LESTER YOUNG - Lester Leaps In: Live At Birdland 1951-1952 THE ORCHESTRA (FOR NOW) and lead guitarist Alex Rosamilia

and lead guitarist Alex Rosamilia

2LP - Limited Dinked Edition #287:

At a time when the world shut down

Heating up during intense bursts of recording followed closely by  long periods of cooling down/ listening to the work and then… un-listening to it

Mirroring Feldspar (4:21)

LESTER YOUNG - Lester Leaps In: Live At Birdland 1951-1952 THE ORCHESTRA (FOR NOW) and lead guitarist Alex RosamiliaThis product is an RSD Black Friday 2025 title, which is available to buy in store from 8am on Friday 28 11 2025, and online from 8am on Saturday 29 11 2025. It features eight tracks recorded on four different dates in 1951 and '52 for ABC Radio's infamous "Jumpin with Symphony Sid." Host Sid Torin introduces several of the tracks, one of which, "Neenah," includes a shoutout to audience member Billie Holiday who originated the bebop legend's nickname