Lester Young - Le Dernier Message de Lester Young / Sam Records

A historical document! The last LP recorded by the 'Prez'.

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 4, 1959, Eddie Barclay decides to record Lester at Studio Barclay - and this will be his last album. The legendary recording session is poignant and moving; it ranks with Coleman Hawkin's "Sirius" and Billie

Holiday's last recording. Lester Young is physically finished, but the grace and genius are still there! Just a few days later, Lester Young, nicknamed "Prez", The President, succumbs to a heart attack in New York.

Lester Young (tenor saxophone), René Urtreger (piano), Jimmy Gourley (guitar), Jamil Nasser (bass), Kenny Clarke (drums).

Recorded March 4, 1959 - Barclay Studio, Paris.

Original LP: Barclay 84.069.

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Title

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