LESTER YOUNG (SAXOPHONE) - BLUE LESTER: COMPLETE ROYAL ROOST BROADCASTS NEW CD

2-CD SETFOR THE FIRST TIME ON CDINCLUDES 9 BONUS TRACKS:This release presents, for the first time ever on a single set, Lester Young’s complete broadcasts from the celebrated Royal Roost jazz club in New York, which were made during the period 1948-50. Lester performs on most of these tracks in a quintet format, including trumpeter Jesse Drakes and pianist Junior Mance, plus Kai Winding, Allen Eager and Ella Fitzgerald as guest stars on a couple of jam-session like tunes.As a bonus, the soundtrack to a rare New York TV show featuring Lester (just the music survives), recorded in 1949 while the saxophonist was engaged at the Roost. As a further bonus, a superb quartet live set presenting Prez in Frankfurt in 1956.PERSONNEL:LESTER YOUNG, tenor sax on all tracks, plus:Collective Personnel:Jesse Drakes (tp), Ted Kelly (tb), Allen Eager (ts),Kai Winding, Jerry Eliott (tb), Junior Mance, Freddie Jefferson (p),Ted Briscoe, Ray Brown (b), Roy Haynes, Buddy Rich (d), Ella Fitzgerald (vc),among others.Recorded live at the Royal Roost, New York, between November 1948 & March 1950.Bonus TracksCD 2 [10-13]: Lester Young (ts), Will Bradley (tb on 10 & 13 only),Mike Coluccio (p), Mary Osborne (g), Chubby Jackson (b),Specs Powell (d), Babs Gonzales (vcl on 13 only). William B. Williams (MC).“Adventures in Jazz” CBS-Telecast, New York, January 28, 1949.CD 2 [14-18]: Lester Young (ts), Lars Werner (p), Al King (b)Lex Humphries (d). Jazz Keller, Frankfurt Am Main, Germany, November 9, 1956.CD 1: Total Time: 74:2701 Jumpin’ With Symphony Sid #102 Lester Leaps In #103 A Ghost Of A Chance #104 Just You, Just Me #105 Sweet Georgia Brown06 How High The Moon #1- Into Jumpin’ With Symphony Sid #207 Be Bop Boogie #108 I’m Confessin’09 I Cover The Waterfront #110 How High The Moon #211 Sunday #112 Jumpin’ With Symphony Sid #313 Be Bop Boogie #214 These Foolish Things #115 D.B. Blues #116 Just You, Just Me #217 Lester Leaps In #218 She’s Funny That Way19 Lavender Blue #120 Tea For TwoCD 2: Total time: 75:0201 Lavender Blue #202 A Ghost Of A Chance #203 Mean To Me04 Sunday #205 I Cover The Waterfront #206 Be Bop Boogie #307 D.B. Blues #208 Just You, Just Me #309 Sunday #310 Robbin’s Nest11 Lester Leaps In #312 A Ghost Of A Chance #313 Lover14 Lester Leaps In #415 These Foolish Things #216 There Will Never Be - Another You17 Lester’s European Blues18 Lullaby Of Birland