The Master's Touch

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The Master's Touch
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Studio album by Lester Young
Released 1993
Recorded 1944
Genre jazz
Length54:05
Label Savoy Records
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The Master's Touch is a jazz album by Lester Young.

Lester Young American jazz tenor saxophonist and sometime clarinetist

Lester Willis Young, nicknamed "Pres" or "Prez", was an American jazz tenor saxophonist and occasional clarinetist.

Contents

Track listing [2]

  1. "Crazy Over J-Z" (Take 2) Lester Young -(2:49)
  2. "Crazy Over J-Z" (Take 3) Lester Young -(2:43)
  3. I Don't Stand a Ghost of a Chance With You [Take 2] Bing Crosby, Ned Washington, Victor Young, Lester Young -(3:22)
  4. "Ding Dong" (Take 2) Lester Young -(2:27)
  5. "Ding Dong" (Take 3) Lester Young -(2:28)
  6. "Blues 'N' Bells" (Take 2) Lester Young -(2:24)
  7. "Blues 'N' Bells" [(Take 3) Lester Young -(2:24)
  8. "Back Home Again In Indiana" [Orig. TK2] Ballard MacDonald, James F. Hanley, Lester Young -(2:56)
  9. "Basie English" Johnny Guarnieri, Lester Young -(3:02)
  10. "Salute to Fats" (Short Take 2) Johnny Guarnieri, Lester Young -(1:19)
  11. "Salute to Fats" (Orig. Take 5) Johnny Guarnieri Lester Young -(3:01)
  12. "Exercise in Swing" Johnny Guarnieri, Lester Young -(3:11)
  13. "Exercise in Swing" (Orig. Take 4) Johnny Guarnieri, Lester Young -(3:03)
  14. "Circus in Rhythm" (Orig. Take 2) Earle Warren, Lester Young -(3:15)
  15. "Tush" (Orig. Take 2) Dicky Wells, Lester Young -(2:55)
  16. "Circus in Rhythm" (Take 3) Earle Warren, Lester Young -(3:05)
  17. "Poor Little Plaything" (Take 3)Earle Warren, Lester Young -(2:57)
  18. "Exercise in Swing" (Take 2) Johnny Guarnieri, Lester Young -(2:49)
  19. "Salute to Fats" (Take 4) Johnny Guarnieri, Lester Young -(1:00)
  20. "Salute to Fats" (Take 3) Johnny Guarnieri, Lester Young –(2:55)

Personnel

Tenor saxophone type of saxophone

The tenor saxophone is a medium-sized member of the saxophone family, a group of instruments invented by Adolphe Sax in the 1840s. The tenor and the alto are the two most commonly used saxophones. The tenor is pitched in the key of B (while the Alto is pitched in the key of E), and written as a transposing instrument in the treble clef, sounding an octave and a major second lower than the written pitch. Modern tenor saxophones which have a high F key have a range from A2 to E5 (concert) and are therefore pitched one octave below the soprano saxophone. People who play the tenor saxophone are known as "tenor saxophonists", "tenor sax players", or "saxophonists".

Trumpet musical instrument with the highest register in the brass family

A trumpet is a brass instrument commonly used in classical and jazz ensembles. The trumpet group contains the instruments with the highest register in the brass family. Trumpet-like instruments have historically been used as signaling devices in battle or hunting, with examples dating back to at least 1500 BC; they began to be used as musical instruments only in the late 14th or early 15th century. Trumpets are used in art music styles, for instance in orchestras, concert bands, and jazz ensembles, as well as in popular music. They are played by blowing air through nearly-closed lips, producing a "buzzing" sound that starts a standing wave vibration in the air column inside the instrument. Since the late 15th century they have primarily been constructed of brass tubing, usually bent twice into a rounded rectangular shape.

Albert Killian was an American jazz trumpeter and occasional bandleader during the big band era.

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References

Sources

Gridley, Mark C. Jazz Styles: History & Analysis. 9th N.J.: Prentice Hall, 2006. Print.