Lester Young - Verve Jazz Masters 30 (1994)

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Title: Verve Jazz Masters 30
Year Of Release: 1994
Label: Verve[521 859-2]
Genre: Jazz, Bop, Swing
Quality: FLAC (tracks + .cue,log,scans)
Total Time: 65:28
Total Size: 253 MB(+3%)
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Tracklist

01. Love Me Or Leave Me (6:52)
02. Sometimes I'm Happy (3:09)
03. I've Found A New Baby (4:07)
04. Polka Dots And Moonbeams (3:44)
05. On The Sunny Side Of The Street (3:29)
06. (Back Home Again In) Indiana (7:06)
07. Prisoner Of Love (7:42)
08. In A Little Spanish Town ('Twas On A Night Like This) (3:17)
09. Just You, Just Me (3:12)
10. Peg O' My Heart (4:07)
11. Too Marvelous For Words (3:04)
12. All Of Me (5:13)
13. I'm Confessin' (That I love You) (3:44)
14. Mean To Me (4:14)
15. I Never Knew (3:08)
Lester Young - Verve Jazz Masters 30 (1994)

With Coleman Hawkins and John Coltrane, Lester Young makes up what could be called the Holy Trinity of jazz tenor saxophonists. On this Verve compilation, we get a wonderful overview of Young's post- Count Basie Orchestra output. Selections featured here range from dates recorded in 1943 up through 1956, three years before the musician's death.

Young's cool-toned, behind-the-beat phrasing is in evidence on all 15 tracks, from the Latin inflected "In a Little Spanish Town ('Twas on a Night Like This)," through the relaxed swing of "Peg O' My Heart," to the uptempo bounce of "All of Me." This CD sizzles with great jazz performances.