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Defying what has become conventional wisdom, tenor saxophonist Lester Young cut some of his greatest recordings in the 1950s -- that is, when he was reasonably healthy. On this wonderful effort with pianist Oscar Peterson, guitarist Barney Kessel, bassist Ray Brown, and drummer J.C. Heard, Prez performs definitive versions of "Just You, Just Me" and "Tea for Two," and plays a string of concise but memorable ballad renditions: "On the Sunny Side of the Street," "Almost Like Being in Love," "I Can't Give You Anything But Love," "There Will Never Be Another You," and "I'm Confessin'." This is essential music from a jazz legend. [Some reissues augment the original dozen songs with a version of the good-humored "It Takes Two to Tango," which features Young's only recorded vocals, plus a rather unnecessary false start (on "I Can't Get Started," ironically), along with some studio chatter.]
© Scott Yanow /TiVo
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Oscar Peterson Trio, MainArtist - Barney Kessel, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - RAY BROWN, Double Bass, AssociatedPerformer - Lester Young, MainArtist, ComposerLyricist - J.C. Heard, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Norman Granz, Producer
℗ 1952 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Oscar Peterson Trio, MainArtist - Ira Gershwin, ComposerLyricist - Vernon Duke, ComposerLyricist - Lester Young, MainArtist - Norman Granz, Producer
℗ 1952 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Oscar Peterson Trio, MainArtist - Barney Kessel, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - RAY BROWN, Double Bass, AssociatedPerformer - Lester Young, MainArtist - Raymond Klages, Author - Jesse Greer, Composer - J.C. Heard, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Norman Granz, Producer
℗ 1952 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Oscar Peterson Trio, MainArtist - Barney Kessel, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - RAY BROWN, Double Bass, AssociatedPerformer - Frederick Loewe, Composer - Alan Jay Lerner, Author - Lester Young, Tenor Saxophone, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - J.C. Heard, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Norman Granz, Producer
℗ 1952 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Oscar Peterson Trio, MainArtist - Vincent Youmans, Composer - Irving Caesar, Author - Barney Kessel, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - RAY BROWN, Double Bass, AssociatedPerformer - Lester Young, Tenor Saxophone, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Oscar Peterson, Keyboards, AssociatedPerformer - J.C. Heard, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Norman Granz, Producer
℗ 1952 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Oscar Peterson Trio, MainArtist - Barney Kessel, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - RAY BROWN, Double Bass, AssociatedPerformer - Harry Warren, Composer - Mack Gordon, Author - Lester Young, MainArtist - J.C. Heard, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Norman Granz, Producer
℗ 1952 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Oscar Peterson Trio, MainArtist - Lester Young, MainArtist - BALLARD MACDONALD, Author - Norman Granz, Producer - James Frederick Hanley, Composer
℗ 1952 Polydor Inc.
Oscar Peterson Trio, MainArtist - Barney Kessel, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Dorothy Fields, ComposerLyricist - RAY BROWN, Double Bass, AssociatedPerformer - Jimmy McHugh, ComposerLyricist - Lester Young, MainArtist - Nikki Yanofsky, Arranger, Work Arranger - J.C. Heard, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Norman Granz, Producer - Rob Fahie, Arranger, Adapter, Work Arranger - Robert Goldfarb, Arranger, Work Arranger - John Sadowy, Arranger, Work Arranger - Geoff Lang, Arranger, Work Arranger
℗ 1952 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Oscar Peterson Trio, MainArtist - Mitchell Parish, ComposerLyricist - HOAGY CARMICHAEL, ComposerLyricist - Barney Kessel, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - RAY BROWN, Double Bass, AssociatedPerformer - Lester Young, Tenor Saxophone, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - J.C. Heard, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Norman Granz, Producer
℗ 1952 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Don Dougherty, ComposerLyricist - Oscar Peterson Trio, MainArtist - Barney Kessel, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - RAY BROWN, Double Bass, AssociatedPerformer - Ellis Reynolds, ComposerLyricist - Lester Young, MainArtist - Al Neiburg, ComposerLyricist - J.C. Heard, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Norman Granz, Producer - Al Nieburg, ComposerLyricist
℗ 1952 The Verve Music Group, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
Oscar Peterson Trio, MainArtist - Barney Kessel, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Dorothy Fields, ComposerLyricist - RAY BROWN, Double Bass, AssociatedPerformer - Jimmy McHugh, ComposerLyricist - Lester Young, MainArtist - J.C. Heard, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Norman Granz, Producer
℗ 1952 The Verve Music Group, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
Oscar Peterson Trio, MainArtist - Barney Kessel, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - RAY BROWN, Double Bass, AssociatedPerformer - Jack Strachey, ComposerLyricist - Lester Young, MainArtist - Holt Marvell, ComposerLyricist - J.C. Heard, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Norman Granz, Producer
℗ 1952 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Oscar Peterson Trio, MainArtist - Al Hoffman, ComposerLyricist - Dick Manning, ComposerLyricist - Barney Kessel, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - RAY BROWN, Double Bass, AssociatedPerformer - Lester Young, MainArtist - J.C. Heard, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Norman Granz, Producer
℗ 1952 The Verve Music Group, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
Oscar Peterson Trio, MainArtist - Ira Gershwin, ComposerLyricist - Vernon Duke, ComposerLyricist - Lester Young, MainArtist - Norman Granz, Producer
℗ 1952 Polydor Inc.
Albumbeschreibung
Defying what has become conventional wisdom, tenor saxophonist Lester Young cut some of his greatest recordings in the 1950s -- that is, when he was reasonably healthy. On this wonderful effort with pianist Oscar Peterson, guitarist Barney Kessel, bassist Ray Brown, and drummer J.C. Heard, Prez performs definitive versions of "Just You, Just Me" and "Tea for Two," and plays a string of concise but memorable ballad renditions: "On the Sunny Side of the Street," "Almost Like Being in Love," "I Can't Give You Anything But Love," "There Will Never Be Another You," and "I'm Confessin'." This is essential music from a jazz legend. [Some reissues augment the original dozen songs with a version of the good-humored "It Takes Two to Tango," which features Young's only recorded vocals, plus a rather unnecessary false start (on "I Can't Get Started," ironically), along with some studio chatter.]
© Scott Yanow /TiVo
About the album
- 1 disc(s) - 14 track(s)
- Total length: 01:03:46
- Main artists: Lester Young Oscar Peterson
- Composer: Various Composers
- Label: Verve Reissues
- Genre: Jazz
© 1997 UMG Recordings, Inc. ℗ 1997 UMG Recordings, Inc.
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