Timeless Lester Young

Timeless Lester Young Artist: Lester Young
Label: Savoy Jazz
Category: Music



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


UPC: 795041716224
EAN: 0795041716224
ASIN: B00007L4PW


Release Date: 2003-01-14

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Tracks:

  1. Indiana
  2. Blue Lester
  3. Jump, Lester Jump
  4. I Don't Stand A Ghost Of A Chance With You
  5. Basie English
  6. These Foolish Things (Remind Me Of You)
  7. Exercise In Swing
  8. Salute To Fats
  9. Crazy Over J-Z
  10. Blues 'N' Bells
  11. Ding Dong
  12. June Bug
  13. Circus In Rhythm
  14. Poor Little Plaything
  15. Tush

Customer Reviews:

5 out of 5 stars Great introduction to a sax legend in his peak years..........2004-04-24

This is my third purchase in the Savoy "Timeless" series, and it turns out to be another great value. I have their Cannonball Adderley and Charlie Parker collections, and both are great. The Adderley tracks are from the 1950's, balanced between sweet and swinging. The Parker tunes are fast and furious. Now this Lester Young release is predominately mellow, with only a few uptempo songs...but all are pleasant. Eleven of the 15 tracks are from 1944, and four songs from 1949. Considering the passage of 60 years, the sound quality is superb. Young split his career, which ended with his death in 1959 at age 49, between Kansas City and New York, and between on-and-off stints with Count Basie's orchestra and less-known ensembles. Basie is featured on this compilation on piano, and Lester is accompanied by some talented sidemen throughout. This CD offers us strong jazzmen who learned their tricks in the '30's, became crowd-pleasers in the '40's, yet made sounds which do not seem dated to me, here in the dawn of the subsequent century. It's just fun, folks. If you like jazz, or saxophones, or World-War II era dance sounds, you can't miss with this release.

Music CD:

  1. Wembi: Footprints In The Sand
  2. echoing
  3. Spacewalk ~ Wayne Steven Raglan
  4. U ~ Algu%C3%ADmia
  5. Smooth Jazz in a Mellow Mood ~ Various Artists
  6. Live at Carlos I: Last Night ~ Hamiet Bluiett & Concept
  7. Latins from Manhattan ~ Various Artists
  8. Potion ~ New Winds
  9. Life: Big Bands Music From the War Years ~ BBC Big Band Orchestra
  10. Smooth Jazz Party Grooves ~ Various Artists

Music CD

Music CD

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Boom Boom Boogie ~ Snow

All the Best ~ Paul McCartney

Drum ~ Hugo Largo

Life ~ Broken Home

Silk Road Suite ~ Kitaro

Ray Charles Sings for America ~ Ray Charles

Off the Hook ~ Jody Watley

The People's Champ ~ Paul Wall

Stone Crazy ~ The Beatnuts

The Vanishing Act ~ Oyvind Holm