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RE: Lester Young

Author: earl thomas
Date: 1999-12-21 15:27

I have not heard the sides you mention, but I do know that Lester plays clarinet on the Basie recording of "Texas Shufffle" His recording of "Lady Be Good" contains the best and most perfect tenor sax chorus ever recorded up to that time. It was recorded at four in the morning in October, 1936 by John Hammond, who rented a small studio (so small that Jo Jones could'nt use his bass drum)-and released in on the Vocalion label (Vocalion 3459, MX C1660-1) under the name of Jones-Smith Orchestra. With Basie just having signed with Decca, Hammond had to use another name: Jones-Smith Orch. You can find a lot more in Gunther Schuller's great history of Jazz books. I read that Prez carried recordings of Frankie Traumbauer in his sax case and that Bird did the same with Prez's records. Sincerely, Earl Thomas

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