Young,Lester Lester Young Collection 1936-47 CD

This is part of a mini-series on our competitively priced budget label Fabulous under the banner of Jazz Legends, presenting some of great and influential names of jazz, with recordings drawn from the classic era of the genre's development between 1920 and 1950. Lester Young was one of the great tenor sax stylists, and had a huge influence on his peers and those who followed, his smooth, elegant, free-flowing phrases giving his music a relaxed and cool flavour. He came to prominence with Count Basie's orchestra

1. Shoe Shine Boy 2. This Year's Kisses 3. Me, Myself and I 4. When You're Smiling 5. Dickie's Dream 6. I Can't Get Started 7. I Want a Little Girl 8. Taxi War Dance 9. Clap Hands, Here Comes Charlie 10. Lester Leaps in 11. Tickle-Toe 12. Linger Awhile 13. Just You, Just Me 14. Sometimes I'm Happy 15. After Theatre Jump 16. Three Little Words 17. Ghost of a Chance 18. Indiana 19. D.B. Blues 20. These Foolish Things 21. Jammin with Lester 22. Lester's Bebop Boogie 23. Just Coolin'