Lester Young – Blue Lester
101,44 lei
Label: Dreyfus Jazz – 538483834
Series: Jazz Reference
Format: Vinyl, LP, Compilation
Country: France
Released: 10 May 2019
Genre: Jazz
1 in stock
Basically Young’s Savoy Master Takes, Blue Lester finds the svelte tenor innovator on a prime mix of sides from 1944 and 1949. As was the trend of most swing soloists by the mid-’40s, Young heads up a few different extended combos here, featuring the likes of pianist Johnny Guarnieri, trumpeter Jesse Drakes, drummer Cozy Cole, and old Basie bandmates Freddie Green and the Count himself.
The numbers with Basie are particularly good, especially “I Don’t Stand a Ghost of Chance With You” and “Back Home in Indiana.” And for the topper, Young is heard in the company of the entire Basie band (Clyde Hart is on piano, though) for the three tracks that close things out. Not a bad place to start your Lester Young collection.
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