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Lester Young recorded for the Aladdin label between December 1945 and December 1947, leading a series of small groups that would range in size from [More]

“Although this LP is long out of print, its brilliant contents have since been reissued by Bob Thiele on a couple of his labels. Hawkins [More]

“This LP claims that it has “Unprecedented Hi Fidelity.” The streaky sound quality of these bootleg live recordings makes a joke out of that statement. [More]

Tracks & Personnel: 1. Indiana 2. I Can’t Get Started (Vernon Duke, Ira Gershwin) Lester Young – tenor saxophone Nat King Cole – piano Red [More]

“Uptown’s 2013 release Boston 1950 features highlights from a series of concerts the great tenor saxophonist Lester Young gave at Boston’s Hi-Hat between May 26 [More]

Despite the billing, the majority of this LP features the Count Basie orchestra during 1939-40 with a generous amount of solo space given to the [More]

Track listing: A1 Lester Leaps In A2 Ghost Of A Chance A3 Just You, Just Me A4 How High The Moon? B1 Be Bop Boogie [More]

The Jazz Giants ’56 is an album by saxophonist Lester Young, first issued in 1956 on Verve Records. AllMusic Review by Scott Yanow: Even critics [More]

Going For Myself is a 1957 jazz album by Harry “Sweets” Edison and Lester Young accompanied by Oscar Peterson. The album is one of Young’s [More]

Personnel: Lester Young – tenor saxophone, John Lewis – piano Gene Ramey – bass Jo Jones – drums New York, March 8 1951.