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The Jazz Giants '56

Lester Young

Recorded	Jan 12, 1956
Label	Verve Records
Released	1956
Personnel	7 credited players
Discogs	master 517830

The record

Eldridge's brass and Dickenson's trombone join Young's tenor for a swing reunion built on the old Basie rhythm feel, Green's guitar and Jones's brushes holding a loping groove underneath. Prez drifts through it gentler and later-phrased than the era that made him.

Session personnel

Gene Ramey — bass
Jo Jones — drums
Freddie Green — guitar
Teddy Wilson — piano
Lester Young — tenor saxophone
Vic Dickenson — trombone
Roy Eldridge — trumpet

Contemporary reception

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

Pressings

We hold no original-era LP for this title. The earliest pressing on file is a 1971 Japanese mono reissue, Verve MV 1123, in a gatefold; Japan followed with MV 2511 in 1974 and UMV 2511 in 1982. The 1978 US gatefold VE-1-2527 exists in mono, stereo and promo, with a German mono equivalent at 2332 099. Buy this one on condition and mastering, not on rarity.

1971	Verve Records · MV 1123 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Reissue, Mono, Gatefold earliest on file · gatefold
1974	Verve Records · MV 2511 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Reissue, Mono
1978	Verve Records — MONO
1978	Verve Records · VE-1-2527 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Reissue, Mono, Gatefold · gatefold
1978	Verve Records · VE-1-2527 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Reissue, Promo, Gatefold · gatefold
1978	Verve Records · 2332 099 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Mono, Reissue, Gatefold · gatefold
1978	Verve Records · CT-1-2527 — Cassette, Album, Reissue, Stereo, Dolby
1978	Verve Records · VE-1-2527 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Reissue, Stereo, Gatefold · gatefold
1982	Verve Records · UMV 2511 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Mono, Reissue
2011	Verve Records · UCCU-9764 — CD, Album, Limited Edition, Reissue, Remastered, Mono
—	Verve Records · 825 672-1 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Reissue, Mono