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- Young L/Aladdin/CD

Lester Young : The Complete Aladdin (Howard McGhee, Nat Cole/Dodo Marmarosa, Red Callender/Curtis Counce/Curly Russell, Chico Hamilton/Roy Haynes etc.), 1942, 1945, 1946, 1947, CDP 7243 8 32787 25, Blue Note ; Photo : Colin Escott ; Liner notes Leonard Feather/CD*.

* Les enregistrements de ces extraordinaires sessions ont bénéficié pour cette édition d'une restauration du son. Cependant, on entend des bruits de fond. Bruits que l'on n'entend pas sur les versions LP, ni sur les 78 tours !

- Young L/Ballroom/LP

Young Lester : Jumpin'at the Savoy Ballroom (Jessie Drake, Kenny Drew, Leroy Jackson, Jo Jones), 22/02/1950, AFE 3-8, Audiofidelity ; Cover design : Ron Warwell ; Liner notes : John R. Rowland/LP

- Young L/C Basie/Savoy/LP

Lester Young : In Lester Young - Count Basie (Harry "Sweet" Edison, Joe Newman, Al Killian, Earl Warren, Buddy Tate, Fred Green, Johnny Guarnieri/Clyde Hart, Cosy Cole/Joe Jones etc.), 28/12/1943 & 18/04/1944, Collection Grande Réserve Savoy N° 4, 255 SV 112 / LD 738 & 739, Savoy / Distribution Ducretet Thompson ; Liner Notes : Frank Tenot/LP.

- Young L/Birdland/CD

Lester Young : Lester Young Quartet Live at Birdland (John Lewis, Gene Ramey, Jo Jones), 06 & 13 & 20/01/1951, Bandstand ; Photo : Herman Leonard ; Liner notes : Barry McRae/CD.

- Young L/ESP-3017/LP

- Young L/ESP-3017/Agr/LP

Lester Young : Newly discovered performances, vol. 1 / Live Broadcasts From The Royal Roost (Ted Kelly, Freddie Jefferson, Roy Haynes, Jessie Drakes, Ted Briscoe, Symphony Sid/ Allen Eager, Ray Brown, Kai Winding, Hank Jones, Ella Fitzgerald), 27/11/1948 & 04/12/1948, ESP-301, ESP-Disk ; Photo (au festival de Newport) : Bob Parent/LP.

- Young L/Giants/CD

Lester Young : Giants of The Tenor Sax / Lester "Prez" Young & Friends (The Kansas City Six and Five with Buck Clayton), 1938 & 1944, CCD 7002, Commodore ; Liner notes : Milt Gabler/CD

- Young L/It Don't Mean/LP

Lester Young : It Don't Mean A Thing (if it aint got that swing) / Lester Young and his orchestra*, MGV-8187, Verve Records ; Photo : Herman Leonard/LP**.

* Jesse Drake, Gildo Mahones, John Ore, Connie Kay, 10/12/1954.

** Une des plus belles couvertures de disque ?

- Young L/Kansas 7/1/CD

- Young L/Kansas 7/2/CD

Lester Young : Lester Young Quartet (Johnny Guarnieri, Slam Stewart, Sid Catlett) & Kansas City Seven (Buck Clayton, Dicky Wells, Count Basie, Freddie Green, Rodney Richardson, Jo Jones), 28/12/1943/22/03/1944, 0704, Keynote Recordings/Mercury ; Liner notes : Morgan Morgenstern/CD.

- Young L/Pres in Europe/1/CD

- Young L/Pres in Europe/2/CD

Lester Young : Pres in Europe (Lasse Werner/René Urtreger, Al King/Pierre Michelot, Lex Humphries)/Christian Garros), HCD 7054, Highnote Records ; Photo : Frank Driggs collection ; Liner notes : Dan Morgenstern/CD.

