Lester Young - Mean To Me (1958)

[sirjuandabicho]

Gracias por compartirlo.

[dormouse72]

Wonder!...That's music called JAZZ!...

[mickhutchinson]

BRILLIANT .He was an inovator

[golds04]

"a little ticky boom-one stick,ya dig".You hear the accentuations then with the stick on the snare.IMO

[grfellows]

I think he says 'a little tinky boom' and they don't hear what he says so he repeats himself 'little tinky-boom [for] one sec, you dig?'

[196219801760]

I don't know, after he says it, the guy in the white shirt seems to over to the drummer, and after that here little more pop from the drummer.

[reedhead1]

I think that Lester says to the tech(s) "check your booms"

refering to the microphones on telescoping "booms"

this could be a sound check

[aliciabanks]

happy earth day lester!

rip

[196219801760]

Great melodic lines he displays, and very good command of his instrument.

[Garramedia]

Pure magic!!...I would loved to have heard a pairing of Prez and Pee Wee Russell, two of the greatests poets of jazz.

[fastborzoi]

wonderful footage, thanks for posting

[jacquillo]

WOW THIS IS A MUST SEE

[XicoFlavio]

This is the only and one Prez !

Thousands of stars.

xF

[sshmed]

i believe he says a little chickity boom, refering to the style of drumming he liked to have behind him. maybe next he says one sick yeh or one stinkin a, meaining cant you play that way for one seciton of the song?

either way, amazing to see prez in action, rare stuff

love it

[BassGuitarMag]

On the guitar, the late, great Dickie Thompson!

[honeybee7700]

wow

[KnockOut22]

One stick, ya dig.

[joemaranzano]

On piano, the one and only Willie "The Lion" Smith!

[millasmechabajo]

"one stinkin' A?"

[snookerbee]

Awesome, awesome, awesome....no other words come to my mind...

[joemaranzano]

@mikelz777 I think you're right: after that, the drummer leaves brushes and switches on sticks.

[charliethebirdparker]

thanks a lot, frederikolsen, for that great footage!!!!!!

it´s just wonderful to see lester young in this absolutely rare tv-show! do you have more??

keep boppin´

marcel

[frederikolsen]

@charliethebirdparker Nope, I don't, unfortunately. However, I believe the rest of this performance has been released on DVD. I don't have the details, though. Happy hunting!

[MsBronus]

@frederikolsen It is released in cd/dvd "Coleman Hawkins The Centennial Collection". about 2004.In some of the perfomences , "Avalon" and"Jumping with Symphony Sid" there plays Lester Young and Coleman Hawkins together at Art Ford Jazz Party Newark NY 25/09/1958

[joemaranzano]

Wonderful, many thanks! Pee Wee Russell on clarinet.

[frederikolsen]

@joemaranzano You're welcome. I uploaded this on my dad's behalf, since he doesn't have a YouTube account. But the more great performances on here, the merrier!

[joemaranzano]

@frederikolsen So, thanks Dad! :-)

Tell him that this is one of the most important jazz videos on earth!

[frederikolsen]

@joemaranzano Will do! Glad you're enjoying it :)

[anicetocecchetti]

what says Lester at minute 1:08?

[frederikolsen]

@anicetocecchetti No idea. However, my dad suggested it might be "change your bones", "bones" being slang for trombone in this case.

[theDuctapeUnion]

@anicetocecchetti "A little tink-ity-boom?.......one set today?"..........Lester seems unhappy with the drum section.

[da19lila38]

@anicetocecchetti He said to the drummer^ A little tinky-boom"...

[mpcguy]

@anicetocecchetti i'm fairly certain he's admonishing the drummer for to many bomb drops. he's asking for some "tinky boom" which is lesterease for simple light time. not sure just what i was able to get out of it.

[theDuctapeUnion]

@anicetocecchetti

I've seen this video once before elsewhere. Lester is asking the drummer to play in the style he's used to.