Lester Young - The Kansas City Sessions (1997)
Lester Young - The Kansas City Sessions (1997)
EAC rip | FLAC+CUE+LOG | Scans | 200 Mb (Incl. Recovery)
Genre ~ Cool, Mainstream Jazz, Saxophone Jazz | Label ~ GRP Records
EAC rip | FLAC+CUE+LOG | Scans | 200 Mb (Incl. Recovery)
Genre ~ Cool, Mainstream Jazz, Saxophone Jazz | Label ~ GRP Records
This is a CD overflowing with classic performances. The great Lester Young is heard with the 1938 version of the Kansas City Six, a group also including trumpeter Buck Clayton (in prime form), Eddie Durham on electric guitar (where he preceded Charlie Christian) and trombone, the rhythm guitar of Freddie Green, bassist Walter Page, and drummer Jo Jones. The four selections (all of which are joined by an alternate take apiece) are most notable for Young's switching to clarinet on some of the pieces. His clarinet solo on "I Want a Little Girl" sounds eerily like Paul Desmond's alto of 15 years later. These classic cool jazz performances have delightful interplay between the two horns. The second part of the reissue features the 1944 Kansas City Six in which Young (sticking to tenor) and trumpeter Bill Coleman are joined by a three-piece rhythm section and trombonist Dickie Wells. Wells, who takes some very colorful and nearly riotous solos, rarely sounded better, and the four selections are highlighted by three equally rewarding versions of "I Got Rhythm" and two of "Three Little Words." The CD concludes with the four titles by 1938's Kansas City Five, which was essentially the early Kansas City Six without Young. Clayton is once again in top form, and Durham's guitar solos were among the first worthwhile examples of the electric guitar on record. This gem is highly recommended for all jazz collections. ~ AllMusicTracklist
01. Way Down Yonder in New Orleans (take 2) (3:03)
02. Way Down Yonder in New Orleans (3:00)
03. Countless Blues (3:04)
04. Countless Blues (take 2) (3:02)
05. Them There Eyes (take 2) (3:00)
06. Them There Eyes (3:01)
07. I Want a Little Girl (2:56)
08. I Want a Little Girl (take 2) (2:57)
09. Pagin' the Devil (3:00)
10. Pagin' the Devil (take 2) (2:58)
11. Three Little Words (take 2) (3:22)
12. Three Little Words (2:55)
13. Jo Jo (3:20)
14. I Got Rhythm (take 3) (3:18)
15. I Got Rhythm (take 2) (3:18)
16. I Got Rhythm (3:19)
17. Four O'Clock Drag (2:54)
18. Four O'Clock Drag (take 3) (2:53)
19. Laughing at Life (3:08)
20. Good Mornin' Blues (2:54)
21. I Know That You Know (3:07)
22. Love Me or Leave Me (2:47)
Personnel
Lester Young - tenor saxophone
Freddie Green - vocals, guitar
Buck Clayton, Bill Coleman - trumpet
Eddie Durham - trombone, electric guitar
Dicky Wells - trombone
Joe Bushkin - piano
Walter Page, John Simmons - bass
Jo Jones - drums
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Lester Young - The Kansas City Sessions (1997)
Lester Young - The Kansas City Sessions (1997)
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