Anything from 38-39 which he himself considered his best work.Get the CD of the Kansas City 5,6,7's (on the Classics label of France).His experience with racism durring war and heavy drinking could be to blame but maybe this was just his time.But that KC stuff maybe the most sublime jazz ever recorded.
Lester Young
I like all the elder statesmen of jazz,Coleman Hawkins/Ben Webster/Bird/Dexter Gordon,you get the picture,well I need some advice on which Lester Young cd's to buy-I was intrigued by a cd of him and Oscar peterson I was looking at today,anyway you fans of 'The Prez' point me in the right direction,Thanks guy's