Lester Young, Roy Eldridge and Harry Edison - Laughin' To Keep From Cryin' (1958) CD Rip

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Title: Laughin' To Keep From Cryin'
Year Of Release: 2000
Label: Verve Records[543 301-2]
Genre: Jazz, Swing
Quality: FLAC (tracks + .cue,log,scans)
Total Time: 43:22
Total Size: 285 MB(+3%)
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Tracklist

01. Salute To Benny - 08:32
02. They Can't Take That Away From Me - 06:02
03. Romping - 11:42
04. Gypsy In My Soul - 04:14
05. Please Don't Talk About Me When I'm Gone - 06:11
06. Ballad Medley: The Very Thought Of You, I Want A Little Girl, Blue & Sentimental - 06:38
07. Mean To Me - 06:58

personnel :

Lester Young - clarinet, tenor saxophone
Harry "Sweets" Edison, Roy Eldridge - trumpet
Herb Ellis - guitar
Hank Jones - piano
George Duvivier - double bass
Mickey Sheen - drums

One of tenor-saxophonist Lester Young's final studio sessions (he died a year later), this date apparently had a lot of difficulties but the recorded results are excellent. Prez was joined by two great swing trumpeters (Roy Eldridge and Harry "Sweets" Edison) and a fine rhythm section for two standards, two originals and the ballad "Gypsy in My Soul." Young takes rare clarinet solos on two of the selections with his emotional statement on "They Can't Take That Away from Me" being one of the highpoints of his career.
~ Scott Yanow