Lester Young 1943 Ro 1946

Lester Young | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (January 6, 1998)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Allegro Corporation
• ASIN: B000001NTQ
• Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,003,123 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. Just You, Just Me

2. I Never Knew

3. Afternoon of a Basie-ite

4. Sometimes I'm Happy

5. Empty Hearted

6. Circus in Rhythm

7. Poor Little Plaything

8. Tush

9. Lester's Blues (Blue Lester)

10. I Don't Stand a Ghost of a Chance With You

11. (Back Home Again In) Indiana

12. Lester's Savoy Jump (Jump Lester Jump)

13. D.B. Blues

14. Lester Blows Again

15. These Foolish Things

16. Jumpin' at Mesner's

17. Untitled Instrumental

18. It's Only a Paper Moon

19. After You've Gone

20. Lover, Come Back to Me

See all 21 tracks on this disc

Customer Reviews

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4.0 out of 5 stars Corrrection to Below, February 25, 2004

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Johnny Hodges (Clark Fork, ID United States) - See all my reviews

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This review is from: Lester Young 1943 Ro 1946 (Audio CD)

Be advised that there are NO Kansas City 5, 6, or 7 tracks on this CD, although there are some small group lineups that feature Basie on piano, Freddie Green on guitar, & Rodney Wilson on bass, but the KC5 drummer Jo Jones is replaced by Shadow Wilson. Good mastering job considering how old these recordings are. Personally prefer to hear the Kansas City groups, available on this label (see "recommended in addition to") above. There is a generous helping of material here: 4 cuts each by 6 different lineups from an early quartet, 2 quintets, 2 septets, and a big band. Can't go far wrong with any Lester Young. For that matter, all the Melodie Jazz Classic albums I've tried have been very good.

5.0 out of 5 stars It IS 5 Star, some of the VERY best 'Prez", but..., September 11, 2003

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"douglasnegley" (Pittsburgh, Pa. United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Lester Young 1943 Ro 1946 (Audio CD)

I have only one complaint. I have all of this material on various LPs, and this IS some of the VERY best of Lester, but - here is the argument for alternate takes - there are 2, sometimes more, takes of almost all of these tunes on the LPs (and, certainly, the master tapes), so which ones do we get here? You really don't know. More than likely the 'issued' master. That's fine, if you haven't developed an affinity for a certain solo by whomever, be it Slam Stewart, or the Count, on any given 'alternate take'. Those 'alternate takes' are every bit as much a part of the history of the tracks and the artists and the music as the 'issued' versions. Other than that, most folks will LOVE this one. Most, if not all, of this is the 'Kansas City Six, or Seven' bands. 'Prez' at his very best.