The Master's Touch

The Master's Touch
Studio album by Lester Young
Released	1993
Recorded	1944
Genre	jazz
Length	54:05
Label	Savoy Records

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The Master's Touch is a jazz album by Lester Young.

Track listing

1. "Crazy Over J-Z" (Take 2) Lester Young -(2:49)
2. "Crazy Over J-Z" (Take 3) Lester Young -(2:43)
3. I Don't Stand a Ghost of a Chance With You [Take 2] Bing Crosby, Ned Washington, Victor Young, Lester Young -(3:22)
4. "Ding Dong" (Take 2) Lester Young -(2:27)
5. "Ding Dong" (Take 3) Lester Young -(2:28)
6. "Blues 'N' Bells" (Take 2) Lester Young -(2:24)
7. "Blues 'N' Bells" [(Take 3) Lester Young -(2:24)
8. "Back Home Again In Indiana" [Orig. TK2] Ballard MacDonald, James F. Hanley, Lester Young -(2:56)
9. "Basie English" Johnny Guarnieri, Lester Young -(3:02)
10. "Salute to Fats" (Short Take 2) Johnny Guarnieri, Lester Young -(1:19)
11. "Salute to Fats" (Orig. Take 5) Johnny Guarnieri Lester Young -(3:01)
12. "Exercise in Swing" Johnny Guarnieri, Lester Young -(3:11)
13. "Exercise in Swing" (Orig. Take 4) Johnny Guarnieri, Lester Young -(3:03)
14. "Circus in Rhythm" (Orig. Take 2) Earle Warren, Lester Young -(3:15)
15. "Tush" (Orig. Take 2) Dicky Wells, Lester Young -(2:55)
16. "Circus in Rhythm" (Take 3) Earle Warren, Lester Young -(3:05)
17. "Poor Little Plaything" (Take 3)Earle Warren, Lester Young -(2:57)
18. "Exercise in Swing" (Take 2) Johnny Guarnieri, Lester Young -(2:49)
19. "Salute to Fats" (Take 4) Johnny Guarnieri, Lester Young -(1:00)
20. "Salute to Fats" (Take 3) Johnny Guarnieri, Lester Young –(2:55)

Personnel

• Lester Young- tenor saxophone
• Harry "Sweets" Edison- trumpet
• Al Killian- trumpet
• Ed Lewis- trumpet
• Joe Newman- trumpet
• Ted Donnelly- trombone
• Eli Robinson- trombone
• Lou Taylor- trombone
• Dickie Wells- trombone
• Jimmy Powell- alto saxophone
• Earl Warren- alto saxophone, voice, arranger
• Buddy Tate- tenor saxophone
• Rudy Rutherford- baritone saxophone
• Clyde Hart- piano
• Freddie Green- guitar
• Rodney Richardson- bass
• Jo Jones- drums
• Tadd Dameron, Dick Flanagan, Dixky Wells- arrangers

Sources

Gridley, Mark C. Jazz Styles: History & Analysis. 9th N.J.: Prentice Hall, 2006. Print.