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3 Personnel  




4 References  













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Laughin' to Keep from Cryin'
Studio album by
Lester Young
Released1958
RecordedFebruary 8, 1958
GenreJazz
Length50:17
LabelVerve MG V-8316[1]
ProducerNorman Granz
Lester Young chronology
Going for Myself
(1956) 		Laughin' to Keep from Cryin'
(1958) 		Pres and Teddy
(1959)

Laughin' to Keep from Cryin' is a 1958 studio album by Lester Young featuring the trumpeters Harry "Sweets" Edison and Roy Eldridge.[2]

Reception

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Allmusic[2]
The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings[3]

Scott Yanow reviewed the album for Allmusic and wrote that "...this date apparently had a lot of difficulties but the recorded results are excellent. Young takes rare clarinet solos on two of the selections with his emotional statement on "They Can't Take That Away from Me" being one of the highpoints of his career."[2]

Track listing

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  1. "Salute to Benny" (Lester Young) - 8:32
  2. "They Can't Take That Away from Me" (George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin) - 6:02
  3. "Romping" (Young) - 11:42
  4. "The Gypsy in My Soul" (Clay Boland, Moe Jaffe) - 4:14
  5. "Please Don't Talk About Me When I'm Gone" (Sidney Clare, Sam H. Stept) - 6:11
  6. Ballad medley: "The Very Thought of You"/"I Want a Little Girl"/"Blue and Sentimental" (Ray Noble)/(Murray Mencher, Billy Moll)/(Count Basie, Jerry Livingston, Mack David) - 6:38
  7. "Mean to Me" (Fred E. Ahlert, Roy Turk) - 6:58

Personnel

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Production

References

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  1. ^ "Lester Young, Roy Eldridge And Harry Edison - Laughin' To Keep From Cryin' at Discogs". discogs.com. Retrieved 2015-11-02.
  • ^ a b c Laughin' to Keep from Cryin'atAllMusic
  • ^ Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings (9th ed.). Penguin. p. 1537. ISBN 978-0-141-03401-0.

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