Ben Webster Meets Oscar Peterson BWOOD0337LP The Los Sundowns

The Los Sundowns

pressed on 180g vinyl and features a full-colour 4-page insert with brand new sleeve-notes featuring Charles Tolliver and Gary Bartz as well as never before published images of Max Roach from 1968 from the Warners Archive

Altoist Jackie McLean is also on hand for Parker's 'Au Privave

Benny Golson (tenor sax)

they introduced many new compositions that gave the formation its identity

Ben Webster Meets Oscar Peterson BWOOD0337LP The Los SundownsRenowned for stoic improvisational techniques, Ben Webster teams with an ideal foil in pianist Oscar Peterson on this 1959 date, anchored by two gorgeous ballads and an overall lustrous sense of swing. Free of arrangements, it nonetheless takes its position as a definitive mainstream period jazz recording. Here, in a program of timeless songs, Peterson proves to be the perfect partner, his effortless swing an excellent set up for the unhurried scoops,