Lester Young on Savoy- 1944, 45, 46, 49

Legendary tenor sax player Young had just left Basie's band when he recorded a session with Johnny Guarnieri for Savoy (with Billy Butterfield, Hank D'Amico and Cozy Cole), starting a short but fruitful partnership with the label - later sessions featured him with the Count Basie rhythm section (Basie, Freddie Green, Rodney Richardson and Shadow Wilson), the Count Basie Orchestra without Basie (led by alto player Earl Warren, with Dickie Wells, Harry Edison, Jo Jones, Freddie Green and Clyde Hart) and his own touring band (with Jesse Drakes, Jerry Elliott, Junior Mance and Roy Haynes)