Lester Young : Complete Savoy Recordings (2-CD) - Audio CDs (2005)

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Description by OLDIES.com:

The recordings the great Lester Young made for the Savoy label include every element that made him one of the most significant trendsetters in Jazz. You could always tell how he was feeling from how he sounded, and it was this emotional honesty that made his every utterance so entrancing. Features Count Basie, Harry Sweets Edison, Freddie Green, Johnny Guarnieri, Jo Jones, and more!

Product Description:

Personnel: Lester Young (tenor saxophone); Earle Warren (vocals, alto saxophone); Jimmy Powell (alto saxophone); Buddy Tate (tenor saxophone);

Rudy Rutherford (baritone saxophone); Billy Butterfield, Joe Newman, Ed Lewis, Al Killian, Harry Sweets Edison, Jessie Drakes (trumpet); Eli Robinson, Dicky Wells, Ted Donnelly, Louis Taylor, Jerry Elliott (trombone); Hank D'Amico (clarinet); Johnny Guarnieri, Clyde Hart, Count Basie, Junior Mance, Kenny Drew (piano); Dexter Hall, Freddie Green (guitar); Billy Taylor, Rodney Richardson, Leroy Jackson, Joe Shulman (bass); Cozy Cole, Jo Jones, Shadow Wilson, Roy Haynes (drums).

Principally recorded at WOR, Chicago, Illinois between 1944 & 1950. Includes liner notes by Loren Schoenberg.

All tracks have been digitally remastered.

Tracks of Disc 1:

1.These Foolish Things Remind Me Of You
2.Exercise In Swing - Take 1 (Master)
3.Exercise In Swing - Take 2
4.Exercise In Swing - Take 3
5.Exercise In Swing - Take 4
6.Salute To Fats - Take 1
7.Salute To Fats - Take 2
8.Salute To Fats - Take 3
9.Salute To Fats - Take 4
10.Salute To Fats - Take 5 (Master)
11.Basie English - Take 1
12.Basie English - Take 2 (Master)
13.Empty Hearted - Take 1 (Master)
14.Circus In Rhythm - Take 1 (Master)
15.Circus In Rhythm - Take 2
16.Circus In Rhythm - Take 3
17.Poor Little Plaything - Take 1 (Master)
18.Poor Little Plaything - Take 2
19.Tush - Take 1
20.Tush - Take 2 (Master)
21.Blue Lester (Lester's Blues) - Take 1 (Master)
22.Ghost Of A Chance - Take 1
23.Ghost Of A Chance - Take 2 (Master)
24.Indiana - Take 1
25.Indiana - Take 2 (Master)
26.Jump, Lester, Jump (Lester's Savoy Jump) - Take 1 (Master)

Tracks of Disc 2:

1.Crazy Over J-Z - Take 1
2.Crazy Over J-Z - Take 2
3.Crazy Over J-Z - Take 3 (Master)
4.Ding Dong - Take 1
5.Ding Dong - Take 2
6.Ding Dong - Take 3 (Master)
7.Blues 'N' Bells - Take 1
8.Blues 'N' Bells - Take 2
9.Blues 'N' Bells - Take 3 (Master)
10.June Bug - Take 1 (Master)
11.Neenah
12.Body And Soul
13.Up And Adam
14.Big Eye Blues
15.One O'Clock Blues
16.Lester's Mop Mop Blues
17.Pennies From Heaven
18.I Can't Get Started
19.How High The Moon
20.Jumpin' With Symphony Sid

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