Artist:Lester Young
Song:On The Sunny Side Of The Street
Album:Lester Young With The Oscar Peterson Trio
Lester "Pres" Young was a true innovator of the tenor sax who became known for his work with Billie Holiday. Like a lot of jazz musicians, he had a serious drinking problem and basically drank himself to death in 1959 at age 50. But this 1957 album with Canadian pianist Oscar Peterson proved that poor health didn't affect the quality of his music. Verve reissued it on CD with a couple of bonus tracks in 1997. Young developed a very unique sound and was a major influence on the musicians that followed him.
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