This historic recording was made in 1956 featuring Lester Young, tenor saxophone; Teddy Wilson, piano; Gene Ramey, bass; and ‘Papa’ Jo Jones, drums.
*The session that produced this side was one of the last really swinging sets recorded by Lester Young, who would die in 1958.
Lester Young
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