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Blue Lester
(1956)
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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 ...
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1944-1945
(1944)
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Count Basie Orchestra
The second collection of transcriptions from a period when the musicians union strike resulted in no commercial recordings being made, this set (which is actually superior to the first volume) features Lester Young back with Count Basie in 1944. Trumpeter Harry Edison, trombonist Dickie Wells, Buddy Tate on tenor and Basie all have their strong ...
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Jumping With the Big Swing Bands
(2003)
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Various Artists
Jumping With the Big Swing Bands collects various swing-era tracks by such popular dance band leaders as Louis Prima, Jimmie Lunceford, and Harry James. Included here are such rare cuts as Lunceford's "Sit Back and Ree-Lax" and "Shut Out." Matt Collar, All Music Guide
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The Lang-Worth Transcriptions
(2000)
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Count Basie
Count Basie's 1944 radio transcriptions are reissued on this CD. Most interesting is the fact that this was the largely undocumented period (due to the musicians' recording strike) that Lester Young was back with the Basie orchestra. Young, Buddy Tate, Harry Edison, and Dicky Wells are the main soloists in addition to the leader. Thirteen of the ...
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Master Takes
(1944)
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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 ...
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Blue Lester: The One and Only Lester Young
(2005)
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Lester Young
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The Transcription Performances 1946
(1995)
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Boyd Raeburn
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The Savoy Story, Vol. 1: Jazz
(1999)
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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 ...
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Talking & Preaching Trombones
(1997)
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Various Artists
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The Very Best of Count Basie & Duke Ellington
(2004)
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Count Basie and Duke Ellington
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Ultimate Legends: Count Basie
(2003)
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Count Basie
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Timeless Lester Young
(2003)
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Lester Young
Timeless Lester Young combines tracks saxophonist Lester Young recorded for Savoy during the '40s and '50s. Collectors will probably want to seek out the original albums, but at 15 tracks, the Timeless collection is a worthy budget overview. Matt Collar, All Music Guide
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Pres: The Complete Savoy Recordings
(1944)
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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 ...
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The Ultimate Swing Wedding
(2005)
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Various Artists
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Count Basie, Vol. 2 [Platinum]
(2001)
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Count Basie
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