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The Lester Young and Buddy Rich Trio
The Lester Young and Buddy Rich Trio

This is a cool record. You know why? It's a trio and there's only two dudes on the cover. They left one out. Who'd they leave out? Nat "King" F*CKING COLE. Cole had been in the scene a while now but this was right before his big break where everybody and especially their grandmothers bought his records. His piano playing on this is light and cheerful mixing in with Rich and Young. The record is pretty standard "you play sh*t then I'll play sh*t" style but it swings hard considering it's these three guys. Drips cool.