Jazz / Mainstream Jazz; Cool; Swing
Recorded: February 8, 1958 at Fine Recording, New York City
Lester Young - Tenor Saxophone
Roy Eldridge - Trumpet
Harry "Sweets" Edison - Trumpet
Hank Jones - Piano
Herb Ellis - Guitar
George Duvivier - Bass
Mickey Sheen - Drums
Lester Young didn't believe in looking back. But this album, recorded just a year before his death, was nonetheless in some ways a throwback to the early days of his fabled career.
For one thing, on two tracks the great tenor saxophonist played clarinet -- marking the first time he had been heard on record on that instrument sin the Thirties. For another, he was partnered on the front line by two of his favorite colleagues from the Swing Era, Sweets Edison and Roy Eldridge. With their help, Young once again sent timeless messages of joy as well as of sorrow. It's fitting that the last great solo statement of his studio career is on "They Can't Take That Away From Me."
Original recordings produced by Norman Granz |
