Midnight Symphony

Midnight Symphony is a 1944 jazz standard by Lester Young. A slow blues,[1] it was originally recorded in the key of B-flat major and is noted for its classic blues piano phrasing by Marlowe Morris, mellow tenor sax soloing by Young, and trumpet soloing by Harry Edison.[1] "Midnight Symphony", along with "On the Sunny Side of the Street", was included in the film of that year, Jammin' the Blues, which features Young performing the songs in a May 1944 jam with Red Callender, Harry Edison, Marlowe Morris, Sid Catlett, Barney Kessel and numerous others.[2] Many of them performed it together in clubs that year, including the Palm Club of Los Angeles.[3]

References

  1. 1 2 Hershorn, Tad (17 October 2011). Norman Granz: The Man Who Used Jazz for Justice. University of California Press. p. 88. ISBN 978-0-520-94977-5.
  2. ↑ Bogdanov, Vladimir; Woodstra, Chris; Erlewine, Stephen Thomas (2002). All Music Guide to Jazz: The Definitive Guide to Jazz Music. Backbeat Books. p. 1369. ISBN 978-0-87930-717-2.
  3. ↑ 60 years of recorded jazz 1917-1977. W. Bruyninckx. 1980. p. 1165.
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