Pres and Teddy: American Recording Society LP 1956 Mono Deep Groove Excellent+++
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This Jazz Record was manufactured in 1956 and by all accounts Quite Rare. Condition is Excellent ++ and it borders Near Mint. Patina Gleams There is a rolodex sticker on the side one label. See pictures in listing. There is No Album cover with this record. It will be shipped in a heavy paper sleeve Insurance and Shipping will be paid by seller. Signature will be required Check my feedback if you need information on me.
Pres and Teddy is one of several late 1950s reunions between Lester Young, a tenor saxophonist characterized by jazz commentator Scott Yanow as "one of the giants of Jazz history",[1] and Teddy Wilson, "the definitive swing pianist".[2] Recorded on January 13, 1956, the quartet also featured Jo Jones, an innovative and influential jazz drummer,[3] and bassist Gene Ramey. The group had also played together the previous day along with Roy Eldridge, Vic Dickenson and Freddie Green, recording the similarly acclaimed The Jazz Giants '56.[4]
Wilson was in 1956 steadily producing both solo and group albums, having only recently stopped teaching music at Juilliard.[2] Young, although also working steadily, was suffering a rapid deterioration of his health.[5] Though Young had established a strong early presence in jazz prior to being drafted into World War II in 1945, his experiences during the war left him an alcoholic so unapproachable that he invented his own language to better control who would be permitted to communicate with him.[6] But while Young's playing throughout the 50s was often hampered by his excessive drinking, [7] on this occasion, according to Yanow, he returned to "classic form".[8] After these sessions, Young continued to decline, drinking himself to death three years later, at the age of 49.[9]
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