Very TallJack Peterson OscarGenre: JazzDescription: The complete original album Very Tall (Verve V6-8579) which marked the first recorded collaboration between Oscar Peterson and Milt Jackson. The two musicians were both highly regarded and successful jazz figures by 1961. Peterson had recorded innumerable albums with his own trio and backing such stars as Louis Armstrong Lester Young Ben Webster and Billie Holiday to name just a few. Jackson had played with most of the great names in modern jazz and had been a founder of the Modern Jazz Quartet. Very Tall features Jackson as an added member of the legendary Peterson Trio with Ray Brown and Ed Thigpen. After Very Tall Peterson and Jackson wouldn t record together again for ten years. Two live versions of the album s first track ( On Green Dolphin Street ) performed by the Oscar Peterson Trio in 1961 as well as Milt Jackson s original version of Heartstrings (made for his 1957 album Plenty Plenty Soul) have been added here as a bonus. Includes 12-page booklet.
