Lester Young, Roy Eldridge, & Harry Edison – Laughin' To Keep From Cryin' (LP Vinyl)

Three of swing era jazz's most distinctive voices, Lester Young's cool, breathy tenor beside the firecracker trumpet work of Roy Eldridge and Harry "Sweets" Edison, recorded together for Verve in an informal setting that captured exactly the kind of loose, after-hours camaraderie these sessions were legendary for. Young's influence on every saxophonist who came after him, from Bird to Coltrane, makes anything from his catalog essential listening.