Lester Young
Pres - The Complete Savoy Recordings (2LP)
LabelSavoy RecordsGenreJazz & Improvisation
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condition (records/cover): NM / EX+
Gatefold sleeve.
Two LPs covering the Savoy sessions from the forties, which is to say Lester Young across the years when everything was changing around him and inside him. The war and his catastrophic treatment in the army sit in the middle of this material, and listeners have argued ever since about whether the later playing represents decline or simply a different and sadder conception. Hearing it collected in sequence makes the case for the second: the tone thickens, the phrases shorten, the vibrato widens, and what emerges is a musician playing considerably closer to the bone.
Savoy double LP, gatefold with notes. Complete, chronological, and the best way to actually follow what happened.
Release notes
A1 to B11 - WOR Studios, New York, April 18, 1944 C1 to C6 - WOR Studios, New York, May 1, 1944 C7 to D8 - New York, June 28, 1949 On spine and gatefold sleeve liner notes, artist is given as "Lester Willis Young", all other credits as "Lester Young". On spine only, title shown as "Pres./The Complete Savoy Recordings". Tracks A1, A3-A7, B2, B7-B8 previously unissued. All other titles issued on Savoy 12068 and 12071. Original 78rpm releases: A2, A7: [r8351397] A8, B9: [r5833320] B1, B4, B11:…
| A1 | Circus In Rhythm | 2:55 | |
| A2 | Circus In Rhythm | 3:11 | |
| A3 | Circus In Rhythm | 3:03 | |
| A4 | Poor Little Plaything | 2:55 | |
| A5 | Poor Little Plaything | 2:57 | |
| A6 | Tush | 3:00 | |
| A7 | Tush | 2:50 | |
| A8 | These Foolish Things | 2:58 | |
| B1 | Exercise In Swing | 3:00 | |
| B2 | Exercise In Swing | 2:47 | |
| B3 | Exercise In Swing | 3:08 | |
| B4 | Exercise In Swing | 2:59 | |
| B5 | Salute To Fats | 3:21 | |
| B6 | Salute To Fats | 4:15 | |
| B7 | Salute To Fats | 3:56 | |
| B8 | Basie English | 3:01 | |
| B9 | Basie English | 2:59 | |
| C1 | Blue Lester | 3:20 | |
| C2 | Ghost Of A Chance | 3:26 | |
| C3 | Ghost Of A Chance | 3:20 | |
| C4 | Indiana | 2:52 | |
| C5 | Indiana | 2:54 | |
| C6 | Jump Lester Jump | 3:15 | |
| C7 | Crazy Over J-Z | 2:44 | |
| C8 | Crazy Over J-Z | 2:47 | |
| D1 | Crazy Over J-Z | 2:41 | |
| D2 | Ding Dong | 2:24 | |
| D3 | Ding Dong | 2:25 | |
| D4 | Ding Dong | 2:25 | |
| D5 | Blues 'N' Bells | 2:32 | |
| D6 | Blues 'N' Bells | 2:21 | |
| D7 | Blues 'N' Bells | 2:22 | |
| D8 | June Bug | 2:36 |
- Earl Warren
- Alto Saxophone (A1 to A7), Vocals (A4, A5)
- Jimmy Powell
- Alto Saxophone (A1 to A7)
- Nancy Greenberg
- Art Direction, Design
- Bob Heimall
- Art Direction, Design
- Bill Hoffman
- Artwork
- Rudy Rutherford
- Baritone Saxophone (A1 to A7)
- Billy Taylor
- Bass (A8 to B11)
- Leroy Jackson
- Bass (C7, C8, D1 to D8)
- Rodney Richardson
- Bass (A1 to A7, C1 to C6)
- Hank D'Amico
- Clarinet (A8 to B11)
- Cozy Cole
- Drums (A8 to B11)
- Jo Jones
- Drums (A1 to A7)
- Roy Haynes
- Drums (C7, C8, D1 to D8)
- Shadow Wilson
- Drums (C1 to C6)
- Steve Backer
- Executive-Producer
- Dexter Hall
- Guitar (A8 to B11)
- Freddie Green
- Guitar (A1 to A7, C1 to C6)
- J.R. Taylor
- Liner Notes
- Al Brown
- Mastered By
- Clyde Hart
- Piano (A1 to A7)
- Count Basie
- Piano (C1 to C6)
- Johnny Guarnieri
- Piano (A8 to B11)
- Junior Mance
- Piano (C7, C8, D1 to D8)
- Buck Ram
- Producer [Original Sessions]
- Teddy Reig
- Producer [Original Sessions]
- Bob Porter
- Reissue Producer
- Buddy Tate
- Tenor Saxophone (A1 to A7)
- Lester Young
- Tenor Saxophone
- Jack Towers
- Transferred By, Edited By
- Jerry Valburn
- Transferred By, Edited By
- Dickie Wells
- Trombone (A1 to A7)
- Eli Robinson
- Trombone (A1 to A7)
- Jerry Elliot
- Trombone (C7, C8, D1 to D8)
- Lou Taylor
- Trombone (A1 to A7)
- Ted Donelly
- Trombone (A1 to A7)
- Al Killian
- Trumpet (A1 to A7)
- Billy Butterfield
- Trumpet (A8 to B11)
- Ed Lewis
- Trumpet (A1 to A7)
- Harry Edison
- Trumpet (A1 to A7)
- Jesse Drakes
- Trumpet (C7, C8, D1 to D8)
- Joe Newman
- Trumpet (A1 to A7)
