Lester Young Trio

Lester Young Trio Artist: Lester Young
Label: Polygram Records
Category: Music



Average customer rating: 4.5 out of 5 stars
Media: Audio CD
Number Of Discs: 1


UPC: 731452165022
EAN: 0731452165022
ASIN: B0000046T5


Release Date: 1994-04-19

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Listmania:

  1. PRES GETS IT: A LESTER YOUNG COMPENDIUM.
  2. Lester Young: 10 Gotta-Get CDs for the Most Complete Pres
  3. My Favorite Diz,Bird,Pres @ E E E(non box)
  4. My Favorite Things
  5. A Brief History of the Tenor Sax
  6. Tenor in the center: best jazz that centers on tenor sax

Tracks:

  1. Back To The Land
  2. I Cover The Waterfront (Take One)
  3. I Cover The Waterfront (Take Two)
  4. Somebody Loves Me
  5. I've Found A New Baby
  6. The Man I Love
  7. Peg O' My Heart
  8. I Want To Be Happy
  9. Mean To Me
  10. Back To The Land
  11. I've Found A New Baby
  12. Rosetta
  13. Sweet Lorraine
  14. Blowed And Gone

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  1. With the Oscar Peterson Trio
  2. Pres and Teddy
  3. Musical Romance
  4. The Complete Aladdin Recordings
  5. The Jazz Giants '56

Customer Reviews:

3 out of 5 stars Great Music - Bad Sound Quality.......2007-03-08

This album is great as all the previous reviews mention - and the music is excelllent as described. However, the sound quality is pretty bad, mostly it's the pops and scratches of the 78's these were recorded from (as noted in the CD literature). I am quite accustomed to listening to 78's and generally don't mind all the typical noise that comes from their wear and age, in fact I even like the noise as I feel it really adds to the quality of the 'old sound' of the music. In this case though all the pops and scratches actually impose on the music, often competing with it, at times even distorting the quality of instrumentation. Such a shame for such a lovely selection of music. I just have to believe their is some way the recording engineers could have reduced all this noise, from the sounds of it they didn't even try. Buy this at your own risk - it is music worth having, but be aware of the noise impositions that vary from moderate to worse from track to track.

5 out of 5 stars My Favorite Pres Album.......2005-11-07

Lester Young is my favorite saxophone player and this is my favorite album of his. That wonderful Lester Young tone really comes through on this album. Pres' playing on songs like "Back To The Land" just puts chills down your spine. On top of Lester's great playing you also have two musicians who were superior players on their instruments and legends in their own right, and those are Nat King Cole and Buddy Rich. Nat King Cole, of course, was a great jazz pianist before he ever got into singing, but many people only know him as a vocalist. That's unfortunate, because there is a lot of great music that he made with his jazz trio. Of course, Buddy Rich is one of the greatest jazz drummers of all time, and he could accompany on a ballad just as well as he could play with fire. With a trio as powerful as Young, Cole, and Rich it's almost impossible not to make great music.

5 out of 5 stars Pres At His Best.......2005-06-05

This is not only one of Lester's best albums, but one of the best jazz albums out there. This should be a part of every serious jazz fan's collection. Pres plays with such emotion and such beauty in that warm, relaxed, wonderful tone that he is so well known for. But Pres isn't the only great player on this disc. The group in which he plays is a trio with Nat King Cole on piano and Buddy Rich on the drums. For a jazz fan, it doesn't get any better than that.

5 out of 5 stars Oh So Good.......2002-11-06

The important recordings on this CD are derived from sessions for the Lester Young Trio recorded in 1946. The trio is perfectly balanced. Prez is at the peak of his powers as is Nat Cole, recording as "Aye Guy." Prez and Nat Cole complement one another so well that one could argue that this is a classic collaboration for both musicians. Certainly, Young is as comfortable with Cole as he was with Teddy Wilson or Count Basie years earlier. The two derive obvious pleasure from one anothers' playing. The drummer is Buddy Rich whose pyrotechniques are understated, and his brush work is tasteful and appropriate throughout. This is great music from the bluesy "Back to the Land" to the upbeat "I've Found a New Baby." These recordings show why Young's tone and improvisational skills were the model for saxophone players. Prez swings throughout; the ballads are models of the genre. Cole's piano is lyrical, and his solos are precise statements, reminiscent of Earl Hines in their inventiveness and control. This is Nat Cole the pianist, before his apotheosis as vocalist. And he was among the best jazz pianists--as interesting as Bud Powell and the obvious model for such cats as Hank Jones, Ahmad Jamal, and Red Garland. These are excellent examples of Cole's playing. The solo on the second "I Cover the Waterfront" is elegantly tasteful. The interplay between Young and Cole is especially fine on this number, on "Somebody Loves Me," and "I Want to be Happy." The music is fine--masterful in the true sense of the word. This is an important collaboration--a valuable and important addition to any jazz library. For some reason, the disc has been expanded to include four tracks from a 1943 session featuring Dexter Gordon and trumpet player Harry "Sweets" Edison with Nat Cole. Good music, but I'm not sure why it's on this CD, except for Cole's playing and the obvious example of Young's influence on Gordon. Nevertheless, Young and Cole are masterful in the first ten tracks.

What is not masterful is the remastering of this material. At best the sound engineers should hang their heads. Verve should be producing the best jazz CDs around, but they seem to be consumately cynical I own a vinyl reissue of some of this material on a Verve bargain label (VSP) from the late 60s that doesn't have the surface noise and background garbage of this CD. The remastering is simply slipshod, and given contemporary technology, there is no excuse. Oho oho for polemic!!!

But the music is wonderful, and you forget the scratches and the surface noise and all of that stuff. Buy already!! Then listen.

5 out of 5 stars Oh So Good.......2002-11-06

The important recordings on this CD are derived from sessions for the Lester Young Trio recorded in 1946. The trio is perfectly balanced. Prez is at the peak of his powers as is Nat Cole, recording as "Aye Guy." Prez and Nat Cole complement one another so well that one could argue that this is a classic collaboration for both musicians. Certainly, Young is as comfortable with Cole as he was with Teddy Wilson or Count Basie years earlier. The two derive obvious pleasure from one anothers' playing. The drummer is Buddy Rich whose pyrotechniques are understated, and his brush work is tasteful and appropriate throughout. This is great music from the bluesy "Back to the Land" to the upbeat "I've Found a New Baby." These recordings show why Young's tone and improvisational skills were the model for saxophone players. Prez swings throughout; the ballads are models of the genre. Cole's piano is lyrical, and his solos are precise statements, reminiscent of Earl Hines in their inventiveness and control. This is Nat Cole the pianist, before his apotheosis as vocalist. And he was among the best jazz pianists--as interesting as Bud Powell and the obvious model for such cats as Hank Jones, Ahmad Jamal, and Red Garland. These are excellent examples of Cole's playing. The solo on the second "I Cover the Waterfront" is elegantly tasteful. The interplay between Young and Cole is especially fine on this number, on "Somebody Loves Me," and "I Want to be Happy." The music is fine--masterful in the true sense of the word. This is an important collaboration--a valuable and important addition to any jazz library. For some reason, the disc has been expanded to include four tracks from a 1943 session featuring Dexter Gordon and trumpet player Harry "Sweets" Edison with Nat Cole. Good music, but I'm not sure why it's on this CD, except for Cole's playing and the obvious example of Young's influence on Gordon. Nevertheless, Young and Cole are masterful in the first ten tracks... Buy already!! Then listen.

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