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LESTER YOUNG

THE JAZZ GIANT (LP) (LTD)
Label JAZZ IMAGES
Catalog 37051
Format LP
Discs 1
Category JAZZ/BLUES/COUNTRY
Street Date 2017-12-28
Description
・ LIMITED EDITION
・ 180 gram Pure Virgin Vinyl LPs in Gatefold Packaging.
・ Cover Art by Jean-Pierre Leloir.
Some of Lester Young’s sessions made in the mid-1950s find him in bad shape due to a combination of personal problems and alcoholism that would prematurely end his life on March 15 1959 at the age of 49. However when producer Norman Granz had the brilliant idea of reuniting him with his old musical companions Roy Eldridge Vic Dickenson Teddy Wilson Freddie Green Gene Ramey and Jo Jones the result was a highly spirited and happy date that is presented here in its entirety.

LESTER YOUNG tenor sax; ROY ELDRIDGE trumpet; VIC DICKENSON trombone; TEDDY WILSON piano; FREDDIE GREEN guitar; GENE RAMEY bass; JO JONES drums New York January 12 1956.
*BONUS TRACK: Same personnel except Eldridge Dickenson & Green omitted. New York January 13 1956.
Original sessions produced by Norman Granz.
tracklisting
SIDE A:
1. I GUESS I’LL HAVE TO CHANGE MY PLAN (Howard Dietz-Arthur Schwartz)
2. I DIDN’T KNOW WHAT TIME IT WAS (Richard Rodgers-Lorenz Hart)
3. LOUISE (Richard Whiting-Leo Robin) *
SIDE B:
1. GIGANTIC BLUES (Lester Young)
2. THIS YEAR’S KISSES (Irving Berlin)
3. YOU CAN DEPEND ON ME (Earl Hines-Charles Carpenter-Louis Dunlap)
 

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