Review:
After eight years away from the microphones, Les Paul joined forces with country music's Chet Atkins in a marvelously relaxed, tasty session of cross-cultural jamming. The sound of the backup band may be Nashville country, but the tunes, mostly drawn from Paul's repertoire, are jazz and pop standards ("Caravan," "It's Been a Long, Long Time," "Avalon," etc.). Both players improvise, duel and converse with the spontaneity of jazz always in the air -- and unlike almost all of Les' recordings since 1947, there is no overdubbing except on "Caravan" and "Lover, Come Back to Me." You won't have any problem telling Chester and Lester apart on these tracks; Les' bright, almost metallic sound and twirling, yet now more economical flurries are a world away from Chet's mellow fingerpicking, lightly tarted with echo. Yet the two styles play brilliantly off each other; one potent example occurs as Chet superimposes the theme from "Picnic" from his repertoire over Les' statement of "Moonglow." A lot of the between-takes session chatter is intentionally left in, with Les's hotfoot voice trading quips with Chet's Tennessee drawl. On "Avalon," heard in two consecutive takes at different speeds, the dialogue is particularly funny, as Atkins mockingly tries to browbeat his old idol. This album (now on CD) had the effect of putting Les Paul well on the road toward canonization by young rock guitarslingers who noticed his name on Gibson instruments.
by Richard S. Ginell
https://www.allmusic.com/album/chester-lester-mw0000608766
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Reseña:
Después de ocho años alejado de los micrófonos, Les Paul unió fuerzas con Chet Atkins, de música country, en una maravillosa y sabrosa sesión de improvisación intercultural. El sonido de la banda de respaldo puede ser country de Nashville, pero las melodías, en su mayoría extraídas del repertorio de Paul, son estándares de jazz y pop ("Caravan", "It's Been a Long, Long Time", "Avalon", etc.). Ambos músicos improvisan, se baten en duelo y conversan con la espontaneidad del jazz siempre en el aire -- y a diferencia de casi todas las grabaciones de Les desde 1947, no hay sobregrabación excepto en "Caravan" y "Lover, Come Back to Me". No tendrás ningún problema en diferenciar a Chester y Lester en estos temas; el brillante, casi metálico sonido de Les y sus giros, aunque ahora las ráfagas más económicas están a un mundo de distancia de la melodiosa selección de Chet, ligeramente teñida de eco. Sin embargo, los dos estilos se tocan brillantemente el uno al otro; un ejemplo potente ocurre cuando Chet superpone el tema de "Picnic" de su repertorio sobre la declaración de Les de "Moonglow". Gran parte de la charla entre las sesiones se deja intencionadamente, con la voz de Les intercambiando bromas con el dibujo de Chet en Tennessee. En "Avalon", que se escucha en dos tomas consecutivas a diferentes velocidades, el diálogo es particularmente divertido, ya que Atkins intenta burlonamente intimidar a su viejo ídolo. Este álbum (ahora en CD) tuvo el efecto de poner a Les Paul en el camino hacia la canonización por jóvenes guitarristas de rock que notaron su nombre en los instrumentos de Gibson.
por Richard S. Ginell
https://www.allmusic.com/album/chester-lester-mw0000608766
Tracklist:
01. It's Been A Long Time (Sammy Cahn, Jule Styne) - 3:27
02. Medley: Moonglow (Eddy DeLange, Irving Mills, Will Hudson)/Picnic (Theme From "Picnic") (George W. Duning) - 4:38
03. Caravan (Duke Ellington, Irving Mills, Juan Tizol) - 3:15
04. It Had To Be You (Isham Jones, Gus Kahn) - 3:28
05. Out Of Nowhere (John W. Green, Edward Heyman) - 3:09
06. Avalon (Buddy G. De Sylva, Al Jolson, Vincent Rose) - 6:27
07. Birth Of The Blues (Lew Brown, Buddy G. De Sylva, Ray Henderson) - 3:01
08. Someday Sweetheart (Benjamin Spikes, John Spikes) - 3:17
09. Deed I Do (Walter Hirsch, Fred Rose) - 2:27
10. Lover Come Back To Me (Oscar Hammerstein II, Sigmund Romberg) - 2:39
Bonuses (previously unissued):
11. The World Is Waiting For The Sunrise (Ernest Seitz, Eugene Lockhart) - 2:20
12. You Brought A New Kind Of Love To Me (Irving Kahal, Pierre Norman, Sammy Fain) - 2:44
13. Caravan (alternate version) (Duke Ellington, Irving Mills, Juan Tizol) - 3:12
14. Medley: Moonglow (Eddy DeLange, Irving Mills, Will Hudson)/Picnic (Theme From "Picnic") (rehearsal version) - 5:20
Personnel:
- Chet Atkins (Chester Burton Atkins) - guitar, producer
- Les Paul (Lester William Polsfuss) - guitar
- Bobby Thompson, Paul Yandell, Ray Edenton - rhythm guitar
- Bob Moore, Henry Strzelecki - bass
- Larry Londin - drums
- Randy Goodrum – piano
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