Lester Young and singers

[ghost of miles]

Hey all, I'm working on an Afterglow program for Prez's centennial that will at least partly focus on records he made with vocalists. In addition to Billie, Una Mae Carlisle, and Helen Humes, any other singers that he recorded behind?

[mikelz777]

Marie Bryant on a couple of numbers from "Jammin' The Blues".

I don't know if you want to count Jimmy Rushing when Pres played with Count Basie.

Edited June 21, 2009 by mikelz777

[ghost of miles]

Marie Bryant on a couple of numbers from "Jammin' The Blues".

I don't know if you want to count Jimmy Rushing when Pres played with Count Basie.

Oh yeah, of course--well, there's an obvious one I overlooked!

[paul secor]

Pres plays (rather dispiritedly) along with Sarah Vaughan on "I Cried for You" - One Night Stand - The Carnegie Hall Concert 1947.

[BeBop]

Don't forget to include Pres himself singing (with Oscar Peterson). Oh wait, you have to worry about FCC and all that indecency stuff.

[jeffcrom]

On the 1953 Metronome All Star date, Prez improvises behind Billy Eckstine on "How High the Moon" and "St. Louis Blues." Each of these was a two-sided single; side one was slow, with an Eckstine vocal, and the other side was fast, with lots of solos. Prez also solos on "St. Louis Blues" - a pretty nice solo. I've got these on a Moon CD called Lester Young: Rarities, but I think there's a more recent CD with all the master takes of the Metronome All Star bands.

Incidently, "How High the Moon" has a phenomenal, twisted solo by Warne Marsh.

[bichos]

don´t forget ella fitzgerald. how high the moon, royal roost 1948. and on some jatp recordings from 1949, 1950, 1953 (lester leaps in from paris and lausanne) and 1957.

with babs gonzales on a 1949 cbs- tv show adventures in jazz and lover.

thelma carpenter with basie´s band in broadcasts from may 1944 from the hotel lincoln in new york.

yack taylor on a sammy price session with lester from 1941.

keep boppin´

marcel