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Complete Aladdin Sessions (Import) (CD)

By: Lester Young (Artist)
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DISC 1 for Complete Aladdin Sessions (Import) (CD) Album By Lester Young (Artist)
1   D.B. Blues  
2   Lester Blows Again  
3   These Foolish Things  
4   Jumpin' At Mesner's  
5   It's Only A Paper Moon  
6   After You've Gone  
7   Lover Come Back To Me  
8   Jammin' With Lester  
9   You're Driving Me Crazy  
10   New Lester Leaps  
11   Lester's Be Bop Boogie  
12   She's Funny That Way  
13   Sunday  
14   S.M. Blues  
15   Jumpin' With Symphony Sid  
16   No Eyes Blues  
17   Sax-O-Be-Bop  
18   Ont He Sunny Side Of The Street  
19   Easy Does  
20   Movin' With Lester  
21   One O'clock Jump  
22   Jumpin' At The Woodside (Every Tub)  
23   Confessin'  
24   Lester Smooths It Out  
25   Just Coolin'  
26   Tea For Two  
27   East Of The Sun  
28   Sheik Of Araby  
29   Something To Remember You By  
30   Indiana  
31   I Can't Get Started  
32   Tea For Two  
33   Body And Soul  
34   Untitled  
35   Please Let Me Forget  
36   (I Love Him Though) He Don' Love Me Any More  
37   Pleasin' Man Blues (Stop Jivin' Around)  
38   See See Rider  
39   It's Better To Give That To Receive  
 
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Personnel includes: Lester Young (tenor saxophone); Helen Humes (vocals); Willie Smith (alto saxophone); Snooky Young, Howard McGhee (trumpet); Nat "King" Cole (piano); Red Callender (bass).
Recorded between 1945 & 1947.
It has been said that the racism Lester Young experienced in the army during World War Two scarred him so badly that he never played the same again. However this two-CD compilation documents Young at his best. We can compare his playing from his prewar days to his postwar days by listening to, for example, "I Can't Get Started" from 1942 and "Something to Remember You By" from 1948.
Contrary to some critics' opinions, his later work stands up to his earlier output. His phrasing remains elegant and his tone, if anything, has become more sanguine; he also begins to stretch harmonic boundaries on the later recordings (as heard on Disc Two). Highlights include "D.B. Blues," "Jumpin' with Symphony Sid" (which actually became a minor hit), and the bouncy "Sunday." Some minor errors are found in the CD booklet; for example, trumpeter Snooky Young is left out of the personnel listing for the date heard on Disc Two with singer Helen Humes, and Young's final sessions for Aladdin occurred in 1948, not 1947 as indicated.

Title Note

Personnel includes: Lester Young (tenor saxophone); Helen Humes (vocals); Willie Smith (alto saxophone); Snooky Young, Howard McGhee (trumpet); Nat "King" Cole (piano); Red Callender (bass).

Recorded between 1945 & 1947.

It has been said that the racism Lester Young experienced in the army during World War Two scarred him so badly that he never played the same again. However this two-CD compilation documents Young at his best. We can compare his playing from his prewar days to his postwar days by listening to, for example, "I Can't Get Started" from 1942 and "Something to Remember You By" from 1948.

Contrary to some critics' opinions, his later work stands up to his earlier output. His phrasing remains elegant and his tone, if anything, has become more sanguine; he also begins to stretch harmonic boundaries on the later recordings (as heard on Disc Two). Highlights include "D.B. Blues," "Jumpin' with Symphony Sid" (which actually became a minor hit), and the bouncy "Sunday." Some minor errors are found in the CD booklet; for example, trumpeter Snooky Young is left out of the personnel listing for the date heard on Disc Two with singer Helen Humes, and Young's final sessions for Aladdin occurred in 1948, not 1947 as indicated.

Album Description

It has been said that the racism Lester Young experienced in the army during World War Two scarred him so badly that he never played the same again. However this two-CD compilation documents Young at his best. We can compare his playing from his prewar days to his postwar days by listening to, for example, "I Can't Get Started" from 1942 and "Something to Remember You By" from 1948.
Contrary to some critics' opinions, his later work stands up to his earlier output. His phrasing remains elegant and his tone, if anything, has become more sanguine; he also begins to stretch harmonic boundaries on the later recordings (as heard on Disc Two). Highlights include "D.B. Blues," "Jumpin' with Symphony Sid" (which actually became a minor hit), and the bouncy "Sunday." Some minor errors are found in the CD booklet; for example, trumpeter Snooky Young is left out of the personnel listing for the date heard on Disc Two with singer Helen Humes, and Young's final sessions for Aladdin occurred in 1948, not 1947 as indicated.

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