- Young L/Royal Roost/CD

Lester Young : The Be-Bop Days/The Famous Royal Roost Recordings (Jesse Drakes, Kai Winding, Allen Eager, Hank Jones/Junior Mance, Ray Brown, Roy Haynes, etc.), 1948-1949, DRCD 11119, Definitive Records ; Liner notes : J.G. Calvados/CD.

- Young L/Royal Roost/LP

Lester Young : "Royal Roost" Sessions (Jesse Drakes, Junior Mance/John Lewis/Wynton Kelly, Gene Raney, Roy Hayes/Jo Jones, etc.), 04/12/1948 & 19/03/1949 & 06/01/1951 & 25/04/1952, CLDE.907, Swing/Everest/LP.

- Young L/Sweet/LP

- Young L/Sweet/Agr/LP

Young Lester : Sweet Georgia Brown (Jessie Drake/John Lewis, Gene Ramey, Jo Jones/Roy Haynes, etc.), 27/11 & 04/12/1948, 09/04/1949, 06, 13 & 20/01/1951, 2600221, Pathé Marconi/EMI ; Photo : Jean-Pierre Leloir ; Liner notes : Maurice Cullaz/LP*.

* Enregistrements " Live " au Birdland et au Royal Roost à New York.

- Young L/Sweets/CD

Lester Young & Harry Edison : Pres & Sweets (Oscar Peterson, Ray Brown, Herb Ellis, Buddy Rich), 01/11/1955, 849 391-2, Verve ; Liner notes : Stanley Crouch/CD.

- Young L/The Great/vol.1/LP

Lester Young The Great Lester Young, 1945-1947 (séances Alladin), 46 857/LPL 1898 & LPL 1899, Polydor - Photo J. P. Leloir ; Liner notes : Dominique Chanson/LP.

- Young L/The Great/vol.2/LP

Young Lester : The Great Lester Young, vol. 2 (Howard McGhee, Vic Dickenson, Willie Smith, Dodo Marmarosa, Chuck Wayne/Freddie Green, Curtis Counce/Red Callender, etc.), 1945-1947, 46868, Polydor ; Photo : Jean-Pierre Leloir (probablement) ; Liner notes : X*/LP.

* Il s'agit d'une partie des sessions Aladdin.

- Young L/The Immortal/CD

Lester Young : The Immortal Lester Young (Jessie Drake/Billy Butterfield, Hank D'Amico, Jerry Elliott, Count Basie/Junior Mance/Johnny Guarnieri, Freddie Green, Rodney Richardson/Leroy Jackson/Billy Taylor, Shadow Wilson/Roy Haynes/Cozy Cole), MG 12068/SV-0112, Savoy record ; Couverture : Creative productions ; Liner notes : H. Alan Stein/CD.

- Young L/Washington/1/CD

- Young L/Washington/2/CD

Lester Young : In Washington DC 1956, VOL. 2 (Bill Potts, Norman Williams, Jim Lucht), 07/12/1956, OJCCD-881-2/2308-225, Pablo ; Photo : Phil Stern ; Liner notes : Dan Morgenstern/CD.

- Young W/For Lady/LP

Young Webster : For Lady (Paul Quinichette, Joe Puma, Mal Waldron, Earl May, Ed Thigpen), 14/06/1957, LP 7106, Prestige ; Photo : X ; Liner notes : Ira Gitler/LP*.

* Un très bel hommage à Billie Holiday pour lequel Webster Young a choisi, parmi le répertoire de Billie Holiday, les chansons les plus évocatrices de cette chanteuse. Il s'est associé à Paul Quinichette et à Mal Waldron qui, comme lui, eurent la chance d'accompagner cette immense chanteuse.
Webster Young est un très grand trompettiste. Dans ce disque, il joue du cornet à merveille.

- Young W/M Davis/LP

- Young W/M Davis/Agr/LP

Young Webster : Webster Young Plays the Miles Davis Songbook, Vol 2 (Freddie Washington, Red Anderson, John Chapman, Chaucey Williams, VGM 0005, VGM Records ; Peinture : " Molly Ann " d'Ernest Trova ; Liner notes : Suehtam Ligriv/LP.