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Lester Young with the Oscar Peterson Trio

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Jahr: 1997
Verlag: PolyGram Records
Mediengruppe: Compact Disc
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Rec. Nov. 28, 1952.Lester Young was one of the true jazz giants, a tenor saxophonist who came up with a completely different conception in which to play his horn, floating over bar lines with a light tone rather than adopting Coleman Hawkins' then-dominant forceful approach. A non-conformist, Young (nicknamed "Pres" by Billie Holiday) had the ironic experience in the 1950s of hearing many young tenors try to sound exactly like him. Although many critics have written that Lester Young never sounded as good after getting out of the military, despite erratic health he actually was at his prime in the mid- to late-'40s. He toured (and was well paid by Norman Granz) with Jazz at the Philharmonic on and off through the '40s and '50s, made a wonderful series of recordings for Aladdin, and worked steadily as a single. Young also adopted his style well to bebop (which he had helped pave the way for in the 1930s). But mentally he was suffering, building a wall between himself and the outside world, and inventing his own colorful vocabulary. Although many of his recordings in the 1950s were excellent (showing a greater emotional depth than in his earlier days), Young was bothered by the fact that some of his white imitators were making much more money than he was. He drank huge amounts of liquor and nearly stopped eating, with predictable results. 1956's Jazz Giants album found him in peak form as did a well documented engagement in Washington, D.C., with a quartet and a last reunion with Count Basie at the 1957 Newport Jazz Festival. But, for the 1957 telecast The Sound of Jazz, Young mostly played sitting down (although he stole the show with an emotional one-chorus blues solo played to Billie Holiday). After becoming ill in Paris in early 1959, Lester Young came home and essentially drank himself to death. Many decades after his death, Pres is still considered (along with Coleman Hawkins and John Coltrane) one of the three most important tenor saxophonists of all time. (amg)

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Verfasser*in: Suche nach Verfasser*in Oscar Peterson Trio
Jahr: 1997
Verlag: PolyGram Records
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Systematik: Suche nach dieser Systematik CD.10
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Beschreibung: 1 CD + 1 Beiheft
Schlagwörter: Compact-Disc, Cool Jazz, Saxophonist, Swing, Compact disc, Compact disk, Compactdisc, Compactdisk, Compakt-Disk
Beteiligte Personen: Suche nach dieser Beteiligten Person Young, Lester; Kessel, Barney [g]; Brown, Ray; Young, Lester
Fußnote: Enth.: Ad Lib Blues. I Can't Get Started. Just You, Just Me. Almost like being in love.
Mediengruppe: Compact Disc