Lester Young - Le Jazz in Paris Le Dernier Message de Lester Young (Recorded France 1959)

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Tenor Saxophonist Young's last recordings before he died  less than two weeks later, this recording, part of the Jazz In Paris series, consists of  Young on Tenor Sax, Rene Urtreger on piano, Jimmy Gourly on guitar, Jamil Nasser on Double base and Kenny Clark on drums. Great sound quality and excellent playing of this laid back sounding cool jazz consisting of mostly standards and one Young composition.Mainstream Jazz with  Some more upbeat numbers mixed with some slower numbers makes for a pleasant listen as background music for a dinner party or chatting with friends. Not really all that inspiring  though, and I properly wouldn't spend too much time giving it too much serious attention. More deserving than the short slagging it got in my copy of "The Penguin Guide To Jazz Recordings" but not quite up to the fours stars it got on Allmusic .com. my rating 2.5/5.

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