The Jazz Giants '56

1956 studio album by Lester Young
The Jazz Giants '56
Studio album by
Lester Young
Released1956
RecordedJanuary 12, 1956
Fine Sound Studios, New York City
GenreJazz
Length42:30
LabelVerve
MGN 1056
ProducerNorman Granz
Lester Young chronology
Pres and Sweets
(1955) 		The Jazz Giants '56
(1956) 		Pres and Teddy
(1956)

The Jazz Giants '56 is an album by saxophonist Lester Young, issued in 1956 on Verve Records.[1]

Track listing

  1. "I Guess I'll Have To Change My Plan" (Arthur Schwartz, Howard Dietz) - 9:35[2]
  2. "I Didn't Know What Time It Was" (Richard Rodgers, Lorenz Hart) - 10:06
  3. "Gigantic Blues" (Lester Young) - 6:54
  4. "This Year's Kisses" (Irving Berlin) - 6:49
  5. "You Can Depend on Me" (Charles Carpenter, Louis Dunlap, Earl Hines) - 9:06

Personnel

References

  1. ^ Delannoy, Luc (1993). Pres:the Story of Lester Young (c). University of Arkansas Press. ISBN 978-1-61075-326-5.
  2. ^ "Lester Young - Jazz Giants '56 CD Album". www.cduniverse.com. Retrieved 2022-06-21.
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