Lester Young - The Complete Savoy Recordings (2002)

Tracklist

CD1:

01. These Foolish Things Remind Me of You (take 1 master) (2:59)
02. Exercise in Swing (take 1 master) (3:03)
03. Exercise in Swing (take 2) (2:50)
04. Exercise in Swing (take 3) (3:11)
05. Exercise in Swing (take 4) (3:01)
06. Salute to Fats (take 1) (3:23)
07. Salute to Fats (take 2) (1:18)
08. Salute to Fats (take 3) (3:00)
09. Salute to Fats (take 4) (1:00)
10. Salute to Fats (take 5 master) (3:00)
11. Basie English (take 1) (3:01)
12. Basie English (take 2 master) (3:03)
13. Empty Hearted (take 1 master) (2:57)
14. Circus in Rhythm (take 1 master) (3:14)
15. Circus in Rhythm (take 2) (3:07)
16. Circus in Rhythm (take 3) (2:57)
17. Poor Little Plaything (take 1 master) (2:58)
18. Poor Little Plaything (take 2) (3:03)
19. Tush (take 1) (2:53)
20. Tush (take 2 master) (3:00)
21. Blue Lester (Lester's Blues) (take 1 master) (3:24)
22. Ghost of a Chance (take 1) (3:28)
23. Ghost of a Chance (take 2 master) (3:21)
24. Indiana (take 1) (2:54)
25. Indiana (take 2 master) (2:56)
26. Jump, Lester, Jump (Lester's Savoy Jump) (take 1 master) (3:16)

CD2:

01. Crazy over J-Z (take 1) (2:46)
02. Crazy over J-Z (take 2) (2:48)
03. Crazy over J-Z (take 3 master) (2:43)
04. Ding Dong (take 1) (2:26)
05. Ding Dong (take 2) (2:26)
06. Ding Dong (take 3 master) (2:26)
07. Blues 'n' Bells (take 1) (2:11)
08. Blues 'n' Bells (take 2) (2:23)
09. Blues 'n' Bells (take 3 master) (2:23)
10. June Bug (take 1 master) (2:37)
11. Neenah (3:10)
12. Body and Soul (3:42)
13. Up and Adam (4:13)
14. Big Eye Blues (9:26)
15. One O'Clock Blues (6:19)
16. Lester's Mop Mop Blues (4:55)
17. Pennies from Heaven (5:32)
18. I Can't Get Started (4:15)
19. How High the Moon (7:02)
20. Jumpin' with Symphony Sid (3:59)


2002's The Complete Savoy Recordings contains all 46 recordings Lester Young recorded for Savoy, including numerous alternate takes. This set is nicely assembled, boasting 20-Bit remastering, with good notes and logical sequencing (even if the successions of alternate takes do skew it a bit toward the historian, not the casual listener), making this the best set to date of Young's pivotal Savoy recordings.~Stephen Thomas Erlewine