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and his trio, with the vibraphonist Milt Jackson. This album marked the first recorded collaboration between Peterson and Jackson; they would later appear together on the albums ''

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'' (1971), '' The Milt Jackson Big 4'' (1975), ''

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'' (1981), and '' Two of the Few'' (1983).

Reception

The initial '' Billboard'' review from January 27, 1962 praised Peterson and Jackson's "great sense of swing" and described the material as "a bit out of the ordinary", before concluding that album was "Strong jazz wax." ''

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gave the album four stars in his April 12, 1963 review and stated: "This was an alliance as successful as it was logical. Peterson and Jackson have far more in common musically than their regular contexts might imply." Scott Yanow on

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gave the album four stars out of five. Yanow described the pairing of Peterson and Jackson as "...so logical that it is surprising it did not occur five years earlier...Fortunately O.P. and Bags would meet up on records many times in the future (particularly during their Pablo years) but this first effort is a particularly strong set."

Track listing

#" On Green Dolphin Street" ( Bronislaw Kaper,

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) – 7:32 #"Heartstrings" ( Milt Jackson) – 5:43 #"Work Song" (

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) – 7:35 #"

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) – 7:49 #" A Wonderful Guy" ( Oscar Hammerstein II, Richard Rodgers) – 4:57 #"Reunion Blues" (Jackson) – 7:22

Personnel

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piano The piano is a stringed keyboard instrument in which the strings are struck by wooden hammers that are coated with a softer material (modern hammers are covered with dense wool felt; some early pianos used leather). It is played using a keybo ...

* Milt Jackson –

vibraphone The vibraphone is a percussion instrument in the metallophone family. It consists of tuned metal bars and is typically played by using mallets to strike the bars. A person who plays the vibraphone is called a ''vibraphonist,'' ''vibraharpist ...

* Ray Brown –

double bass The double bass (), also known simply as the bass () (or by other names), is the largest and lowest-pitched bowed (or plucked) string instrument in the modern symphony orchestra (excluding unorthodox additions such as the octobass). Similar i ...

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– drums

References

1961 albums Albums produced by Norman Granz Milt Jackson albums Oscar Peterson albums Verve Records albums {{1960s-jazz-album-stub