Jacket Notes by Paul Shapler (1 results)
More imagesPrez and Chu: Tops on Tenor (VINYL 12-INCH 1955 JAZZ LP)
Lester Young and His Kansas City Six / Chu Berry and His Jazz Ensemble / jacket notes by Paul Shapler
Language: English
Published by Jazztone, 1955
- Hardcover
- First Edition
Seller: Cat's Curiosities, Pahrump, NV, U.S.A.Cat's Curiosities
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Add to basketHardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. Not a book but a 12-inch "Long Play" (mono) vinyl jazz LP, Jazztone J-1218, near-mint vinyl in a very-good cardboard jacket with some edge toning to verso. Lester Young, Clarinet and tenor saxophone, is joined by Buck Clayton, trumpet, Freddie Greene, guitar, Jo Jones, drums, and five others on "Three Little Words," "Way Down Yonder in New Orleans,", etc. (most recorded in the early '40s for Commodore Records, principally with sidemen who were fellow members of Count Basie's band.) These recordings of Chu Berry, tenor sax, who died in a car crash in 1941, were also made for Commodore in 1938 and 1941. Chu is joined by either Roy Eldridge or Oran "Hot Lips" Page, trumpets, and four others on "Gee, Ain't I Good to You," "Body and Soul," "On the Sunny Side of the Street," etc. Reduced from $12.50.…
