Bass – Aaron Bell Drums – Jo Jones Engineer – Bob Simpson Piano – Kenny Drew Producer – Aubrey Mayhew Tenor Saxophone – Lester Young Trumpet – Jesse Drakes.

These masters were recorded at the Savoy in New York City in 1950. Re-recorded RCA Victor, New York City, April 10, 1962".

Taken from a few club appearances during 1950-52 and featuring tenor-saxophonist Lester Young, trumpeter Jesse Drakes and either Kenny Drew, John Lewis or Wynton Kelly on piano, these six standards have seen better days. Young has a few swinging solos but the crowd noise gets pretty distracting at times.

Blue Lester, 11. Jump Lester Jump, 12. Basie English. More albums from Lester Young: Swinging Lester Young by Lester Young. Lester Young Memorial Album Volume 1 by Lester Young. Pres & Sweets by Lester Young. Battle Of The Saxes by Lester Young. Lester Young With The Oscar Peterson Trio by Lester Young. Going For Mysel. y Lester Young. Pres And Teddy by Lester Young. Lester Young Collates by Lester Young.

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Lester Willis Young (August 27, 1909 – March 15, 1959), nicknamed "Pres" or "Prez", was an American jazz tenor saxophonist and occasional clarinetist. Coming to prominence while a member of Count Basie's orchestra, Young was one of the most influential players on his instrument

The Complete Lester Young. has been added to your Cart. This eight-CD set contains the bulk of the recordings Young cut from 1949 to 1959 plus a 1946 trio session with Nat Cole and Buddy Rich, which is nice, but not in a class with the stuff he recorded with Rich and bassist Red Callendar in 1941. He also appears in quartets, quintets, and sextets with musicians including Hank Jones, John Lewis, Teddy Wilson, Oscar Peterson, Roy Eldridge, Harry Edison, and Kenny Clarke.

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Down Nat Am Lester Young. Just You, Just Me (Live At Carnegie Hall, New York/1946) Buck Clayton, Kenny Kersey, John Collins, . Heard, Trummy Young, Lester Young, Curly Russell. Sweet Geogia Brown Al Killian, Charlie Parker, Dizzy Gillespie, Willie Smith, Charlie Ventura, Lester Young, Mel Powell, Billy Hadnott, Lee Young. I Can't Get Started Al Killian, Howard McGhee, Charlie Parker, Willie Smith, Lester Young, Arnold Ross, Billy Hadnott, Lee Young. I'm Fer It Too, Pt. 1 Dickie Wells, His Orchestra. I Can't Get Started Lester Young. Blues (Pres) (Live At Carnegie Hall, New York/1946) Buck Clayton, Kenny Kersey, John Collins, . Heard, Trummy Young, Lester Young, Rodney Richardson. Blue Lester Lester Young.