Pres and Sweets

Pres and Sweets
Studio album by Lester Young and Harry Edison
Released 1955
Recorded November 1, 1955
Radio Recorders, Hollywood, CA
Genre Jazz
Length 47:19 CD reissue with bonus tracks
Label Norgran
MGN 1043
Producer Norman Granz
Harry Edison chronology
Buddy and Sweets
(1955)		 Pres and Sweets
(1955)		 Sweets
(1956)
Lester Young chronology
It Don't Mean A Thing
(1954)		 Pres and Sweets
(1955)		 The Jazz Giants '56
(1956)

Pres and Sweets is an album by American jazz saxophonist Lester Young and trumpeter Harry Edison recorded in 1955 and originally released on the Norgran label.[1][2]

Reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[3]

Allmusic awarded the album 4½ stars stating "it is not surprising that the music is quite swinging. Young was in good form that day, obviously happy to be having a reunion with his fellow Count Basie alumnus". [3]

Track listing

  1. "Mean to Me" (Fred E. Ahlert, Roy Turk) - 7:14
  2. "Red Boy Blues" (Lester Young) - 5:11
  3. "Pennies from Heaven" (Arthur Johnston, Johnny Burke) - 5:14
  4. "That's All" (Alan Brandt, Bob Haymes) - 4:34
  5. "One O'Clock Jump" (Count Basie) - 5:17\
  6. "She's Funny That Way" (Neil Moret, Richard A. Whiting) - 8:22
  7. "It's the Talk of the Town" (Jerry Livingston, Al J. Neiburg, Marty Symes) - 5:37 Bonus track on CD reissue
  8. "I Found a New Baby" (Jack Palmer, Spencer Williams) - 5:50 Bonus track on CD reissue

Personnel

References

  1. ↑ Edwards, D. & Callahan, M. Norgran Label Discography, accessed November, 24, 2015
  2. ↑ Norgran Records Catalog: 1000 series accessed November 24, 2015
  3. 1 2 Collar, Matt. Sweets – Review at AllMusic. Retrieved November 24, 2015.
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