Something for Lester

Something for Lester is an album by American jazz bassist Ray Brown recorded in 1977 and released on the Contemporary label.

Reception

Allmusic awarded the album 3½ stars with Scott Yanow noting "This excellent trio session forms a sort of transition between bassist Ray Brown's work with the Oscar Peterson Trio and his own small-group sessions of the '80s and '90s".

DownBeat fave the album 5 stars. Zan Stewart called the release a "very tasteful and extremely listenable album".

Track listing

1. "Ojos de Rojo" (Cedar Walton) - 5:16
2. "Slippery" - 7:27 (Ray Brown)
3. "Something in Common" (Walton) - 4:50
4. "Love Walked In" (George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin) - 5:25
5. "Georgia on My Mind" (Hoagy Carmichael, Stuart Gorrell) - 7:11
6. "Little Girl Blue" (Richard Rodgers, Lorenz Hart) - 6:17
7. "Sister Sadie" (Horace Silver) - 4:54

Personnel

• Ray Brown - bass
• Cedar Walton - piano
• Elvin Jones - drums

References