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Review 1
Tenor saxophonist Lester Young came to prominence with the first Count Basie band of the late 1930s and showed the jazz world something it had never before imagined: that all tenor saxophone players did not have to sound like Coleman Hawkins; and that there was, in fact, a new way to make music swing. Drawing on the same basic harmonic and rhythm principles as his contemporaries, he offered a new sound and sense of time and movement that established a cooler, more laid back alternative that ultimately spread to the other principal horns in jazz. |
Players
Sidney "Big Sid" Catlett, Billie Holiday, Jo Jones, Lyndell Marshall, Buddy Rich, Henry Tucker, Buster Bailey |
Tracks
1. Oh, Lady, Be Good!
2. Every Tub
3. He's Funny That Way
4. Lester Leaps In
Plus 10 others... |
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