Lester Young - In Washington, D.C. 1956, Vol. 4 (1998)

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Artist: Lester Young
Title: In Washington, D.C. 1956, Vol. 4
Year Of Release: 1998
Label: Pablo, OJC[OJCCD-963-2]
Genre: Jazz, Swing, Cool
Quality: FLAC (tracks + .cue,log,scans)
Total Time: 43:04
Total Size: 205 MB(+3%)
WebSite: Album Preview

Tracklist

1 Talk Of The Town
2 I Cover The Waterfront
3 Pennies From Heaven
4 G's, If You Please
5 Almost Like Being In Love
6 I'm Confessin' That I Love You
7 D.B. Blues

Lester Young - In Washington, D.C. 1956, Vol. 4 (1998)

personnel :

Jim Lucht - Drums
Bill Potts - Piano
Deb Sibony - Drums (Snare)
Norman Williams - Bass
Lester Young - Sax (Tenor)

The final volume of this four-volume chronicling of Prez' stand at Olivia's Patio Lounge in 1956 is no less fine than its preceding three volumes. Everything here is stretched out to a comfortable length, everybody is taking their time, giving the music plenty of room to breathe and most importantly, giving Young all the time he needs to get deep inside the music itself. Nice readings of the ballad "I Cover the Waterfront," "Talk of the Town" and a swinging "Pennies from Heaven" are the big tickets here, imbued with an economy from Bill Potts' Trio that perfectly frames Young's flights of fancy. Fine alternate performances of "I'm Confessin' That I Love You," "Almost Like Being In Love," "G's, If You Please" and "D.B. Blues" (Lester's blues with a bridge that King Pleasure put words to) complete the set, a series that every jazz fan should have in their collection and one that no Lester Young fan can afford to be without.

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