Lester Young Story (Mini Lp Sleeve)

Lester Young - Lester Young Story (Mini Lp Sleeve)

Lester Young Story (Mini Lp Sleeve)
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Artist: Lester Young
Edition: Music CD
Format: Box set, Import
CD Release Date: 2001-05-28
Music Label: Proper Box UK
Soundtracks:
  1. Shoe Shine Boy
  2. Oh Lady Be Good
  3. This Year's Kisses
  4. Easy Living
  5. Me Myself And I
  6. A Sailboat In The Moon Light
  7. One O'Clock Jump
  8. When You're Smiling
  9. Every Tub
  10. Swinging The Blues
  11. Doggin' Around
  12. Jumpin' At The Woodside
  13. I Can't Get Started
  14. Way Down Yonder In New Orleans
  15. Countless Blues
  16. I Want A Little Girl
  17. Shorty George
  18. Pannassie Stomp
  19. You Can Depend On Me
  20. Cherokee Part 1 & 2
  21. Jive At Five
  22. Taxi War Dance
  23. Pound Cake
  24. Clap Hands Here Comes Charlie
  25. Dickie's Dream
  26. Lester Leaps In
  27. Tickle Toe
  28. Ad'Lib Blues
  29. I Never Knew
  30. Lester's Dream
  31. Broadway
  32. Tickle Toe
  33. Taxi War Dance
  34. Blitzkrieg Baby (You Can't Bomb Me)
  35. Beautiful Eyes
  36. Things About Coming My Way
  37. Just Jivin' Around
  38. Al Of Me
  39. I Can't Get Started
  40. Tea For Two
  41. Body And Soul
  42. Hello Babe
  43. Just You Just Me
  44. Afternoon Of A Basie-Ite
  45. Sometimes I'm Happy
  46. After Theatre Jump
  47. Six Cats And A Prince
  48. Lester Leaps Again
  49. Destination KC
  50. I Got Rhythm
  51. Poor Little Plaything
  52. Exercise In Swing
  53. Salute To Fats
  54. Blue Lester (Lester's Blues)
  55. Ghost Of A Chance
  56. Jump Lester Jump
  57. Midnight Symphony
  58. DB Blues
  59. Lester Blows Again
  60. These Foolish Things
  61. Jumpin' At Mesner's
  62. Back To The Land
  63. I Cover The Waterfront
  64. I've Found A New Baby
  65. I Want To Be Happy
  66. It's Only A Paper Moon
  67. Lover Come Back To Me
  68. You're Driving Me Crazy
  69. Lester's Be-Bop Boogie
  70. She's Funny That Way
  71. Sunday
  72. SM Blues
  73. Jumpin' With Symphony Sid
  74. On The Sunny Side Of The Street
  75. Sax-O-Be-Bop
  76. Just Cooling
  77. I'm Confessin' (That I Love You)
  78. East Of Sun
  79. The Sheik Of Araby
  80. Something To Remember You By
  81. Ding Dong
  82. Blues'N'Bells
  83. Lester Leaps In
  84. Embraceable You

Music reviews of Lester Young Story (Mini Lp Sleeve)

Music Review: A Great Place to Start With One of the Giants of Jazz
Rating: 5 Stars

When dealing with classic jazz more often than not the big question is where to start. Myself, I am usually against compilations. Generally speaking I like to have whole albums reflecting what an artist did, on a partcular session, with particular musicians backing him or her.
This is the exception.
I have several Proper Box selections and in my opinion this is the best and most indispensable. This box covers the majority of Lester Youngs' important recordings, with the Count Basie Orchestra, Billie Holliday and various other groupings until 1949. The commonly held belief is that after World War II service, his talent diminished. That may or not be true (in my opinion it's not) but it's hard to argue that this collection isn't a watershed of all that was great in early swing.
I won't spend a lot of time justifying Lester Youngs place in jazz history. He is without doubt one of the greatest tenors in jazz history. This is a great way to be introduced to his work. Some of the recordings are just amazing. For example, the live 12 plus minute rendition of "Lester Leaps In" is superb, superb.
In addition the liner notes are a great supplement and really paint a vivid picture of Youngs' contributions.
Without a doubt, this is a great cost efficient way to review most of the career of an absolute legend.



Description of Lester Young Story (Mini Lp Sleeve)

84 tracks, 52 page illustrated booklet. 4 CD set presents the life & times of the influential jazz musician. 4 hours of tenor magic from his earliest recording through the Basie Band with Billie Holiday, in his own group & right up to the 'Jazz At The Philharmonic' period. Includes material with Buck Clayton, Benny Goodman, Nat King Cole, Buddy Rich & more.Each disc comes in it's own standard jewel case & come housed together in a deluxe slipcase.
The Lester Young Story is a masterly, four-disc box set of classic recordings that follows Lester Young's career from his very first session, a small band date with Count Basie in 1936, to a star-studded live concert with, among others, Charlie Parker, Roy Eldridge, and Buddy Rich in 1949. This isn't the whole story, of course, because Young lived and worked for another 10 years, but it covers the period when he was at the height of his Powers, and it is packed with glorious music.

To pick out just a few gems: the amazing "Lady Be Good," the record that first announced Young's arrival to an astonished jazz world, and five numbers in which he partners the young Billie Holiday with exquisite delicacy and taste. Elsewhere, there are most of his show-stopping solos with Basie's band, in numbers like "Tickle Toe" and "Taxi War Dance," and a generous selection from his informal small-band sessions with players such as Buck Clayton, Dickie Wells, and Charlie Christian, including a rare extract from the soundtrack of the 1944 movie Jammin' the Blues.

The last disc consists of tracks from Young's early post-war career, when, unlike many of his contemporaries, he was enjoying the stimulus provided by the younger generation of bebop musicians. Because the tracks are arranged in chronological order, it is fascinating to follow him through his life during these 13 years and hear him responding to the rapidly changing world around him. The 15 months he spent in the U.S. Army affected him badly, but they certainly did not destroy his talent, as some commentators have claimed. The final, joyful rendition of "Lester Leaps In" with Charlie Parker and the Jazz at the Philharmonic team proves that beyond a doubt. --Dave Gelly

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