The third of
Oscar Peterson's five duet albums with great trumpeters (the other encounters feature
Dizzy Gillespie,
Roy Eldridge,
Clark Terry, and
Jon Faddis) teams the masterful pianist with the great swing stylist
Harry "Sweets" Edison. The trumpeter, who uses repetition to great degree and had pared his style down to a relatively few notes, matches well with the virtuosic
Peterson on these seven standards and their two simple originals, "Basie" and "Signify." Together
Edison and
O.P. give the impression that their chance-taking improvisations are completely logical and a lot easier to play than they really are. ~ Scott Yanow