Lester Young - Pagin’ The Devil (1938)
Epic, old-time jazz hypnotica with Lester Young on clarinet and Buck Clayton on trumpet.
Lester Young with the Oscar Peterson Trio - Stardust (1958)
There will never be a replacement for playing “pretty.” This is a fine example of just that.
Charles Mingus - Goodbye Pork Pie Hat (1959)
Mingus’s beautiful tribute to the late tenor sax man Lester Young, aka Pork Pie Hat, who died shortly before this recording in ‘59. For another tribute to the great tenor man, listen to Wayne Shorter’s Lester Left Town.
Art Blakey & the Jazz Messengers - Lester Left Town (1960)
Wayne Shorter’s tribute to the late great Lester Young is a quintessential Messengers moment in swing.
