Lester Young
Pres On Keynote (LP)
LabelMercuryGenreJazz & Improvisation
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condition (record/cover): NM / EX- (minimal ring wear on back)
The Keynote sessions from the middle forties catch Lester Young at a pivot point: still the floating, melodic player who had rewritten the tenor saxophone with Basie, but with a darkening tone and a heaviness in the phrasing that would deepen after the army years. Harry Lim produced these dates with small groups of first-rank players and no interference, and the results are among the best-recorded and most relaxed of the period. Pres never played loudly and never needed to. The whole argument of his style is that a melody, stated well, does not require force.
Mercury pressing of the Keynote material. Essential middle-period Young.
Release notes
Electronically Reprocessed For Stereo
| A1 | Just You, Just Me (Take 1) | 3:07 | |
| A2 | Just You, Just Me (Take 2) | 3:13 | |
| A3 | I Never Know (Take 1) | 3:07 | |
| A4 | I Never Know (Take 2) | 3:11 | |
| A5 | Afternoon Of A Basie-Ite (Take 1) | 3:10 | |
| A6 | Afternoon Of A Basie-Ite (Take 2) | 3:11 | |
| A7 | Sometimes I'm Happy (Take 2) | 3:07 | |
| B1 | After Theatre Jump (Take 2) | 4:48 | |
| B2 | Six Cats And A Prince (Take 3) | 4:13 | |
| B3 | Lester Leaps Again (Take 1) | 4:29 | |
| B4 | Destination K.C. (Take 1) | 3:54 | |
| B5 | Destination K.C. (Take 2) | 4:54 |
