Lester Young: Jazz At The Philharmonic - Lester Young Carnegie Blues LP ETJS-1.06 A1: Foreign Intrigue

A1: Foreign Intrigue

this 1961 recording features a superb line-up including Jimmy Knepper on trombone

Recorded - November 2 to 4

It’s a sign of the sheer volume of top-notch hard bop that Blue Note was recording in the 1950s-60s that a supremely swinging date like Hank Mobley’s 1957 album Curtain Call would sit in the vaults unreleased until 1984

I'm Coming Through6

Lester Young: Jazz At The Philharmonic - Lester Young Carnegie Blues LP ETJS-1.06 A1: Foreign IntrigueVerve, 1985 Limited 180gm vinyl LP pressing. This legendary album consisted of tracks recorded at Carnegie Hall between 1946 and 1967 with an all star ensemble of jazz legends like Herb Ellis, Jo Jones, Ray Brown, Coleman Hawkins and Illinois Jacquet. This highly requested Verve reissue returns as a vinyl LP. Includes: "Carnegie Blues," "Tea for Two," "I Got Rhythm," "Lester's Blues," "I Cover the Waterfront," "Lester Gambols," "Blues" and more.