Pres and Sweets
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{{Infobox album
| name = Pres and Sweets
| type = Studio
| artist = Lester Young and Harry Edison
| cover = Pres and Sweets.jpg
| alt =
| released = 1956
| recorded = November 1, 1955
Radio Recorders, Hollywood, CA
| venue =
| studio =
| genre = Jazz
| length = 47:19 CD reissue with bonus tracks
| label = Norgran
MGN 1043
| producer = Norman Granz
| chronology = Harry Edison
| prev_title = Buddy and Sweets
| prev_year = 1955
| next_title = Sweets
| next_year = 1956
| misc = {{Extra chronology
| artist = Lester Young
| type = album
| prev_title = It Don't Mean A Thing
| prev_year = 1954
| title = Pres and Sweets
| year = 1955
| next_title = The Jazz Giants '56
| next_year = 1956
}}
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Pres and Sweets is an album by American jazz saxophonist Lester Young and trumpeter Harry Edison recorded in 1955 and originally released on the Norgran label.Edwards, D. & Callahan, M. [http://www.bsnpubs.com/new/norgran.pdf Norgran Label Discography], accessed November 24, 2015[http://www.jazzdisco.org/verve-records/norgran-records-catalog-1000-series/#mgn-1043 Norgran Records Catalog: 1000 series] accessed November 24, 2015
Reception
{{Music ratings
| rev1 = AllMusic
| rev1Score = {{rating|4.5|5}}
|rev2 = The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings
|rev2score = {{Rating|3|4}}{{cite book |last1=Cook |first1=Richard |authorlink1=Richard Cook (journalist) |last2=Morton |first2=Brian |authorlink2=Brian Morton (Scottish writer) |title=The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings |year=2008 |edition=9th |publisher=Penguin |isbn=978-0-141-03401-0 |page=1536}}
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Allmusic awarded the album 4½ stars stating "it is not surprising that the music is quite swinging. Young was in good form that day, obviously happy to be having a reunion with his fellow Count Basie alumnus".{{AllMusic|first=Matt |last=Collar |class=album |id=mw0000469586 |title=Sweets – Review |accessdate=November 24, 2015}}
Track listing
- "Mean to Me" (Fred E. Ahlert, Roy Turk) - 7:14
- "Red Boy Blues" (Lester Young) - 5:11
- "Pennies from Heaven" (Arthur Johnston, Johnny Burke) - 5:14
- "That's All" (Alan Brandt, Bob Haymes) - 4:34
- "One O'Clock Jump" (Count Basie) - 5:17
- "She's Funny That Way" (Neil Moret, Richard A. Whiting) - 8:22
- "It's the Talk of the Town" (Jerry Livingston, Al J. Neiburg, Marty Symes) - 5:37 Bonus track on CD reissue
- "I Found a New Baby" (Jack Palmer, Spencer Williams) - 5:50 Bonus track on CD reissue
Personnel
References
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Category:1955 collaborative albums