Kansas City Sessions

Down Beat (6/97, p.64) - 4 1/2 stars (out of 5) - "...the 1944 sides are prime, full-bodied Lester at his most outgoing...full of swoops and dives that punctuate long, broken-wave lines like knots in a sleek wood grain..."
Jazz Times (9/97, p.76) - "...one of several admirable collections....Young and Clayton performed creditably...Durham's electric guitar solos are full of ideas that partly presage the coming of Charlie Christian...Wells is in brilliant form and seems to stimulate the leader..."
Q Magazine (5/97, p.144) - 4 Stars (out of 5) - "...the music swings with a casual grace that was never to be repeated, and it is the sound of the very best of an era-- Young, in particular, plays with a fresh-sounding musical invention, adding a lush, introspective, romantic gloss with every solo."