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Lester Swings

Lester Young

Recorded	Dec 1945
Label	Verve Records
Released	1945
Personnel	10 credited players
Discogs	master 629750

The record

This Verve compilation gathers Prez across several small-group dates, his sound looser and airier than the shouting tenor of his Basie years. Nat Cole and Buddy Rich pass through the rhythm chairs, framing phrasing that never rushes to the note.

Session personnel

Gene Ramey — bass
Joe Shulman — bass
Ray Brown — bass
Bill Clark — drums
Buddy Rich — drums
Jo Jones — drums
Hank Jones — piano
John Lewis — piano
Nat King Cole — piano
Lester Young — tenor saxophone

Contemporary reception

No period review located yet. The vintage-press pipeline searches DownBeat, Cash Box, and Billboard for this session.

Pressings

Showing the first pressing, audiophile reissues and copies carrying a collector marker, out of 19 pressings on file.

1977	Verve Records · 2632 067 — Vinyl, LP, Compilation earliest on file
1977	Verve Records — MONO
1977	Verve Records · VE-2-2516 — Vinyl, LP, Compilation, Reissue, Stereo · gatefold
1977	Verve Records · VE-2-2516 — Vinyl, LP, Compilation
1977	Verve Records · VE-2-2516 — Vinyl, LP, Compilation, Promo, Reissue · gatefold
1977	Verve Records · VE-2-2516 — Vinyl, LP, Compilation, Promo, Reissue, Pitman Pressing · gatefold
1977	Verve Records · 2610 039 — Vinyl, LP, Compilation, Reissue
1977	Verve Records · CT-2-2516 — Cassette, Compilation
1979	World Record Club · R-05816 — Vinyl, LP, Compilation, Club Edition, Mono, Gatefold · gatefold
1979	World Cassette Club · C 05816 — Cassette, Compilation, Club Edition, Mono
1999	Verve Records · 314 547 772-2 — CD, Compilation
1999	Verve Records · 314 547 772-2 — CD, Compilation, Club Edition
1999	Verve Records · 547 772-2 — CD, Compilation
2001	Giants Of Jazz · CD 53365 — CD, Compilation