swing is for the complete bourgeois white people. This doesn't swing at all, thanks god. It plays! Just plays with rythm. And yes sir, it blues! you can't learn that.
Stunning, isnt it? the very germ of bebop right there at that moment. whatever happened to Carl Smith (Trumpet)? he sort of disappeared after 1937, and Ive always liked his stark, angular solos
for the tenor players out there- this solo is available in a book of Lester Young transcriptions; I'm working on it presently. Great fun and difficult in parts. It's a highly recommended etude.
Wonderful. I have ben listening to this number,on and off ,for the past 65 yrs! It still sounds just as good as it did first time I heard it! THANKS pete uk
This is one of the greatest pieces of music ever recorded. If you're a student of Jazz, learn this solo by Lester Young, if you're not up to that yet, just try to clap along and locate the beat.... If you do that, you'll start to understand what "swing" means.
swing is for the complete bourgeois white people. This doesn't swing at all, thanks god. It plays! Just plays with rythm. And yes sir, it blues! you can't learn that.
alshy125 7 months ago
damn swings like a train!
pmathijsp 9 months ago
Stunning, isnt it? the very germ of bebop right there at that moment. whatever happened to Carl Smith (Trumpet)? he sort of disappeared after 1937, and Ive always liked his stark, angular solos
phaasch 1 year ago
@phaasch he travelled around a lot, i think he ended up in south america
alexhunterjazz 8 months ago
@alexhunterjazz Cheers for that info. Waste of a great talent, tho'
phaasch 8 months ago
Where is the famous lester young solo?
mahbooty1 1 year ago
@mahbooty1 Are you cracking a joke?
theDuctapeUnion 1 year ago 2
What an ending!
Yoroichi19 1 year ago
for the tenor players out there- this solo is available in a book of Lester Young transcriptions; I'm working on it presently. Great fun and difficult in parts. It's a highly recommended etude.
chas63 1 year ago
One of the greatest sax solos of all time from the legend of tenor.
wesm65 1 year ago 2
one of my favorite jazz pieces. the ending is phenomenal
nemesis700 1 year ago
Esto tiene casi 75 años. Pasarán muchos, muchos mas y estarán siempre vigentes. Que forma de hacer jazz, de hacer música.!!!!!
saavedra342 1 year ago
Wonderful. I have ben listening to this number,on and off ,for the past 65 yrs! It still sounds just as good as it did first time I heard it! THANKS pete uk
MrPetepohl1 1 year ago 3
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087318181 1 year ago 3
the way he plays one phrase over a series of chords makes this so beautiful and melodic thanks for sharing
tarzan73875 2 years ago 2
As soon as I heard this many years ago I knew there was no other way to play it.
This is perfection like early Louis Armstrong recordings., sounding like they had been honed and polished, but really just instictive.
avril2 2 years ago 9
This is one of the greatest pieces of music ever recorded. If you're a student of Jazz, learn this solo by Lester Young, if you're not up to that yet, just try to clap along and locate the beat.... If you do that, you'll start to understand what "swing" means.
Aiden057 2 years ago 22