Artist : LESTER YOUNG Title : LE DERNIER MESSAGE DE LESTER YOUNG Orig issued in 1959 on French Barclay label - Barclay 84069.

In January 1959, Lester Young was in Paris for a series of concerts at the famous Blue Note Club. He plays with Rene Urtreger on piano, Kenny Clarke on drums, Jimmy Gourley on guitar and Jamil Nasser on bass. On March the 4th, 1959, Eddie Barclay decides to record Lester at Studio Barclay, which will be his last album. This legendary recording session is poignant and moving in line with the from Coleman Hawkins 'Sirius' and the last recording of Billie Holiday. Lester Young is reduced but the grace and genius are still there!
Some days later, March 15, 1959, Lester succumb at the Alvin hotel, a few hours after arriving in New York. A heart attack had just one defeat all musicians nicknamed ‘Prez’, The President.

 

Recording date : March 4th, 1959 at Studio Barclay in Paris

Production : Norman Granz

Cat Number: SR02/1
Format : LP 12inch / NewRelease date : 11/05/2011Recording : Recorded in Paris in 1959 for Barclay label - The Original is impossible to find
Personnel : Lester Young (tenor saxophone)
Rene Urtreger (piano)
Jimmy Gourley (guitar)
Jamil Nasser (bass)
Kenny Clarke (drums)
Track list :  SIDE A
 1. Lady Be Good
 2. Back Home Again In Indiana
 3. I Can't Get Started With You
 4. I Didn't Know What Time It Was
 5. Three Little Words
 6. Pennies From Heaven

 SIDE B
 1. Tea For Two
 2. I Cover The Waterfront
 3. A. B. Blues
 4. There'll Never Be Another you
 5. Almost Like being In Love
 6. Lullaby Of Birdland

Limited Edition 180 gr reissued by Sam Records - Remastered from Original Master Tapes - Art Work using the Original Photos by Herman Leonard.
Disc: Pressed by Pallas in Germany
Double Insert - Photo by Jean-Pierre Leloir (see photo)


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