Young Lester

Lester Young (Lester Young, August 27, 1909-March 15, 1959) was an American tenor saxophonist and clarinetist, one of the greatest swing musicians.

Billie Holiday and Teddy Wilson, 1947 78 rpm shellac rip

Columbia, Goodman Benny, Green Freddie, Holiday Billie, Jazz, Remastering from shellac records, Vdisk, Wilson Teddy, Young Lester
Anton Stepichev

The 1947 Columbia Hot Jazz Classic is a re-release of records from the 1930s and 1940s. The records are quite worn out, the quality is so-so – it is the tape re-recording with all the ensuing losses. Musically, Billy’s tandem with Wilson is great, never later was she so lucky with her partner.

Continue reading “Billie Holiday and Teddy Wilson, 1947 78 rpm shellac rip”

Charlie Parker & Lester Young – 1950th 78rpm shellac rip

Clef, Jazz, Mercury, Parker Charlie, Remastering from shellac records, Saxophone, Young Lester
Anton Stepichev

In my opinion in jazz there were two saxophonists who talked to God on equal terms – it's Charlie Parker and John Coltrane. Parker's recordings presented here were made in 1952, during this period of creativity in almost all Parker’s improvisations feel a piercing sadness – two years later he will die at the age of 34. Young’s records are a wonderful LO-FI of the early 1950s. After the shake-up caused by Parker's play, Young acts soothingly, aided by the characteristic sound of his saxophone's lower register.

Continue reading “Charlie Parker & Lester Young – 1950th 78rpm shellac rip”

Lester Young Trio, 1951 LP rip

Cole Nat King, Guy Aye, Jazz, LP Remastering, Mercury, Rich Buddy, Saxophone, Young Lester
Anton Stepichev

LO-Fi audiophile sound. Young’s sax can be a little harsh, while Nat King Cole’s (Eye Guy) grand piano and percussion sound great everywhere.

Continue reading “Lester Young Trio, 1951 LP rip”

Jazz At The Philharmonic – vol. 2, 1957 LP rip

Clef, Jazz, LP Remastering, Parker Charlie, Saxophone, Smith Willie, Young Lester
Anton Stepichev


The jam session was recorded in 1946, released only in 1957, which is probably why the record sounds too harsh for the 1940s. In musical terms, everything is played somehow not smoothly. The recorded track is a fragment of a performance, where Lester Young begins on tenor, then Charlie Parker picks up on alto, and Willie Smith ends, also on alto. You can hear that compared to Smith, Parker has a lousy instrument. Packer was famous for constantly pawning his instruments and playing most of the time on anything but the ones he really deserved.

Continue reading “Jazz At The Philharmonic – vol. 2, 1957 LP rip”