Lester Young With the Oscar Peterson Trio

by Lester Young, Oscar Peterson Trio

Overview

Defying what has become conventional wisdom, tenor saxophonist Lester Young cut some of his greatest recordings in the 1950s -- that is, when he was reasonably healthy. On this wonderful effort with pianist Oscar Peterson, guitarist Barney Kessel, bassist Ray Brown, and drummer J.C. Heard, Prez performs definitive versions of "Just You, Just Me" and "Tea for Two," and plays a string of concise but memorable ballad renditions: "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," and "I'm Confessin'." This is essential music from a jazz legend. [Some reissues augment the original dozen songs with a version of the good-humored "It Takes Two to Tango," which features Young's only recorded vocals, plus a rather unnecessary false start (on "I Can't Get Started," ironically), along with some studio chatter.] ~ Scott Yanow

Product Details

Release Date:	06/24/1997
Label:	Verve / Polygram / Universal
UPC:	0731452145123
Rank:	56069

Tracks

1. Ad Lib Blues
2. I Can't Get Started
3. Just You, Just Me
4. Almost Like Being in Love
5. Tea for Two
6. There Will Never Be Another You
7. (Back Home Again In) Indiana
8. On the Sunny Side of the Street
9. Stardust
10. I'm Confessin' (That I Love You)
11. I Can't Give You Anything But Love
12. These Foolish Things
13. (It Takes) Two to Tango: Rehearsal, False Start and Chatter, ...
14. I Can't Get Started

Album Credits

Performance Credits

Lester Young   Primary Artist,Vocals,Sax (Tenor)
Oscar Peterson   Primary Artist,Piano,Featured Artist
Oscar Peterson Trio   Primary Artist,Featured Artist
J.C. Heard   Guest Artist,Drums
Ray Brown   Guest Artist,Bass
Barney Kessel   Guest Artist,Guitar

Technical Credits

Irving Caesar   Composer
Doc Daugherty   Composer
Ellis Reynolds   Composer
Dorothy Fields   Composer
Mack Gordon   Composer
Frederick Loewe   Composer
Ballard MacDonald   Composer
Vernon Duke   Composer
Jack Strachey   Composer
Alan Jay Lerner   Composer
Ira Gershwin   Composer
Dick Manning   Composer
Lester Young   Composer
Jesse Greer   Composer
Oscar Peterson Trio   Performer
Raymond Klages   Composer
Norman Granz   Producer
Oscar Peterson   Composer
Eric Maschwitz   Composer
Holt Marvell   Composer
John Sadowy   Arranger
Al Hoffman   Composer
Harry Warren   Composer
Don Dougherty   Composer
Robby Goldfarb   Arranger
Nikki Yanofsky   Arranger
Matteo Piazza   Liner Notes
Geoff Lang   Arranger
Rob Fahie   Arranger,Musical Adaptation
Al Nieburg   Composer
Jimmy McHugh   Composer
Hoagy Carmichael   Composer
Vincent Youmans   Composer
Harry Link   Composer
Al J. Neiburg   Composer
Jerome Hanley   Composer
James F. Hanley   Composer
Mitchell Parish   Composer