Howard Alden?

[mr. beaumont]

The "arrangement" of Lady Be Good is tenor sax icon Lester Young's solo from a 1936 Count Basie small group recording; one of those classic improvised solos that several generations have learned and absorbed into their playing. It's said that Charlie Parker digested a bunch of Lester's solos when he was young and that certainly contributed to his melodic and rhythmic conception. I learned it years ago when I was getting started, and somewhere along the way I was on a bandstand with Dan Barrett and found out he had learned it too, so we looked at each other and decided to play it together. Over the years I've run into other sax players who had learned it, including Harry Allen and most recently Enric Piedro, so it's always fun to throw in our memory of and tribute to Lester Young (and makes it sound like we have an arrangement...)

Hey, welcome aboard!

Lester's stuff is just like that, ain't it?

[Christian Miller]

I disconcerted a sax player by singing along with the solo when he played it the other day. bit of a dick move tbf, but I was comping!