Last week's post about jazz saxophonist Lester Young whet our appetite for more of his music. Jamie Katz, who wrote a moving tribute about Young for Smithsonian, came through for us with his recommendations. You can't sit still when the Prez plays!
Lester Young: Suggested listening
The Lester Young/Count
Basie Sessions 1936-1940 (Mosaic Records)
The
Complete Lester Young on Verve
The Complete Aladdin
Recordings of Lester Young (Blue Note)
The Complete Lester Young
on Keynote (Polygram)
Count Basie and His
Orchestra: America's #1 Band! (Columbia)
Count Basie: The Complete
Decca Recordings (Decca)
Lester
Young: A Musical Romance (Columbia)
Individual songs:
Lady Be Good (with Count Basie)
Taxi War Dance (with Count Basie)
Tickle Toe (with Count Basie)
He’s Funny That Way (with Billie Holiday)
Back to the Land (with Nat King Cole)
Thanks, Jamie!
— sdh