Lester Young - Lester Young Story (Mini Lp Sleeve)
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Artist: Lester YoungEdition: Music CD
Format: Box set, Import
CD Release Date: 2001-05-28
Music Label: Proper Box UK
Soundtracks:
- Shoe Shine Boy
- Oh Lady Be Good
- This Year's Kisses
- Easy Living
- Me Myself And I
- A Sailboat In The Moon Light
- One O'Clock Jump
- When You're Smiling
- Every Tub
- Swinging The Blues
- Doggin' Around
- Jumpin' At The Woodside
- I Can't Get Started
- Way Down Yonder In New Orleans
- Countless Blues
- I Want A Little Girl
- Shorty George
- Pannassie Stomp
- You Can Depend On Me
- Cherokee Part 1 & 2
- Jive At Five
- Taxi War Dance
- Pound Cake
- Clap Hands Here Comes Charlie
- Dickie's Dream
- Lester Leaps In
- Tickle Toe
- Ad'Lib Blues
- I Never Knew
- Lester's Dream
- Broadway
- Tickle Toe
- Taxi War Dance
- Blitzkrieg Baby (You Can't Bomb Me)
- Beautiful Eyes
- Things About Coming My Way
- Just Jivin' Around
- Al Of Me
- I Can't Get Started
- Tea For Two
- Body And Soul
- Hello Babe
- Just You Just Me
- Afternoon Of A Basie-Ite
- Sometimes I'm Happy
- After Theatre Jump
- Six Cats And A Prince
- Lester Leaps Again
- Destination KC
- I Got Rhythm
- Poor Little Plaything
- Exercise In Swing
- Salute To Fats
- Blue Lester (Lester's Blues)
- Ghost Of A Chance
- Jump Lester Jump
- Midnight Symphony
- DB Blues
- Lester Blows Again
- These Foolish Things
- Jumpin' At Mesner's
- Back To The Land
- I Cover The Waterfront
- I've Found A New Baby
- I Want To Be Happy
- It's Only A Paper Moon
- Lover Come Back To Me
- You're Driving Me Crazy
- Lester's Be-Bop Boogie
- She's Funny That Way
- Sunday
- SM Blues
- Jumpin' With Symphony Sid
- On The Sunny Side Of The Street
- Sax-O-Be-Bop
- Just Cooling
- I'm Confessin' (That I Love You)
- East Of Sun
- The Sheik Of Araby
- Something To Remember You By
- Ding Dong
- Blues'N'Bells
- Lester Leaps In
- 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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