Ben Webster - Ben Webster Meets Oscar Peterson / 45RPM 2LP Analogue Productions

Verve Records released this 1959 collaboration between Ben Webster and the Oscar Peterson Trio. The album followed Ben Webster's Soulville series and explores ballads in jazz.

Ben Webster's tenor sax fits the genre perfectly and Oscar Peterson holds back on be-bop interludes. This maintains the nightclub feel of the entire recording.Especially noteworthy

are the interpretations of "In the Wee Small Hours of the Morning" made famous by Frank Sinatra and the classic "Bye Bye Blackbird."

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Side A

1. The Touch Of Your Lips

2. When Your Lover Has Gone

3. Bye Bye Blackbird

4. How Deep Is The Ocean (How High Is The Sky)

Side B

1. In The Wee Small Hours Of The Morning

2. Sunday

3. This Can't Be Love