You Got to Be Original, Man!: The Music of Lester Young (Discographies: Association for Recorded Sound Collections Discographic Reference)
"You Got to be Original, Man! is dubbed a solography, ' that is, a guide to all of Young's recorded solos. Every known date that Young recorded, both commercial and private, is listed. Included for each session is the name of the group, the personnel, place and date of recording, titles with matrix numbers and record label, and number of the latest or most complete edition' of the listed tracks. This is followed by commentary on the session and descriptions of each recording. More than 80 solos are transcribed completely. The descriptions are accurate and sometimes insightful. The transcriptions, too, are generally accurate, granting that it is impossible to faithfully represent all nuances of jazz solos on paper....[A] valuable addition to the available information about one of jazz's major figures."-Choice