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The Bebop Shop : Artistry In Rhythm: Early Jazz, Big Bands & Swing : Lester Young


	Lester Young: Lester Dreams (CD: Definitive) Legendary recordings with Count Basie combos. Evergreen recordings made by the legendary tenor saxophonist between 1936-44 with Basie small groups. (Definitive Records) Price: £10.99


Lester Young: Jammin' The Blues (CD: Definitive) Definitive edition of the 1942 soundtrack with Harry Edison, Barney Kessel, Illinois Jacquest, plus 1946 recordings JATP concerts with Dizzy Gillispie, Charlie Ventura, Mel Powell, Kenny Kersey, etc. (Definitive Records) Price: £10.99


	Lester Young: Kansas City Swing (CD: Definitive) The complete Commodore, Signature & Keynote sessions (master takes). Definitive edition of the recordings made by Lester Young in 1938-44 for the legendary Commodore, Signature and Keynote labels. (Definitive Records) Price: £10.99


Lester Young: The Complete Savoy Masters (CD: Definitive) Definitive edition of the complete Lester Young recordings for the Savoy label made between 1944-49. (Definitive Records) Price: £10.99


	Lester Young: Lester Leaps Again (CD: Naxos Jazz Legends) Price: £5.99


Lester Young: The Complete Aladdin Recordings (CD: Definitive, 2 CDs) This glorious 2CD set presents the great Lester Young’s complete sessions for the small Aladdin label, 1942-1947, which were made right after the saxophonist’s release from prison and dishonourable discharge from the U.S. Army. Legend has it he was never the same after his experiences in the military, yet Young’s playing throughout these recordings exceeds even his own high standards. Lester Young, tenor sax on all tracks - with : Willie Smith (as), Howard McGhee (tp),Vic Dickenson (tb), Nat King Cole, Joe Albany, Dodo Marmarosa (p), Chuck Wayne, Dave Barbour (g), Red Callender (b), Chico Hamilton, Roy Haynes, Tiny Kahn (d), among others. As a bonus to the Aladdin sessions, Definitive have included the other studio session (8 tracks) by Lester with Nat King Cole & Buddy Rich, recorded for Norman Granz for his label Norgran in 1946. (Discovery Records) A BEBOP SHOP MILESTONE- An essential recording for your jazz CD shelf Price: £16.99


	Lester Young: The Bebop Boys (CD: Definitive) The famous Royal Roost live recordings. The living testament of Lester's appearances with his group at Broadway's celebrated Royal Roost Club featuring Roy Haynes, Kai Winding, Allen Eager, Hank Jones and Ella Fitzgerald. (Definitive Records) Price: £10.99


Lester Young: Lester Young Trio (CD: Verve- US Import) Price: £13.99


	Lester Young: The Jazz Giants (CD: Verve- US Import) Price: £13.99


Lester Young: Pres and Teddy (CD: Verve- US Import) This fine CD brings together piano accompanist/soloist Teddy Wilson and influential saxophonist Lester "Prez" Young. The 1956 session captures Young in good form, in a period of general---and sad---decline. Tracks include blues and ballads, and display Young's coherent harmonic and melodic gifts, supported not only by Wilson but guitarist Gene Ramey and famous drummer Jo Jones. On "Gigantic Blues," Young is joined by Roy Eldridge, trumpet, and Vic Dickenson, trombone. Vintage, late-day Young, first truly "modern" exponent of the saxophone, who left a permanent "cool" legacy to jazz. (Andrew Clark, Editor, Riffs & Choruses: A New Jazz Anthology. Continuum Publishing.) Price: £13.99


	Lester Young: Lester Swings (CD: Verve) Price: £9.99


Lester Young: With The Oscar Peterson Trio (CD: Verve- US Import) Price: £13.99


	Lester Young: Pres In Europe (CD: Highnote) Price: £13.99


Lester Young: In Washington, Vol.2 (CD: Pablo- US Import) If Lester Young never duplicated his revolutionary artistry of 1936, neither was he a burnt-out case in 1956; far from it. He ended an active and successful year with a week at Olivia's Patio Lounge in Washington, D.C. Bill Potts, who led the accompanying trio, coaxed, cajoled, and bribed the great tenor saxophonist into letting him record much of the engagement for private use. When the music was finally put on LP records 24 years later, it was a revelation to those who had dismissed Young's later work. Circumstances, not ability, sometimes led Pres to play by rote. At Olivia's, the circumstances let him relax. He opened all of his mastery of melody, swing, tone, and rhythmic nuance to produce some of the best playing of his final decade. This second compact disc of the four volumes includes superb versions of pieces from Young's standard repertoire and his only known full-scale treatment of "Lullaby of Birdland." (Fantasy, Inc.) Price: £15.49


	Lester Young: In Washington, Vol.3 (CD: Pablo- US Import) One of the delights of the last phrase of Lester Young's career is the cache of recordings made during his 1956 engagement at Olivia's Patio Lounge in Washington, D.C. The rhythm section led by pianist Bill Potts was just the kind Pres liked and too seldom had in his latter years. Potts, bassist Norman Williams, and drummer Jim Lucht were content to provide Young a supply of correct chords and a firm delineation of the time. They thrust upon him none of the rhythmic complications with which other young musicians of the bop era sometimes frustrated Young, causing him to retreat into rote playing. Here, his solos often recall the freshness and daring of Pres's early days. The tunes come from Young's more or less constant repertoire and include "Sometimes I'm Happy" with a reprise of the tag from his famous 1943 recording. (Fantasy, Inc.) Price: £15.49


Lester Young: Jazz Giants '56 (CD: Lone Hill Jazz) This edition contains tenor saxophonist Lester Young's complete “Jazz Giants '56” septet session, accompanied by some of the finest swing musicians of the period. In addition, as a bonus track, there is a star-studded 27-minute blues from “Norman Granz' Jam Session” (1954). (Discovery Records) Price: £10.99


	Lester Young: Laughin' To Keep From Cryin' (CD: Verve) The final recording of the Pres and his return to the clarinet on half the album. Price: £9.99


Lester Young: Le Dernier Message de Lester Young (CD: EmArcy Jazz In Paris) Price: £7.99


	Lester Young: The Complete Studio Sessions On Verve (CD: Verve, 8 CDs- Euro Import) Price: £95.00

The Bebop Shop : Artistry In Rhythm: Early Jazz, Big Bands & Swing : Lester Young

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