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Format: CD
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Catalogue No: CD AJA 5176
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Label: ASV Mono
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Genre: Jazz
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Style: Swing, Bop
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Released: 1995 UK
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Media Condition: Very Good Plus (VG+)
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Sleeve Condition: Very Good Plus (VG+)
Product Review:
EX/EX - visual grading only.
Lester Young compilation spanning his peak years with Count Basie's orchestra and small groups, covering sides cut between 1936 and 1944. Includes "Shoe Shine Boy", "Lester Leaps In", and "Taxi War Dance" -- core recordings that defined his cool, legato tenor style. 1995 UK ASV CD pressing in mono, with liner notes. A strong single-disc introduction to Young's pre-war and wartime output.
Release ID: 13277498
Track List:
1. Shoe Shine Boy (Swing) 2:59
2. Lady Be Good 3:06
3. Roseland Shuffle 2:31
4. Swinging The Blues 1:46
5. Taxi War Dance 2:49
6. This Year's Kisses 3:09
7. I'll Never Be The Same 3:02
8. I've Found A New Baby 2:40
9. Lester Leaps In 3:12
10. Ad Lib Blues 3:21
11. Sometimes I'm Happy 3:04
12. Afternoon Of A Basie-Ite 3:07
13. Lester Leaps Again 4:24
14. I Got Rhythm 3:14
15. Four O'Clock Drag 2:50
16. Jo-Jo 3:19
17. I Don't Stand A Ghost Of A Chance With You 3:26
18. Blue Lester 3:22
19. Jump, Lester, Jump 3:15
20. Texas Shuffle 3:06
21. I Ain't Got Nobody (And There's Nobdy Cares For Me) 2:54
22. I Want A Little Girl 2:51
23. Pagin' The Devil 2:54
24. Twelfth Street Rag 3:03
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