Lester Young - Lester Young Collection 1936-47 (CD)

This is part of a mini-series on our competitively priced budget label Fabulous under the banner of Jazz Legends, presenting some of great and influential names of jazz, with recordings drawn from the classic era of the genre's development between 1920 and 1950. Lester Young was one of the great tenor sax stylists, and had a huge influence on his peers and those who followed, his smooth, elegant, free-flowing phrases giving his music a relaxed and cool flavour. He came to prominence with Count Basie's orchestra

Track List:

Disc: 1

1. Shoe Shine Boy
2. This Year's Kisses
3. Me, Myself and I
4. When You're Smiling
5. Dickie's Dream
6. I Can't Get Started
7. I Want a Little Girl
8. Taxi War Dance
9. Clap Hands, Here Comes Charlie
10. Lester Leaps in
11. Tickle-Toe
12. Linger Awhile
13. Just You, Just Me
14. Sometimes I'm Happy
15. After Theatre Jump
16. Three Little Words
17. Ghost of a Chance
18. Indiana
19. D.B. Blues
20. These Foolish Things
21. Jammin with Lester
22. Lester's Bebop Boogie
23. Just Coolin'