Ben Webster Meets Oscar Peterson

Personnel: Ben Webster (tenor saxophone); Oscar Peterson (piano); Ray Brown (bass); Ed Thigpen (drums).Producers: Norman Granz, Russ Garcia.Reissue producer: Michael Lang.Recorded at United Recorders, Hollywood, California on November 6, 1959. Originally released on Verve (6114). Includes original liner notes by Stephen Frostberg and reissue liner notes by Kevin Whitehead.Digitally remastered by Chris Herles (PolyGram Studios).Personnel: Oscar Peterson (piano); Ben Webster (tenor saxophone).Liner Note Authors: Bernard Lee; John S. Wilson ; Stephen Frostberg; Dom Cerulli; Nat Hentoff.On this 1959 date, Webster teams up with the Oscar Peterson Trio (Ray Brown, bass, and Ed Thigpen, drums) and some very luscious, at times brilliant, music is the result. Webster's deeply emotional renditions of "When Your Lover Has Gone" and "In the Wee, Small Hours of the Morning" are testament to Webster's ability to capture the essence of a tune and put his inimitable stamp on it. Indeed, there are very