Ben Webster with The Oscar Peterson Trio - Hannover DVD5

This outstanding DVD, recorded live at the Funkhaus, Hannover for a TV broadcast, on December 14, 1972, not only gives us the opportunity to listen to Webster, but far more rarely, to see him in performance, exquisitely backed by the Oscar Peterson Trio featuring the late Danish bassist Niels-Henning Orsted Pedersen & Tony Inzalaco, drums.
Webster and Peterson played together many times, and the tenor saxophonist often said that Oscar was his favorite accompanist.
They made their first recorded collaboration in 1952 and went on to record many albums during the Fifties.
This performance marks the duo's final collaboration (and their only known recording together after 1959!). Ben, who was living in Holland by this time, would die less than a year later, on September 20, 1973.
We are, therefore, very fortunate to have this DVD, which boasts excellent sound and image quality (in color). The program, as was normally the case with Webster's concerts, consists of jazz standards, an occasional blues and numerous Ellington tunes, reflecting the saxophonist's remarkable years with Duke's orchestra.