EPISODE · Sep 18, 2022 · 43 MIN
Volume 90: Sax Master Young
from Spinning My Dad’s Vinyl · host Frank Vaccariello
Moving on with unofficial Franklin Mint Month we come across another extremely talented and influential saxophone player. His tragic life may have mirrored another sax player featured in a past episode, but Lester’s playing was all his own. So get ready to hear the musician Billie Holiday nicknamed Prez in Volume 90: Sax Master Young. https://www.theguardian.com/music/2015/apr/08/billie-holiday-and-lester-young-friendship-between-lady-day-and-prez Credits and copyrights Various – Jazz Masters Of The Sax Label: The Franklin Mint Record Society – FM JAZZ 014 Series: Institute Of Jazz Studies Official Archive Collection, The Greatest Jazz Recordings Of All Time Format: 4 x Vinyl, LP, Compilation, Red Vinyl Box Set Country: Sweden Released: 1983 Genre: Jazz Jones-Smith Inc. – Shoe Shine Boy Written by Saul Chaplin Tenor Saxophone – Lester Young Trumpet – Carl "Tatti" Smith Piano - Count Basie String Bass - Walter Page Drums - Jo Jones Recorded Autumn 1936 Released on Vocalion Records Billie Holiday & Her Orchestra – I Can't Get Started Music by Vernon Duke and lyrics by Ira Gershwin Trumpet - Buck Clayton Trombone - Dicky Wells Piano – Margaret "Queenie" Johnson Guitar - Freddie Greene String Bass - Walter Page Drums - Jo Jones Vocals – Billie Holiday Tenor Sax Lestor Young Recorded September 15, 1938 Released on Columbia Records Count Basie & His Orchestra– Clap Hands! Here Comes Charley! written by Billy Rose, Ballard MacDonald and Joseph Meyer Alto Saxophone – Earle Warren Alto Saxophone, Baritone Saxophone – Jack Washington Trombone – Dickey Wells, Benny Morton, and Dan Minor Trumpet – Buck Clayton, Ed Lewis, Harry Edison and Shad Collins Guitar - Freddie Greene String Bass - Walter Page Drums - Jo Jones Piano - Count Basie Alto Sax - Lester Young Recorded August 4, 1939 Released on Vocalion Records Young Quartet– I Never Knew written by Gus Kahn, Ted FioRito Piano - Johnny Guarnieri String Bass - Slam Stewart Drums - Sid Catlett Alto Sax - Lester Young Recorded on December 28, 1943 Released on Kenote Records Young Quintet– Lester Blows Again Written by Lester Young Trombone – Vic Dickenson Piano - Dodo Marmarosa Guitar - Freddy Greene String Bass - Red Callendar Drums - Henry Tucker Green Alto Sax - Lester Young Recorded in October 1945 Released on Alladin Young Quartet– Neenah Could not find the composer on this one Acoustic Bass – Joe Shulman Drums – Bill Clarke Piano – John Lewis Recorded in July of 1950 Released on Clef Records Young-Cole-Rich Trio – I Want To Be Happy written by Vincent Youmans, Otto Harbach, Irving Caesar Piano - Nat King Cole Drums – Buddy Rich Alto Sax - Lester Young Recorded in December 1945 Released on Clef Records I do not own the rights to this music. ASCAP, BMI licenses provided by third-party platforms for music that is not under Public Domain.
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Moving on with unofficial Franklin Mint Month we come across another extremely talented and influential saxophone player. His tragic life may have mirrored another sax player featured in a past episode, but Lester’s playing was all his own. So get ready to hear the musician Billie Holiday nicknamed Prez in Volume 90: Sax Master Young. https://www.theguardian.com/music/2015/apr/08/billie-holiday-and-lester-young-friendship-between-lady-day-and-prez Credits and copyrights Various – Jazz Masters Of The SaxLabel: The Franklin Mint Record Society – FM JAZZ 014Series: Institute Of Jazz Studies Official Archive Collection, The Greatest Jazz Recordings Of All TimeFormat: 4 x Vinyl, LP, Compilation, Red Vinyl Box SetCountry: SwedenReleased: 1983Genre: Jazz Jones-Smith Inc. – Shoe Shine BoyWritten by Saul ChaplinTenor Saxophone – Lester YoungTrumpet – Carl "Tatti" SmithPiano - Count BasieString Bass - Walter PageDrums - Jo JonesRecorded Autumn 1936Released on Vocalion Records Billie Holiday & Her Orchestra – I Can't Get StartedMusic by Vernon Duke and lyrics by Ira GershwinTrumpet - Buck ClaytonTrombone - Dicky Wells Piano – Margaret "Queenie" JohnsonGuitar - Freddie GreeneString Bass - Walter PageDrums - Jo JonesVocals – Billie HolidayTenor Sax Lestor YoungRecorded September 15, 1938Released on Columbia Records Count Basie & His Orchestra– Clap Hands! Here Comes Charley!written by Billy Rose, Ballard MacDonald and Joseph MeyerAlto Saxophone – Earle WarrenAlto Saxophone, Baritone Saxophone – Jack WashingtonTrombone – Dickey Wells, Benny Morton, and Dan MinorTrumpet – Buck Clayton, Ed Lewis, Harry Edison and Shad CollinsGuitar - Freddie GreeneString Bass - Walter PageDrums - Jo JonesPiano - Count BasieAlto Sax - Lester YoungRecorded August 4, 1939Released on Vocalion Records Young Quartet– I Never Knewwritten by Gus Kahn, Ted FioRitoPiano - Johnny GuarnieriString Bass - Slam StewartDrums - Sid CatlettAlto Sax - Lester YoungRecorded on December 28, 1943Released on Kenote Records Young Quintet– Lester Blows AgainWritten by Lester YoungTrombone – Vic DickensonPiano - Dodo MarmarosaGuitar - Freddy GreeneString Bass - Red CallendarDrums - Henry Tucker GreenAlto Sax - Lester YoungRecorded in October 1945Released on Alladin Young Quartet– NeenahCould not find the composer on this oneAcoustic Bass – Joe ShulmanDrums – Bill ClarkePiano – John LewisRecorded in July of 1950Released on Clef Records Young-Cole-Rich Trio – I Want To Be Happywritten by Vincent Youmans, Otto Harbach, Irving CaesarPiano - Nat King ColeDrums – Buddy RichAlto Sax - Lester YoungRecorded in December 1945Released on Clef Records I do not own the rights to this music. ASCAP, BMI licenses provided by third-party platforms for music that is not under Public Domain.
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