Jammin' the Blues by Lester (Saxophone) Young (CD, Oct-2000, Definitive (Spain))

Album Features
UPC:	843600111727
Artist:	Lester (Saxophone) Young
Format:	CD
Release Year:	2000
Record Label:	Definitive (Spain)
Genre:	Jazz Instrument, Tenor Sax

Track Listing
1. Midnight Symphony - (ad lib)
2. On the Sunny Side of the Street
3. Sweet Georgia Brown
4. If I Could Be With You One Hour Tonight
5. Blues For Marvin - (ad lib)
6. Jammin' the Blues - (ad lib)
7. Crazy Rhythm
8. Man I Love, The
9. Tea For Two
10. D.B. Blues
11. I Got Rhythm
12. Blues - (ad lib)
13. Just You, Just Me
14. I Got Rhythm

Details
Playing Time:	68 min.
Contributing Artists:	Dizzy Gillespie, Jo Jones, Illinois Jacquet, Barney Kessel, Harry Edison, Buck Clayton, Harry "Sweets" Edison, Red Callender, Sid Catlett
Distributor:	Empire Music Group Inc.
Recording Type:	Studio
Recording Mode:	Stereo
SPAR Code:	n/a

Album Notes
Personnel: Lester Young (tenor saxophone); Marie Bryant (vocals); Illinois Jacquet (tenor saxophone); Harry Edison, Dizzy Gillespie, Joe Guy, Buck Clayton (trumpet); Dicky Wells, Trummy Young (trombone); Marlowe Morris, Garland Finney, Mel Powell, Kenny Kersey (piano); Barney Kessel, John Collins (guitar); Red Callender, John Simmons, Billy Hadnott, Al McKibbon, Rodney Richardson (bass); Sid Catlett, Jo Jones, Lee Young, J.C. Heard, Harold "Doc" West (drums).Recorded in 1944 and 1946. Includes liner notes by J.G. Calvados.This compilation of Lester Young recordings from the mid-'40s comes from several sources. The first six tracks were made in 1944 for the documentary Jammin' the Blues (though only three songs were heard in the film), previously issued under the same title by Musidisc and also by Jazz Archives as Jammin' With Lester. Young is in good form with either Marlowe Morris or Garland Finney on piano, guitarist Barney Kessel, either Red Callendar or John Simmons on bass, and Sid Catlett or Jo Jones on drums. The obscure singer Marie Bryant is added for "On the Sunny Side of the Street" and "If I Could Be With You (One Hour Tonight)," and Dicky Wells and Illinois Jacquet also appear on several numbers. The highlights of this historic session include the title track (a riff tune featuring Young's best solo of the date) and a swinging "Sweet Georgia Brown." The remaining music comes from several different Jazz at the Philharmonic concerts in 1946, all of which have been previously issued by Verve. While this material also has historic value, several tracks are incomplete and the sound reproduction ranges from good to barely acceptable. Most fans of Lester Young will want the 1944 recordings in some form, so anyone owning earlier CDs with this material need not purchase this English reissue. ~ Ken Dryden