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1	The Lester Young Story [Proper] (2000) more music like this by Lester Young Proper, the famous British reissue label, has given the world a series of four-CD "Proper boxes" that contain essential recordings by legendary musicians. Proper's The Lester Young Story is an excellent introduction to this man's phenomenal artistry. Beginning with two instrumentals from his very first recording session on November 9, 1936, Proper ... see all copies from $19.26! new only from $28.97!
2	Blue Lester (1956) more music like this by Lester Young Basically Young's Savoy Master Takes, Blue Lester finds the svelte tenor innovator on a prime mix of sides from 1944 and 1949. As was the trend of most swing soloists by the mid-'40s, Young heads up a few different extended combos here, featuring the likes of pianist Johnny Guarnieri, trumpeter Jesse Drakes, drummer Cozy Cole, and old Basie ... see all copies from $11.27! new only from $11.27!
3	The Art of Jazz Saxophone: The Masters (1997) more music like this by Various Artists see all copies from $1.99!
4	Giants of Jazz: 'Round Midnight (2003) more music like this by Various Artists Giants of Jazz: 'Round Midnight is a 12-song trawl through the vaults of the storied jazz label Savoy as well one of the labels (Muse) that the current incarnation of Savoy Jazz licenses. The liner notes state that the intention of the collection is to show off the beautiful side of jazz, and at that they succeed to a limited degree. The mellow ... see all copies from $9.43! new only from $9.43!
5	Giants of Jazz Sampler (2000) more music like this by Various Artists Sold for an extremely low introductory price, the Giants of Jazz Sampler is a strong basic overview of the material licensed by the Italian Giants of Jazz label. Filling out the disc are numerous crucial cuts by many of the biggest names in jazz from the swing and bop eras. This is by no means a definitive microcosm of the jazz world during those ... see all copies from $2.49! new only from $2.49!
6	Love Every Moment (1992) more music like this by Walter Norris Trio A masterful West Coast jazz pianist who has lived in Berlin since 1977, Walter Norris made a rare visit back to the U.S. in 1992, recording this excellent trio set with bassist Putter Smith and drummer Larance Marable. The well-rounded program includes five older pieces (including such rarely played numbers as Lester Young's "Blue Lester" and ... see all copies from $5.00! new only from $7.99!
7	The Savoy Story, Vol. 1: Jazz (1999) more music like this by Various Artists The old Savoy catalog gets bounced around from one distributor to the next like an unwanted foster child, with everyone starting from scratch once they get a hold of it. By 1999, it was Atlantic's turn and, hot on the heels of other label retrospectives, they have compiled a very good three-CD anthology of Savoy's jazz activities over 15 years in ... see all copies from $34.98! new only from $34.98!
8	Romantic Jazz [Columbia River] (2000) more music like this by Various Artists see all copies from $14.57! new only from $14.57!
9	Master Takes (1944) more music like this by Lester Young Lester Young recorded for Savoy three separate times in four different settings. On Apr. 18, 1944 he performed as part of the Count Basie Orchestra (although Basie himself was absent) for three numbers and then cut four more songs with a septet that included trumpeter Billy Butterfield and pianist Johnny Guarnieri. A few weeks later he was ... see all copies from $12.00!
10	The Art of Jazz: Saxophone [Slimline] (2002) more music like this by Various Artists see all copies from $7.17!
11	Jazz in Paris, Vol. 1: Champs-Élysées 1917-1949 (2005) more music like this by Various Artists This three-CD box set is the first of four volumes -- each representing a quarter of the city and a chronological period -- that are designated companions to the 100 albums in the Jazz in Paris collection. This box covers the widest range chronologically, and does a fine job of juxtaposing American jazz masters playing the city -- in some cases ... see all copies from $43.02!
12 view cover	Blue Lester: The One and Only Lester Young (2005) more music like this by Lester Young see all copies from $11.27! new only from $11.27!
13 view cover	Best of Jazz Saxophone [Columbia River] (2003) more music like this by Various Artists see all copies from $5.58! new only from $5.58!
14 view cover	Lester Dreams (2000) more music like this by Lester Young Definitive's Lester Dreams is a portrait of Lester Young that samples his collaborations with Count Basie in both small and big band settings, beginning with Prez's very first appearance in a recording studio (October 9, 1936) and including his marvelous "Savoy" session of May 1, 1944. This wonderful little album ends with an "Ad Lib Blues" played ... see all copies from $13.08! new only from $13.08!
15 view cover	Kansas City Memories (1957) more music like this by Nat Pierce Reissued on a 1983 LP but not yet out on CD, this session (originally recorded for Coral) finds pianist Nat Pierce playing and arranging for a swinging septet consisting of trumpeter Joe Newman, trombonist Bill Harris, altoist Hal McKusick, rhythm guitarist Freddie Green, bassist Oscar Pettiford and drummer Jo Jones. Not too surprisingly ... see all copies from $10.00! new only from $51.39!
16 view cover	Simply Dinner Jazz (2008) more music like this by Various Artists see all copies from $24.37! new only from $24.37!
17	In Tokyo (1978) more music like this by Concord Super Band The first trip to Japan by a group of all stars called the Concord Super Band, who wrapped up their 1978 tour with this recording, which documents their complete final concert in Tokyo. Youngsters Scott Hamilton (tenor sax) and Warren Vache (cornet and flugelhorn) are joined by a quartet of veterans: pianist Ross Tompkins, drummer Jake Hanna, ... see all copies from $15.00!
18	Pres: The Complete Savoy Recordings (1944) more music like this by Lester Young When this double-album set was first released, the "two-fer" fad in jazz and blues reissues was not exactly new, but a consensus on what to do with alternate takes had not been reached, if it ever has. Compact discs made the entire situation easier to deal with, as machines could be programmed to play the selections in any order, and the ... see all copies from $10.00!
19	The Immortal (1944) more music like this by Lester Young see all copies from $199.00!
20 view cover	Lester Leaps Again (2001) more music like this by Lester Young see all copies from $2.85! new only from $2.85!
21 view cover	The Chicago to New York to Los Angeles: 1938-1944 (2002) more music like this by Lester Young see all copies from $26.02! new only from $26.02!
22 view cover	Essential Masters of Jazz (1999) more music like this by Lester Young see all copies from $5.70! new only from $5.70!
23 view cover	I'm Beginning to See the Light: 1944 (2000) more music like this by Various Artists see all copies from $22.87! new only from $22.87!

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