- Audio CD (Sep 16 1997)
- Number of Discs: 1
- Label: Polygram Records
- ASIN: B0000047D8
- Other Editions: Audio CD | LP Record
- Average Customer Review: 4.8 out of 5 stars See all reviews (11 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: #22,265 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)
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Track Listings
| 1. The Touch Of Your LIps |
| 2. When Your Lover Has Gone |
| 3. Bye, Bye, Blackbird |
| 4. How Deep Is The Ocean? |
| 5. In The Wee, Small Hours Of The Morning |
| 6. Sunday |
| 7. This Can't Be Love |
Product Description
From Amazon.co.uk
Ben Webster's tenor saxophone is one of the utterly distinctive and inimitable sounds in jazz and in 1959, when this set was recorded, it had reached its full breathy, melting ripeness. It was more than an instrumental tone; it was a voice, with all the variety of nuance that the human voice can command. He applies it here to seven classic American songs, well-known melodies which he explores with the ease and relaxation of long familiarity. Only Sinatra's own version could equal Webster's exposition of "In The Wee Small Hours Of the Morning", while Ray Noble's "The Touch Of Your Lips" was never so well served, either before or since. Most of the pieces are taken either as slow ballads or at an easy, mid-tempo lope, the one exception being "Sunday", which swings out with a will. Oscar Peterson is so celebrated as a virtuoso pianist that his virtues as an accompanist are rarely noticed, but he is one of the most supportive partners any soloist could desire. Along with Ray Brown and Ed Thigpen, his regular bass-and-drums team of the time, he provides the perfect setting for Webster. Altogether, this is a golden set from a golden era. --Dave Gelly
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Le saxophoniste, durant sa carrière, a toujours fait mentir le précepte selon lequel un ex- partenaire de Duke Ellington ne pouvait continuer sa carrière en solo. Webster n'est pas Icare, et son saxophone n'a pas fondu au contact du piano d'Oscar Peterson. Les deux compères se retrouvent en 1959 pour cet album soyeux et "mid-tempo", où l'on sent qu'ils se font un incommensurable plaisir à reprendre des thèmes aussi savoureux que "When Your Lover Has Gone" ou "In The Wee Small Hours Of the Morning". Une totale réussite. --Eric Frank
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5.0 out of 5 stars
Brilliant Album-This Is An Essential Recording For Any Jazz Fan,
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This review is from: Ben Webster Meets Oscar Peters (Audio CD)
This 1959 session pairs Ben Webster, one of leading tenor sax players of his day, with the incomparable Oscar Peterson Trio. The end result is excellent.Ben Webster is often overlooked today but, in his day, he was one of the best, and best known, tenor sax players. He played in the Duke Ellington band before going on to a successful career as a soloist and session player. As examples of Webster's session work, check the credits on Billie Holliday's best known albums and you'll find Ben Webster's name there. Webster had a very distinctive, breathy style of playing. He always wanted to learn the lyric of a song before performing it so he could use the phrasing of the lyric in his playing. If you're not familiar with Ben Webster, this album is a great introduction. Bottom line: if you like 1950s jazz, this is an essential album for your collection.
5.0 out of 5 stars
Some Of The Old Ones Are Still The Best!!!,
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This review is from: Ben Webster Meets Oscar Peters (Audio CD)
This is some of the most recognizable music that is good jazz that you will come across. The combination of the Oscar Peterson Trio with the breathy sax playing of Ben Webster gives a specail warmth and sentiment to these standards. As has been mentioned by other reviewers, "In The Wee Small Hours" is instumentally the equal of what Sinatra did for the tune vocally. Webster had an entirely different tone on faster tunes....more robust with some rasps and growls. One can hear a hint of this on the mid tempo "Sunday". Look at the rest of these reviews and you have to conclude this is a necessity for your collection if you're a serious lover of mainstream jazz, the master saxwork of Ben Webster, or the equally excellent playing of the Oscar Peterson Trio. It was one of the best buys I've made for my collection!
5.0 out of 5 stars
NOW THIS IS WHAT JAZZ IS ALL ABOUT,
By Giovanni (Chicago, IL) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Ben Webster Meets Oscar Peters (Audio CD)
Ben Webster and Oscar Peterson...two of the most revered names in music history. It doesn't get much finer than this album. While this CD will leave you yearning for more because there are only a handful of tracks here; the sentiment and urgency of the playing here transports one to uncharted delightful heights. When I first heard this version of IN THE WEE SMALL HOURS OF THE MORNING, I suspected it was Ben Webster, but literally stopped what I was doing and hoped the radio station would announce who it was (luckilly they did and I confirmed what I thought!) What a great surprise it was to find my favorite pianist, the immortal Oscar Peterson was backing Ben on this wonderful album!At that point I rushed to find this CD. The ballads, in addition to the aforementioned WEE SMALL HOURS, are absolutely gorgeous. The beautiful heartache in the reading of WHEN YOUR LOVER HAS GONE borders on definitive. SUNDAY and THE TOUCH OF YOUR LIPS lope along in a somewhat swinging vein, and are equally as classic. Norman Granz often paired up some unlikely stars with fantastic (and sometimes surprisingly so) results. This is one such occassion that really comes across. A classic album that must be heard and must be had!
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