Year/Genre: 1958 / Jazz
Matrix #: MGVS 6054
Condition: VG+, sounds amazingly good, looks good

Cultural Facts:

1. Recorded in 1958, this session brought together swing-era giants at a time when bebop and hard bop had already reshaped jazz, making the album feel like a quiet assertion that lyrical, song-centered playing still mattered.

2. Lester Young’s fragile health and softened tone give the record a reflective quality—less about virtuoso competition and more about conversation, restraint, and lived experience.

3. The title captures the emotional undercurrent of many late-career jazz recordings from this era: musicians navigating aging, changing tastes, and personal hardship while continuing to create deeply human work.

Price Suggestions:
NM: $30–36
VG+: $24–29
VG: $16–20
G+: $10–12

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