| Pres and Teddy | ||||
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| Studio album by The Lester Young and Teddy Wilson Quartet | ||||
| Released | Early April 1959[1] | |||
| Recorded | January 13, 1956 New York City | |||
| Genre | Jazz | |||
| Length | 42:57 | |||
| Label | Verve MGV-8205 | |||
| Producer | Norman Granz | |||
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Pres and Teddy is a jazz album by The Lester Young and Teddy Wilson Quartet, recorded in January 1956. Originally released on LP by Verve in 1959, it has subsequently been reissued on CD by Verve, Universal Japan and Lonehill Jazz.
The album includes six standard swing jazz songs with one original composition, "Pres Returns." In spite of Young's failing health, this studio album is critically acclaimed as one of best of his best later works, and among the best albums produced by Verve Record's founder Norman Granz.
- ^ "Reviews and Ratings of New Jazz Albums". Billboard. Nielsen Business Media. 13 April 1959. p. 40. Retrieved 14 January 2017 – via Internet Archive.