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Something for Lester

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Released
  
1978

Something for Lester (1977)
  
Quadrant (1977)

Release date
  
1978

Label
  
Contemporary Records

Length
  
41:10

Artist
  
Ray Brown

Producer
  
Lester Koenig

Genre
  
Jazz

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Recorded
  
June 22, 23 & 24, 1977 Contemporary's Studio in Los Angeles, California

Similar
  
Ray Brown albums, Jazz albums

Something for Lester is an album by American jazz bassist Ray Brown recorded in 1977 and released on the Contemporary label.

Contents

Reception

Allmusic awarded the album 3½ stars with Scott Yanow noting "This excellent trio session forms a sort of transition between bassist Ray Brown's work with the Oscar Peterson Trio and his own small-group sessions of the '80s and '90s".

Track listing

  1. "Ojos de Rojo" (Cedar Walton) - 5:16
  2. "Slippery" - 7:27
  3. "Something in Common" (Walton) - 4:50
  4. "Love Walked In" (George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin) - 5:25
  5. "Georgia on My Mind" (Hoagy Carmichael, Stuart Gorrell) - 7:11
  6. "Little Girl Blue" (Richard Rodgers, Lorenz Hart) - 6:17
  7. "Sister Sadie" (Horace Silver) - 4:54

Personnel

  • Ray Brown - bass
  • Cedar Walton - piano
  • Elvin Jones - drums
  • References

    Something for Lester Wikipedia