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Ben Webster Meets Oscar Peterson

by: Oscar Peterson Ben Webster

Release Date May 25, 1999

Yes, when I hear Webster blow his horn I'm smitten by the sheer beauty of his sound; the way he carresses his mouthpeace and blows his horn somehow produces warm and complex tone, capable of extremely wide range of emotion, impressive in all registers, but always beautiful (without even a hint of schmaltz or kitsch...).

In upper register he sometimes sounds sensitive like a violin, without pathetic quality (jazz) violinists can have in their upper register playing, in lower register my whole body reverberates with Ben's power. And for all this to take place it is not even necessary that he is caught at the peak of his form or in the right company!

Well, at this album he is right there at his peak and, in the ... Read More:

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Ben Webster - In Hanover 1973 [2006]

by: Ben Webster, Oscar Peterson

Release Date June 26, 2006
This is a joy! Ben Webster surprises in this late stage of his career by playing very well indeed! In fact it looks like this makes Oscar Peterson and NHØP very happy as they are smiling more and more as the concert proceed.
Fine pictures and fine sound , - this must be recommended to all fans of swinging, no-nonsense jazz!