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Jazz Icons from the Golden Era - Lester Young

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Jazz Icons from the Golden Era - Lester Young
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99 tracks
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24 June 2013

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1 Play track Ad Lib Blues
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2 Play track Almost Like Being In Love
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3 Play track I Can't Get Started
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4 Play track These Foolish Things (Remind Me of You)
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5 Play track Mean to Me
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6 Play track Love Me or Leave Me
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7 Play track I've Found a New Baby
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8 Back Home in Indiana
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9 Play track Blue Lester
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10 Play track Just You, Just Me Lester Young Quartet
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11 Play track On The Sunny Side Of The Street
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12 Play track I'm Confessin'
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13 Play track Polka Dots and Moonbeams
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14 Ghost of a Chance
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15 Lester Leaps Again
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16 Too Marvellous for Words
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17 Crazy over Jazz
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18 Play track All of Me
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19 Play track Destination K.C.
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20 Play track Thou Swell Sarah Vaughan
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21 Play track She's Funny That Way
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22 Play track Neenah
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23 Lester Leaps in Count Basie
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24 China Boy
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25 Back in Your Own Backyard Billie Holiday
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26 Swinging the Blues
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27 Play track September in the Rain
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28 Lady Be Good
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29 Afternoon of a Basie-Ite
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30 Saxy Blues
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31 Salute to Fats
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32 Texas Shuffle
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33 Play track Four O'clock Drag
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34 Broadway
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35 Oh Lady Be Good
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36 Play track Them There Eyes
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37 Roseland Shuffle
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38 Play track I'm in the Mood for Love
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39 Prisoner of Love
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40 Ding Dong
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41 Play track Back to the Land
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42 Sun Showers
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43 Yours and Mine
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44 Play track A Foggy Day
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45 Why Was I Born
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46 Lovers Leap
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47 Play track I Got Rhythm
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48 Five O'Clock Whistle
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49 Shoe Shine Boy
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50 I Ain't Got Nobody (And There's Nobody Cares For Me)
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51 Pres Returns
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52 Play track I Cover The Waterfront
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53 Leap Frog
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54 Lover Come Back to Me
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55 Play track Exactly Like You
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56 I Must Have That Man
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57 Play track One O'Clock Jump
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58 Sugar Hips
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59 Blues 'n' Bells
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60 Play track Jump Lester Jump
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61 A Ghost of a Chance
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62 Play track Good Mornin' Blues
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63 Play track Count Every Star
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64 The Prophet
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65 Younger Than Sax Time
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66 Play track Way Down Yonder in New Orleans
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67 I Don't Stand the Ghost of a Chance with You
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68 He Aint Got Rhythm
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69 Play track Let's Fall in Love
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70 Six Cats And A Prince
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71 Evenin'
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72 Play track Gigantic Blues
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73 Taking A Chance On Love Teddy Wilson
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74 Play track Jeepers Creepers
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75 A Sailboat in the Moonlight Billie Holiday
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76 After Theatre Jump
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77 Play track Red Boy Blues
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78 Clap Hands Here Comes Charlie
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79 Basie English
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80 Play track 'Deed I Do
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81 Play track Countless Blues
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82 Taxi War Dance
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83 Let Me Live and Love Tonight
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84 Exercise in Swing
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85 Our Love Is Here to Stay
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86 Play track I'll Never Be The Same Nat King Cole
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87 Play track They Can't Take That Away from Me
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88 Louise
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89 Sometimes I'm Happy
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90 Play track Lester Blows Again
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91 Play track I Want a Little Girl
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92 Confession
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93 Dickie's Dream Count Basie
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94 Play track This Year's Kisses
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95 June Bug
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96 Play track Pagin' the Devil
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97 Boogie Woogie
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98 Play track Jo Jo
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99 Shoeshine Boy (Alternate Take)
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Lester Willis Young (August 27, 1909 – March 15, 1959), nicknamed "Pres" or "Prez", was an American jazz tenor saxophonist and sometime clarinetist. Coming to prominence while a member of Count Basie's orchestra, Young was one of the most influential players on his instrument. In contrast to many of his hard-driving peers, Young played with a relaxed, cool tone and used sophisticated harmonies, using "a free-floating style, wheeling and diving like a gull, banking with low, funky riffs that pleased dancers and listeners alike". Famous for his hip, … read more
Lester Willis Young (August 27, 1909 – March 15, 1959), nicknamed "Pres" or "Prez", was an American jazz tenor saxophonist and sometime clarinetist. Coming to prominence… read more
Lester Willis Young (August 27, 1909 – March 15, 1959), nicknamed "Pres" or "Prez", was an American jazz tenor saxophonist and sometime clarinetist. Coming to prominence while a member of Count Basie's orchestr… read more

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