Lester Young: The Complete Aladdin Recordings Of Lester Young

EX/EX. Pickup possible at Digelius Music in Helsinki (by selecting the "local pickup" shipping option).

Made in Holland. Printed in Holland

# 1-1 to 1- 4: Recorded in Los Angeles, July 15, 1942
# 1-5 to 1-8: Recorded in Los Angeles, December, 1945
# 1-9 to 1-12: Recorded in Los Angeles, January 1946
# 1-13 to 1-16: Recorded in Los Angeles, August 1946
# 1-17 to 2-4: Recorded in Chicago, October 1946
# 2-5 to 2-9: Recorded at Radio Recorders, Los Angeles, February 18, 1947
# 2-10 to 2-12: Recorded in New York City, April 2, 1947
# 2-13 to 2-16; Recorded at WOR Studio, New York City, December 29, 1947
# 2-17 to 2-22: Recorded in Los Angeles, December 22, 1947

Special thanks to Henry Renard, Scott Wenzel and the Institute Of Jazz Studies for making their 78 collections available to us.
Lester Young photos courtesy of Colin Escott.

Note: Aladdin 78-126 contained “It’s Better To Give Than To Receive” backed with “See See Rider”. On a handful of initial copies, an untitled instrumental (which we are calling “Riffin’ Without Helen”) was accidentally used in place of “See See Rider”. Henry Renard, who purchased one of these at the time of release, notified Jerry Valburn of its existence and kindly loaned us this priceless disc for transfer.