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Lester Young - Complete Savoy Recordings

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Complete Savoy Recordings
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Artist(s)Lester Young
StudioSavoy Jazz
Release DateJuly 2, 2002
UPC Code795041712226
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Tracks

Disc 1
  1. These Foolish Things Remind Me Of You - Take 1 Master
  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
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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User Reviews

Average user review: 5.0 (3 reviews)

rating: 5 QuoteA Great CollectionQuote
Not only do you get some exceptional studio material from Lester Young, but you also get a great set of live tracks recorded in Chicago ("Big Eye Blues" is an awesome slow blues). Don't let the large amount of alternate takes fool you. There were many great players, but Pres was one of those select few who could come up with something completely new from one take to the next, and Lester's ability to say so much with so few notes is unsurpassed. Lester can say more with a chorus or two than most sax players could with fifteen. It's not hard to understand why Charlie Parker studied Lester's recordings. December 13, 2006

rating: 5 QuoteTerrific, but...Quote
Lester Young is my favorite sax, so my review is highly biased - it's fantastic. The only problem is that the tracks on Disc 1 have a hitch in the order - "Empty Hearted" actually appears in Track #20, not #13, shifting all listed tracks, 14 - 20, by one, to 13 - 19. October 2, 2006

rating: 5 QuoteThey Say You Can Tell How He Was Feeling From How He SoundedQuote
recorded in 1944, 1949 and in 1950 this 2 CD set of the Savoy sessions boasts 20 bit sound and is a treat from a giant whose "sweet" swinging style, is often considered ethereal.
There are many Lester Young compilations out there and focusing on these Savoy sides with all the takes features him as a leader of his own group/small band,key soloist as well as dates with his "boss" Count Basie and other great magicians of the day.
Disc ones sides include Johnny Guarnieri All Star Orchestra 1944, and the Earl Warren Orchestra 1944,and Lester Young's Quintet 1944.
Disc two includes Lester Young's Sextet 1949 and Quintet sides live in Chicago 1950.
January 3, 2006

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