Young Indiana

The strong, powerful pianism of a great virtuoso, accompanying the Father of Cool Tenors Lester Young with guitarist Barney Kessel, bassist Ray Brown and drummer J. C. Heard. A splendid and enjoyable repertoire of great classical American standards as such Just You Just Me, Tea For Two, Indiana, These Foolish Things, I Can't Get Started, Stardust, On The Sunny Side Of The Street, Almost Like Being In Love, I Can't Give You Anything But Love, There Will Never Be Another You, I'm Confessin', among others.

AVID Jazz continues with its Four Classic Album series with a re-mastered 2CD second release from Lester Young. This time we have included not only a couple of classic Count Basie titles which heavily feature “Pres” at his absolute prime, but also the formidable classic “The Jazz Giants”.

Part of Verve's Jazz in Paris series, Le Dernier Message de Lester Young is a reissue/repackaging of legendary saxophonist Lester Young's 1959 album Lester Young in Paris. Working with drummer Kenny Clarke, pianist René Urtreger, guitarist Jimmy Gourley, and bassist Jamil Nasser, the group cuts an archetypically Young-ian laid-back swath through such standards "Oh Lady Be Good" and "I Cover the Waterfront."