When Oscar Peterson and Milt Jackson "crossed blades" for the very first time on "Very Tall" in 1962, many critics wondered why the two jazz titans had not worked together much earlier. In DownBeat, jazz doyen Leonard Feather wrote at the time: "This was an alliance that was as successful as it was logical. Peterson and Jackson have far more in common musically than their otherwise usual environment would suggest." /// Verve Acoustic Sounds series: mastered entirely in analog by Ryan K. Smith at Sterling Sound from the original tapes, QPR pressing (180 g), sturdy tip-on gatefold (Stoughton Printing), padded inner sleeve.