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Count Basie Orchestra with Helen Humes – Dark Rapture (1938)
Count Basie Orchestra with Helen Humes – Dark Rapture (1938)
“Dark Rapture” (Benny Goodman, Edgar Sampson, Manny Kurtz). Personnel: Count Basie – piano Buck Clayton, Harry “Sweets” Edison, Ed Lewis – trumpets Dicky Wells, Dan [More]
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Count Basie and His Orchestra – Easy Does It (1940)
Count Basie and His Orchestra – Easy Does It (1940)
“Easy Does It” (Oliver Young). Personnel: Buck Clayton, Ed Lewis, Harry Edison, Al Killian – trumpet Dicky Wells, Vick Dickenson, Dan Minor – trombone Earl [More]
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Count Basie and His Orchestra – Someday, Sweetheart (1939)
Count Basie and His Orchestra – Someday, Sweetheart (1939)
“Someday Sweetheart” is a jazz standard written by Los Angeles-based musicians John and Reb Spikes in 1919. It was the biggest hit the brothers wrote [More]
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Lester Young and Charlie Christian 1939 -1940
Lester Young and Charlie Christian 1939 -1940
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]
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Charlie Parker and Lester Young – An Historical Meeting At The Summit
Charlie Parker and Lester Young – An Historical Meeting At The Summit
Track listing: A1 Lester Leaps In (CP) 0:00 A2 How High The Moon (LY) 2:43 A3 Out Of Nowhere (CP) 7:09 A4 Laura (CP) 11:18 [More]
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Lester Young – Cool Riffs (Full Album)
Lester Young – Cool Riffs (Full Album)
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]
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Lester Young – The Jazz Giants ’56 (Full Album)
Lester Young – The Jazz Giants ’56 (Full Album)
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]
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Lester Young – Just You, Just Me (Full Album)
Lester Young – Just You, Just Me (Full Album)
Track listing: A1 Be Bop Boogie 0:00 A2 These Foolish Things 3:11 A3 D. B. Blues 6:34 A4 Just You, Just Me 8:54 B1 I [More]
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Lester Young – Pres (Full Album)
Lester Young – Pres (Full Album)
Track listing: Blues 0:00 Destination Moon 3:42 I Cover The Waterfront 12:31 Lester Leaps In 19:51 Sunday 23:11 These Foolish Things 30:54 Personnel: Lester Young [More]
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Lester Young & Harry Sweets Edison – Going For Myself
Lester Young & Harry Sweets Edison – Going For Myself
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]
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