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Lester Young: In Washington, DC 1956, Vol. 4

by AAJ Staff
March 1, 1998

Some jazz critics contend that Lester “The Prez" Young went downhill after World War II, but don't believe it for a minute. The seminal tenorist (who died in 1958) continued to excel during the last years of his life, and one of the great things about his 1950s output is the fact that LPs gave him ...

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Lester Young, Oscar Peterson: Lester Young with The Oscar Peterson Trio

Read "Lester Young with The Oscar Peterson Trio" reviewed by C. Michael Bailey

by C. Michael Bailey
January 1, 1998

I have liked the Lester Young small group recordings that I have heard. My introduction came with the four-LP Pablo series, Lester Young in Washington DC, 1956. These recordings were made toward the end of Young's life and contain some of his most ethereal playing. I suppose I am also a child of the 1970s and ...

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Jazz At The Philarmonic-Frankfurt 1952

By Lester Young

Label: Pablo Records
Released: 1997
Track listing: Introduction By Norman Granz; How High The Moon; Undecided; Ballad Medley; Dre's Blues;

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Lester Young With The Oscar Peterson Trio

By Lester Young

Label: Verve Music Group
Released: 1997

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Lester Young: Lester Young With The Oscar Peterson Trio

by AAJ Staff
October 1, 1997

Many things have been dubbed “American classics" over the years: Corvettes, hamburgers, milkshakes, the New York Yankees, blue jeans. But perhaps the term “American classic" can be no more fitting than in describing Lester Young. A jazzman who came from Louisiana, was famous for his “Kansas City" sound, yet spent a great deal of time in ...

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