Lester Young - The Complete Aladdin Recordings
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Artist: Lester YoungEdition: Music CD
CD Release Date: 1995-09-26
Music Label: Blue Note Records
Soundtracks:
Music CD 1
- Indiana - Lester Young, Hanley, James
- I Can't Get Started - Lester Young, Duke, Vernon
- Tea for Two - Lester Young, Caesar, Irving
- Body and Soul - Lester Young, Eyton, Frank
- D.B. Blues - Lester Young, Beaks, Carl
- Lester Blows Again - Lester Young, Young, Lester
- These Foolish Things - Lester Young, Link, Harry
- Jumpin' at Mesner's - Lester Young, Young, Lester
- It's Only a Paper Moon - Lester Young, Arlen, Harold
- After You've Gone - Lester Young, Creamer, Henry
- Lover, Come Back to Me - Lester Young, Hammerstein, Oscar
- Jammin' With Lester - Lester Young, Young, Lester
- You're Driving Me Crazy - Lester Young, Donaldson, Walter
- New Lester Leaps In - Lester Young, Young, Lester
- Lester's Be Bop Shop - Lester Young, Young, Lester
- She's Funny That Way - Lester Young, Moret, Neil
- Sunday - Lester Young, Cohn, Chester
- S.M. Blues - Lester Young, Young, Lester
- Jumpin' With Symphony Sid - Lester Young, Young, Lester
- No Eyes Blues - Lester Young, Young, Lester
- Sax-O-Be-Bop - Lester Young, Young, Lester
- tra On the Sunny Side of the Street - Lester Young, Fields, Dorothy
- Easy Does It - Lester Young, Oliver, Sy
- Easy Does It - Lester Young, Oliver, Sy
- Movin' With Lester - Lester Young, Young, Lester
- One O'Clock Jump - Lester Young, Basie, Count
- Jumpin' at the Woodside - Lester Young, Basie, Count
- I'm Confessin' - Lester Young, Daugherty, Doc
- Lester Smooths It Out - Lester Young, Young, Lester
- Just Cooling - Lester Young, Young, Lester
- Tea for Two - Lester Young, Caesar, Irving
- East of the Sun - Lester Young, Bowman, Brooks
- Sheik of Araby - Lester Young, Smith, Harry [2] Be
- Something to Remember You By - Lester Young, Dietz, Howard
- Riffin' Without Helen - Lester Young, Smith, W
- Please Let Me Forget - Lester Young, Callender, Red
- He Don't Love Me Anymore - Lester Young, Hathaway, Martin
- Pleasing Man Blues - Lester Young, Brock, Herbie
- See See Rider - Lester Young, Rainey, Ma
- It's Better to Give Than Receiving - Lester Young, Humes, Helen
Free Music Notes for The Complete Aladdin Recordings
Free Music Review: Dark Lester
Hit: 5 Stars
For a number of reasons, Lester Young's sound changed after he left the Basie Band. He changed the mouthpiece on his saxophone, resulting in a darker, lower tone; he suffered from disappointment and depression after leaving behind his buddies in the band for a career that never really took off afterward; his short stint in the army was a disaster; he was drinking and smoking more and more; and maybe he was just getting a little older and somber as well. The result is a collection of fragile, beautiful songs. Many fans don't care as much for this sound as they do for his early recordings, but for me, they are the most touching things he recorded. These are the successful recordings of his "dark" period, which fell apart during the fifties, making a mess of his career. But for this brief period, his genius really shines through.
The Complete Aladdin Recordings Poster
This release presents the great Lester Young's complete sessions for the small Aladdin label, which were made right after the saxophonist's release from prison and dishonourable discharge from the U.S. Army. Although legend has it he was never the same after his experiences in the military, Young's playing throughout these recordings exceeds even his own high standards.Lester Young recorded for the Aladdin label between December 1945 and December 1947, leading a series of small groups that would range in size from quintets to a septet. While Young's solos were a marvelous paradox of the languid and the taut, his approach to putting a group together could be simply casual. His sidemen here come from both the ranks of the justly celebrated and the journeymen, whose names have all but disappeared from jazz history. The bands can include collisions of swing era stalwarts and dedicated boppers. Something of that's apparent in the first Aladdin session, where trombonist Vic Dickenson and pianist Dodo Marmarosa seem to have the blues in different languages on Young's eloquent "D.B. Blues." It seems to have mattered little to Young, who was in many ways a school of one. His playing here is usually at a level that others only dream about, creating a linear flow that has its own superior internal logic, whether the subject at hand is a standard, a blues, or an uptempo variant on "I Got Rhythm." His sound is one of the marvels of jazz, not just for its airy transparency but for its flexibility, the way a line is constantly shaded with gently honking punctuations and a hint of gravel. In addition to the Aladdin sessions, this two-CD set includes a 1942 trio date that's focused on standards and has Nat "King" Cole on piano and Red Callendar on bass. Young's solo on "Indiana" is one of his marvels of multidimensional swing. There's also a 1945 session with singer Helen Humes that has terrific input from trumpeter Snooky Young and altoist Willie Smith as well as Young. --Stuart Broomer
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