders Hollywood, CA | |||
Genre | Jazz | |||
Length | 36:25 | |||
Label | Verve | |||
Producer | Norman Granz | |||
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Ben Webster Meets Oscar Peterson is a studio album by American jazz saxophonist Ben Webster backed by the Oscar Peterson Trio, featuring rhythm section Ray Brown and Ed Thigpen, recorded on November 6, 1959 and released on Verve the following year.
Reception
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Source | Rating |
AllMusic | [1] |
Encyclopedia of Popular Music | [2] |
The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings | [3] |
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."[1]
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
- Ben Webster – tenor saxophone
- Oscar Peterson – piano
- Ray Brown – double bass
- Ed Thigpen – drums
References
- ^ a b Cook, Stephen. "Ben Webster Meets Oscar Peterson > Review". Allmusic. Retrieved July 2, 2011.
- ^ Larkin, Colin (2007). Encyclopedia of Popular Music (4th ed.). Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0195313734.
- ^ Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings (9th ed.). Penguin. p. 1478. ISBN 978-0-141-03401-0.
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1955–58 |
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The London House Sessions (1961) |
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Exclusively for My Friends |
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1969–79 |
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With The Trumpet Kings |
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Count
Basie
or
alumni
- Lester Young with the Oscar Peterson Trio (1952)
- Basie Jazz (Count Basie, 1952)
- Pres and Sweets (Lester Young and Harry Edison, 1955)
- Gee Baby, Ain't I Good to You (Harry Edison, 1957)
- Going for Myself (Lester Young & Harry Edison, 1957)
- Jazz Giants '58 (Stan Getz, Gerry Mulligan & Harry Edison, 1958)
- Satch and Josh (and Count Basie, 1974)
- Satch and Josh...Again (and Count Basie, 1977)
- Night Rider (and Count Basie, 1978)
- The Timekeepers (and Count Basie, 1978)
- Yessir, That's My Baby (and Count Basie, 1978)
- Oscar Peterson + Harry Edison + Eddie "Cleanhead" Vinson (1986)
Benny
Carter
- Alone Together (1952)
- Cosmopolite (1952–54)
- Plays Pretty (1954)
- New Jazz Sounds (with Bill Harris & Dizzy Gillespie, 1954)
- Benny Carter Meets Oscar Peterson (1986)
Roy
Eldridge
- Rockin' Chair (with Roy Eldridge, 1951–52)
- Dale's Wail (Eldridge, 1953)
- Little Jazz (Eldridge, 1954)
- Roy and Diz (Eldridge and Dizzy Gillespie, 1954)
- Happy Time (Eldridge, 1974)
- Jazz Maturity...Where It's Coming From (and Gillespie, 1975)
- Roy Eldridge 4 – Montreux '77 (1977)
Ella
Fitzgerald
- At the Opera House (1957)
- Ella and Louis (and Louis Armstrong, 1956)
- Ella and Louis Again (and Louis Armstrong, 1957)
- Ella Fitzgerald Sings the Duke Ellington Song Book (1957)
- Ella in Rome: The Birthday Concert (1958)
- Jazz at Santa Monica Civic '72 (1972)
- Ella and Oscar (1975)
Hawkins
and/or Ben
Webster
- Coleman Hawkins and Confrères (with Roy Eldridge & Webster, 1957)
- Coleman Hawkins Encounters Ben Webster (1957)
- The Genius of Coleman Hawkins (1957)
- Soulville (with Webster, 1957)
- Ben Webster Meets Oscar Peterson (with Webster, 1959)
Buddy
Rich
- The Drum Battle (and Gene Krupa, 1952)
- Sing and Swing (1955)
- The Wailing Buddy Rich (1955)
- Krupa and Rich (1955)
others
- The Astaire Story (Fred Astaire, 1952)
- Buddy DeFranco and Oscar Peterson Play George Gershwin (1954)
- Ellis in Wonderland (Herb Ellis, 1955–56)
- Toni (Toni Harper, 1955–56)
- Louis Armstrong Meets Oscar Peterson (1957)
- Anita Sings the Most (Anita O'Day, 1957)
- Only the Blues (Sonny Stitt, 1957)
- Stan Getz and J. J. Johnson at the Opera House (1957)
- Stan Getz and the Oscar Peterson Trio (1957)
- This Is Ray Brown (Roy Brown, 1958)
- Sonny Stitt Sits in (1959)
- Bill Henderson with (1963)
- Zoot Sims and the Gershwin Brothers (1975)
- The Milt Jackson Big 4 (1975)
- Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis 4 – Montreux '77 (1977)
- How Long Has This Been Going On? (Sarah Vaughan, 1978)
- Linger Awhile (Sarah Vaughan, 1978)
- Ain't Misbehavin' (Clark Terry, 1978)
- Ain't But a Few of Us Left (Milt Jackson, 1981)
- Hark (Buddy DeFranco, 1985)
- Some of My Best Friends Are...The Piano Players (Ray Brown, 1994)
soundtracks
- The Silent Partner (1978)