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Album: Complete Aladdin Recordings
# Song Title   Time
1)    Indiana More Info...
2)    I Can't Get Started More Info...
3)    Tea for Two More Info...
4)    Body and Soul More Info...
5)    D. B. Blues More Info...
6)    Lester Blows Again More Info...
7)    These Foolish Things More Info...
8)    Jumpin' at Mesner's More Info...
9)    It's Only a Paper Moon More Info...
10)    After You've Gone More Info...
11)    Lover Come Back to Me More Info...
12)    Jammin' With Lester More Info...
13)    You're Driving Me Crazy More Info...
14)    New Lester Leaps In More Info...
15)    Lester's Be Bop Boogie More Info...
16)    She's Funny That Way More Info...
17)    Sunday More Info...
18)    S. M. Blues More Info...
19)    Jumpin' With Symphony Sid More Info...
20)    No Eyes Blues More Info...
21)    Sax-o-be-bop More Info...
22)    On the Sunny Side of the Street More Info...
23)    One O'clock Jump More Info...
24)    Jumpin' at the Woodside More Info...
 
Album: Complete Aladdin Recordings
# Song Title   Time
1)    Indiana More Info...
2)    I Can't Get Started More Info...
3)    Tea for Two More Info...
4)    Body and Soul More Info...
5)    D. B. Blues More Info...
6)    Lester Blows Again More Info...
7)    These Foolish Things More Info...
8)    Jumpin' at Mesner's More Info...
9)    It's Only a Paper Moon More Info...
10)    After You've Gone More Info...
11)    Lover Come Back to Me More Info...
12)    Jammin' With Lester More Info...
13)    You're Driving Me Crazy More Info...
14)    New Lester Leaps In More Info...
15)    Lester's Be Bop Boogie More Info...
16)    She's Funny That Way More Info...
17)    Sunday More Info...
18)    S. M. Blues More Info...
19)    Jumpin' With Symphony Sid More Info...
20)    No Eyes Blues More Info...
21)    Sax-o-be-bop More Info...
22)    On the Sunny Side of the Street More Info...
23)    One O'clock Jump More Info...
24)    Jumpin' at the Woodside More Info...
 
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  • Personnel: Lester Young (tenor saxophone); Helen Humes (vocals); Willie Smith (alto saxophone); Maxwell Davis (tenor saxophone); Howard McGhee, Shorty McConnell (trumpet); Vic Dickenson (trombone); Dodo Marmarosa, Nat Cole, Wesley Jones, Joe Albany, Argonne "Sadik Hakim" Thornton, Gene DiNovi, Jimmy Bunn (piano); Irving Ashby, Fred Lacey, Nasir Barakaat, Chuck Wayne, Dave Barbour (guitar); Red Callender, Curtis Counce, Rodney Richardson, Ted Briscoe, Curly Russell, Junior Rudd (bass); Henry Tucker, Johnny Otis, Chico Hamilton, Lyndell Marshall, Roy Haynes, Tiny Kahn (drums).
  • Producers: Norman Granz, Leonard Feather.
  • Reissue producer: Michael Cuscuna.
  • Recorded in Los Angeles, California; Chicago, Illinois; New York, New York between July 15, 1942 and December 29, 1947. Includes liner notes by Leonard Feather.
  • Although it has often been written that cool-toned tenor saxophonist Lester Young's experiences with racism in the military during 1944-1945 so scarred him that he never played at the same musical level as he had previously, the music on this essential two-CD reissue disproves that theory. It is true that his attitude toward life was affected and Young became somewhat self-destructive, but his postwar solos rank with the greatest work of his career. This two-fer, which has four selections from 1942 in which Young is heard in a trio with pianist Nat King Cole and bassist Red Callender and a rare 1945 session headed by singer Helen Humes (including a previously unknown instrumental "Riffin' Without Helen"), is mostly taken up with Young's very enjoyable 1945-1948 small-group dates. Highlights include "D.B. Blues," "Jumpin' with Symphony Sid" (which was a minor hit), "Sunday," and "New Lester Leaps In," among many others. Minor errors aside (trumpeter Snooky Young is left out of the personnel listing for the Humes date and Young's final Aladdin session is from 1948, not 1947), this is a well-conceived and brilliant set filled with exciting performances by one of the true greats of jazz. ~ Scott Yanow
Professional Reviews
JazzTimes (4/96, p.78) - "Even more than its improved sound quality, what is most commendable about this set of long-awaited reissues is the addition of an earlier session never before grouped with the 1945-47 Philo/Aladdins..."
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