Lester Leaps In
Count Basie & The Kansas City 7
Amoeba Review
05/19/2015
This 1939 Vocalion 78 from Count Basie & The Kansas City Seven was composed by and primarily features the great Lester Young on sax. Young swoops and dips his way through a series of chord changes based on the Gershwins' "I Got Rhythm," all to dazzling effect.