My teacher has me transcribing this, which i believe every great jazz musician has. Even if this is early jazz this is no less complicated then what modern jazz has put out today.
The first time i ever went to Birdland Pres played this and i was hooked for life...Just for the sake of historical accuracy the band was: John Lewis,Gene Ramey and PaPa Jones..The other band was Dizzy with Billy Taylor,Percy Heath,Art Blakey and some kid tenor player who played out of tune all night...Right! John Coltrane..
Guys like Lester and Coleman Hawkins just do that thing that they do so well.........Anyone worth his salt blowin with them is just swept up to a level they never reached before...........They're jumpin' and swingin' and rockin' and jivin' and finally when its over.......they say, " I do believe I'll have another piece....if you please".
Lester ... in a composition named-after him. One of the poets of jazz ... as Whitney Balliett described-him, in The New Yorker ... has NO worries about his recorded legacy. It's great, how he could come up and down the scale, on the tenor sax, and remain fairly-original, no matter the song, venue, side-men, or elsewise.
Not to start an argument but, have you heard Coleman Hawkins Honeysuckle Rose? I'm pretty sure recorded in the 1930's, Buck Clayton may have been on that session too. Awesome recording. My Buddy by Hawkins another one of note. Check it out. Honeysuckle recording was used in a Woody Allen film as well. That's how I found it. Cheers and Happy New Year.
no today can blow like that no that I know of.
bigmack11229 3 weeks ago
eddie jefferson recorded this and renamed it "i got the blues" and added vox, ala vocal ease
hippyblood4 2 months ago
wow
willy1986tralara 4 months ago
PRES. IS GREAT !
thank you so much
123must 6 months ago
My teacher has me transcribing this, which i believe every great jazz musician has. Even if this is early jazz this is no less complicated then what modern jazz has put out today.
Eradicateify 6 months ago
Funny. Some of the ideas coined by Lester Young, you can hear strongly in early bop.
archlordXd0 7 months ago
@archlordXd0
so true
fastborzoi 7 months ago
@archlordXd0 where do you think they got bop from :D
Eradicateify 6 months ago
waiii
132bloo 8 months ago
its very cool!!
gfks11 8 months ago
@gfks11
Yes, old cool jazz !!! Love it! Thanks!
MultiCathy1 8 months ago
Man, Lester can play so effortlessly, it's a joy to hear.
SidewalkFrequencies 10 months ago
@SidewalkFrequencies ditto!
alexalot23 9 months ago
Neis iawn!
rezobe2 10 months ago
what is the sorce this is from??? sounds like a wire recording !!!
shaunsstuff79 11 months ago
The first time i ever went to Birdland Pres played this and i was hooked for life...Just for the sake of historical accuracy the band was: John Lewis,Gene Ramey and PaPa Jones..The other band was Dizzy with Billy Taylor,Percy Heath,Art Blakey and some kid tenor player who played out of tune all night...Right! John Coltrane..
satziebaby 1 year ago 2
@satziebaby I envy you my friend!
jdgrab1 10 months ago
Truly, the President
louseal 1 year ago
Guys like Lester and Coleman Hawkins just do that thing that they do so well.........Anyone worth his salt blowin with them is just swept up to a level they never reached before...........They're jumpin' and swingin' and rockin' and jivin' and finally when its over.......they say, " I do believe I'll have another piece....if you please".
sonarman65 1 year ago
Lester ... in a composition named-after him. One of the poets of jazz ... as Whitney Balliett described-him, in The New Yorker ... has NO worries about his recorded legacy. It's great, how he could come up and down the scale, on the tenor sax, and remain fairly-original, no matter the song, venue, side-men, or elsewise.
jhb134 1 year ago
Hip shit.
rtifishul 1 year ago 2
A million 'cats' got their style by listening to the "prez" (Sonny Stitt, Stan Getz, Paul Quinchette, Hank Mobley.........even Coltrane)
peppersax 1 year ago
i love this song. in tap class we always do the shim sham to this :)
Koolkyd93 1 year ago
Brilliant even today
sealerdave 1 year ago 9
Lester is MR FUNKY.....
kevinherbert 1 year ago 2
Simply one of the finest solo moments in 20th century jazz (Lester's improv) Entire ensemble totally rocking.
kenmeerlivermaile 1 year ago 18
@kenmeerlivermaile
Not to start an argument but, have you heard Coleman Hawkins Honeysuckle Rose? I'm pretty sure recorded in the 1930's, Buck Clayton may have been on that session too. Awesome recording. My Buddy by Hawkins another one of note. Check it out. Honeysuckle recording was used in a Woody Allen film as well. That's how I found it. Cheers and Happy New Year.
betteroffsingle 1 year ago