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Lester Young Trio with Nat King Cole and Buddy Rich (1946)

Genre: jazz

One of Lester Young's most memorable post-World War II dates came in 1946, when he entered a Los Angeles studio and formed a trio that employed Nat King Cole on piano and Buddy Rich on drums. In 1994, the results of that classic encounter, which Norman Granz produced for his Clef label, were reissued on the CD Lester Young Trio. Unfortunately, the sound is pretty scratchy, and one wishes that Verve had used digital remastering to reduce the noise. But the performances themselves are outstanding. From the blues "Back to the Land" to the soulful ballad statements of "The Man I Love" and "I Cover the Waterfront," Lester Young Trio explodes the absurd myth that Young's postwar output is of little or no value -- a myth that many jazz critics have been all too happy to promote. The CD's four bonus tracks (which include "Sweet Lorraine," "Rosetta" and "I've Found a New Baby") come from a 1943 or 1944 session that didn't employ Young at all, but rather, was led by tenor saxophonist Dexter Gordon and features trumpeter Harry "Sweets" Edison and Cole, among others. Listeners might ask what that session, which was Gordon's first as a leader, has to do with Young, and the answer is that it illustrates Young's tremendous influence on Gordon. At that point, Gordon still sounded a lot like Young, was still playing swing rather than bebop and had yet to develop a recognizable sound of his own, although by 1945, Gordon would become quite distinctive and influential himself. Highly recommended. - by Alex Henderson, AMG

1. Back to the Land (Lester Young) 3:54

2. I Cover the Waterfront [take one] (John W. Green/Edward Heyman) 3:56

3. I Cover the Waterfront [take two] (John W. Green/Edward Heyman) 4:05

4. Somebody Loves Me (George Gershwin/B.G. De Sylva/Ballard MacDonald) 3:54

5. I've Found a New Baby (Jack Palmer/Spencer Williams) 4:07

6. The Man I Love (George Gerschwin/Ira Greschwin) 4:51

7. Peg o' My Heart (Fred Fischer/Alfred Bryan) 4:06

8. I Want to Be Happy (Vincent Youmans/Irving Caesar) 3:58

9. Mean to Me (Roy Turk/Fred E. Ahlert) 4:15

10. Back to the Land [2] (Lester Young) 4:05

11. I've Found a New Baby (Jack Palmer/Spencer Williams) 4:40

12. Rosetta (Earl Hines/Henry Woode) 5:09

13. Sweet Lorraine (Clifford Burwell/Mitchell Parish) 4:55

14. Blowed and Gone (Harry "Sweets" Edison) 4:41

Lester Young (Tenor Saxophone)

Nat King Cole (Piano)

Buddy Rich (Drums) - 1-10

Harry "Sweets" Edison (Trumpet) - 11-14

Dexter Gordon (Tenor Saxophone) - 11-14

Clifford Owens (Drums) - 11-14

Red Callender or Johnny Miller (Double Bass) - 11-14

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