Lester Young
Tenor Sax Solo on
She's Funny That Way

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Lester Young's tenor saxophone solo opens the improvising on this warm, swinging rendition of "She's Funny That Way" from the 1955 Pres & Sweets session. Young takes one chorus over the 32-bar AABA form in E-flat at an uptempo 146 BPM, delivering a characteristically lyrical statement on Neil Moret and Richard A. Whiting's 1928 standard. The song is a perennial favorite of jazz musicians, and Young's opening chorus sets a relaxed, melodic tone for the expansive performance that follows, with Edison, Peterson, and Brown each taking their own multi-chorus turns.

Lester Young was 45 to 46 years old at the time.