Lester Young "Lester Leaps In: Live At Birdland 1951-1952" LP

• LP
• Live Birdland recordings from 1951–1952
• Tenor saxophone led small groups

Lester Young at Birdland, captured in radio broadcasts from 1951 and 1952. The changing small groups include pianists John Lewis, Cyril Haynes and Earl Knight, with Gene Ramey on bass and Jo Jones or Lee Abrams on drums. These are live club performances, preserving Young’s tenor phrasing in the setting of Symphony Sid’s broadcasts.

“Young is pretty much at the top of his game throughout”

Track listing

1. Lester Leaps In
2. Ghost Of A Chance
3. Up And Atom
4. These Foolish Things
5. Neenah Side
6. Indiana
7. How High the Moon
8. ‘Deed I Do

Listen: Lester Young - Lester Leaps In : Live at Birdland 1951-1952

UPC: 0810177215820