In the Wee Small Hours of the Morning (Ben Webster)

Ben Webster · 1959 · Ballade de moins de quatre minutes

Context

Track from Ben Webster Meets Oscar Peterson (Verve, 1960), recorded on November 6, 1959 in Hollywood by Ben Webster with the Oscar Peterson trio (Ray Brown, Ed Thigpen). Wikipedia presents it as a studio album in which the tenor is accompanied by the trio.

In the genealogy of jazz

This track belongs to Swing, big bands. Among the origins and influences of Swing, big bands: Chicago, Stride (Harlem piano), Harlem: Henderson, Redman, Ellington, Kansas City, Boogie-woogie, Symphonic jazz, dance orchestras.

By the same artist

• The Touch of Your Lips (Ben Webster) (1959)
• Bye Bye Blackbird (Ben Webster) (1959)
• This Can't Be Love (Ben Webster) (1959)
• Soulville (1957)

Sources

• EN: Ben Webster Meets Oscar Peterson

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