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- Date Released: October 15, 2002
- Genre: Jazz
- Label: Chronological Classics / Abeille Musique
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This third installment of Lester Young's complete recordings opens with a pleasantly knocked-out Aladdin session from April 2, 1947. Four additional Aladdin sides recorded on December 29th are even groovier, thanks largely to bassist Curly Russell, guitarist Chuck Wayne, and pianist Gene DiNovi. Pres expresses himself most eloquently on the ballads. Unlike most label-oriented exclusive reissue compilations, the Classics chronology traces the evolution of Lester Young from Aladdin to Savoy and on to his first sessions with Mercury's producer, Norman Granz. The Savoy date will forever be treasured for its measured anarchy held together by pianist Junior Mance and drummer Roy Haynes. While critics and historians like to celebrate Young's decade-long alignment with Granz by wagging their heads and making grim references to the saxophonist's fragile health, the initial Mercury recordings of Lester Young are unparalleled masterpieces of casual collectivity. This segment of the Lester Young story positively glows with the presence of Hank Jones, Ray Brown, and Buddy Rich on the session of September 17, 1949; John Lewis on five sides cut during June of 1950; and three marvelous studies from January 1951, whereby Lewis and Young collaborate with Gene Ramey and Jo Jones. "Polka Dots and Moonbeams" is definitively cool and calm, intimate and personal as a daydream or a page from a diary.
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| 01. |  |
Confessin' (Neiburg-Doughtery-Reynolds)
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2:31 |
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| 02. | |
Lester Smooths It Out (Young)
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2:54 |
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| 03. | |
Just Coolin' (Young)
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2:58 |
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| 04. | |
Tea For Two (Caesar-Youmans)
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3:08 |
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| 05. | |
East Of The Sun - West Of The Moon (Brooks-Bowman)
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3:09 |
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| 06. | |
The Sheik Of Araby (Snyder-Smith-Wheeler)
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2:31 |
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| 07. | |
Something To Remember You By (Schwarz-Dietz)
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2:44 |
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| 08. | |
Crazy Over J Z (Young)
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2:42 |
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| 09. | |
Ding Dong (Young)
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2:25 |
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| 10. | |
Blues 'N Bells (Young)
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2:22 |
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| 11. | |
June Bug (Lester Digs) (Young)
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2:36 |
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| 12. | |
Too Marvelous For Words (Whiting-Mercer)
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2:59 |
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| 13. | |
'Deed I Do (Hirsh-Rose)
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3:17 |
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| 14. | |
Encore (Green-Mascagni-Stillman)
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3:09 |
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| 15. | |
Polka Dots And Moonbeams (Van Heusen-Burke)
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3:41 |
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| 16. | |
Up 'N Adam (Young)
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3:50 |
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| 17. | |
Three Little Words (Kalmar-Ruby)
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3:18 |
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| 18. | |
Count Every Star (Coquatrix-Gallop-Michel)
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2:43 |
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| 19. | |
It All Depends On You (De Sylva-Brown-Henderson)
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3:19 |
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| 20. | |
Neenah (Young)
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3:28 |
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| 21. | |
Jeepers Creepers (Warren-Mercer)
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3:08 |
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| 22. | |
Thou Swell (Rodgers-Hart)
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2:55 |
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| 23. | |
September In The Rain (Warren-Dubin)
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3:07 |
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| 24. | |
Undercover Girl Blues (Young)
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2:42 |
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24 Total Tracks, 71:36 Total Length
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Credits
- Hank Jones - Piano // Hank Jones - Piano // Hank Jones - Piano // Jo Jones - Drums // Buddy Rich - Drums // Buddy Rich - Drums // Buddy Rich - Drums // Buddy Rich - Drums // Lester Young - Sax (Tenor) // Lester Young - Sax (Tenor) // Lester Young - Sax (Tenor) // Chuck Wayne - Guitar // Gene Ramey - Bass // Ray Brown - Bass // Ray Brown - Bass // Ray Brown - Bass // Ray Brown - Bass // Ray Brown - Bass // Ray Brown - Bass // Ray Brown - Bass // Bill Clark - Drums // Gene DiNovi - Piano // Gene DiNovi - Piano // Gene DiNovi - Piano // Jesse Drakes - Trumpet // Roy Haynes - Drums // LeRoy Jackson - Bass // Tiny Kahn - Drums // Junior Mance - Piano // Junior Mance - Piano // Junior Mance - Piano // Junior Mance - Piano // Junior Mance - Piano // Junior Mance - Piano // Shorty McConnell - Trumpet // Curly Russell - Bass // Joe Shulman - Bass // Argonne Thornton - Piano // Rodney Richardson - Bass // Anatol Schenker - Liner Notes // Lyndell Marshall - Drums // Jerry Elliott - Trombone // John Richard Lewis - Piano // Nasir Barakaat - Guitar
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Other Details
- Instrument:
- Sax (Tenor)
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