A historic meeting between pianist
Art Tatum and tenor sax giant
Ben Webster – recorded in 1956, but only first issued by Pablo Records in the 70s! At some level, it's clear that
Tatum's the star of the sessions – as most tracks start out
with that introspective and often complicated approach to the keys that marks his trio and solo work – but
Webster always slides in just in time to keep the record from being a standard
Tatum outing – blowing
with a crisp tone that's beautifully recorded here, and hardly concerned at all
with the presence of Red Callender on bass and Bill Douglass on drums – who are much lower in the mix. Titles include "Night & Day", "Where Or When", "My Ideal", "Gone
With The Wind", and "All The Things You Are". CD features 5 bonus tracks – all solo piano numbers by
Tatum, recorded in LA in December of 1953. Titles include "Night & Day", "Where Or When", "Have You Met Miss Jones", "Gone
With The Wind", and "All The Things You Are".