CURRENTLY SOLD OUT
About this product
Product Identifiers
Record LabelProper Sales & Dist., Proper Records
UPC0604988990829
eBay Product ID (ePID)27050162087
Product Key Features
Era1940s, 1930s
Run Time17680 Sec, 17622 Sec
Release Year2000
FormatCD
InstrumentSaxophone
FeaturesCompilation, Studio & Live
GenreJazz
TypeAlbum, Box Set
StyleRelaxation, Big Band, Jazz Instrument, Vocal, Standards
ArtistLester Young
Release TitleLester Young Story
Additional Product Features
Number of Discs4
Guest ArtistBillie Holiday, Count Basie, Buddy Rich, Nat King Cole, Charlie Parker, Jimmy Rushing
DistributionCity Hall
Number of Tracks84
Country/Region of ManufactureUnited States, United Kingdom
GuitarIrving Ashby, Fred Lacey, Chuck Wayne, Freddie Green, Dexter Hall
BassCurly Russell, Ray Brown, John Simmons, Ted Briscoe, Red Callender, Curtis Counce, Rodney Richardson, Walter Page, Slam Stewart
Additional InformationThe guest roster on this boxed set reads like a roll call of jazz legends--Billie Holiday, Nat "King" Cole, Charlie Parker, Benny Goodman, Count Basie--and only a musician of Lester Young's caliber could draw such an impressive cast.
VocalsBillie Holiday, Yack Taylor
DrumsJo Jones, Tiny Kahn, Lyndell Marshall, Harold "Doc" West, Kenny Clarke, Roy Haynes, Big Sid Catlett, Buddy Rich, Chico Hamilton, Henry Tucker, Johnny Otis, Copzy Cole
![The Lester Young Story [Proper] [Box] by Lester Young (Saxophone) (CD, May-2000,](https://i.ebayimg.com/images/g/Dl0AAeSwUHFoHYW7/s-l225.jpg)
