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First coming to prominence with Count Basie's band in 1936, Lester Young found a new way to play tenor saxophone, using a soft, airy sound and an understated beat. In the process, he also created a new way to play jazz, developing a flowing, melodic inventiveness and a detachment that would influence the bop and cool schools to come. Young did much of his best work as a sideman in the first few years of his public career, and the first 13 tracks of this collection focus on his work up to 1940. Basie's hard-swinging big band was a terrific foil for Young's own novel blend of rhythmic invention and languid sound, heard here on tunes like "Taxi War Dance" and the uptempo "Twelfth Street Rag". With Basie's smaller Kansas City Seven, Young created masterpieces like his signature "Lester Leaps In". Young and his friend Billie Holiday shared an uncanny musical empathy, represented by four tracks here. There's also a sampling of Young's later recordings, including his trio version of "I've Found a New Baby", with Nat Cole on piano and Buddy Rich on drums, and "Polka Dots and Moonbeams" from a 1957 reunion with Basie at the Newport Jazz Festival. --Stuart Broomer
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As a young Jazz fan who hasn't heard any Lester Young before, I found this an excellent compilation. It spans his whole career, and all record labels. Some of the earlier tracks have poor sound quality, but it picks up later on. My favourites include 'Lester Leaps in' and 'Tickle Toe.' His soloing is exquisite throughout, but tracks tracks are highlight his smooth, light tone excellently.