Compil. US 1995 on Blue Note label
Jazz (Swing)
Printed in Holland # 1-1 to 1- 4: Recorded at Los Angeles, July 15, 1942 # 1-5 to 1-8: Recorded at Los Angeles, December, 1945 # 1-9 to 1-12: Recorded at Los Angeles, January 1946 # 1-13 to 1-16: Recorded at Los Angeles, Augut 1946 # 11-7 to 2-4: Recorded at Chicago, October 1946 # 2-5 to 2-9: Recorded at Radio Recorders, Los Angeles, February 18, 1947 # 2-10 to 2-12: Recorded at New York City, April 2, 1947 # 2-13 to 2-16; Recorded at WOR Studio, New York City, December 29, 1947 # 2-17 to 2-22: Recorded at Los Angeles, December 22, 1947
Lester Young ts, 1909-1959 US tenor saxophone, album by, written by | |
Willie Smith as, sax, 1910-1967 US alto saxophone | |
Curly Russell b, 1917-1986 US bass | |
Curtis Counce b, 1926-1963 US bass | |
Junior Rudd bass | |
Red Callender b, tu, 1916-1992 US bass, written by | |
Rodney Richardson b, 1917-2005 US bass | |
Ted Briscoe bass | |
Chico Hamilton dr, 1921-2013 US drums | |
Henry Tucker Green dr, drums | |
Johnny Otis p, vib, voc, 1921-2012 US drums | |
Lyndall Marshall drums | |
Roy Haynes dr, *1925 US drums | |
Tiny Kahn dr, US drums | |
Chuck Wayne g, 1923-1997 US guitar | |
Dave Barbour g, 1912-1965 US guitar | |
Fred Lacey g, US guitar | |
Irving Ashby g, 1920-1987 US guitar | |
Nasir Barakaat guitar | |
Leonard Feather p, 1914-1994 GB liner notes, issue 1975, producer | |
Argonne Thorton piano | |
Dodo Marmarosa p, 1925-2002 US piano | |
Gene DiNovi p, piano | |
Jimmy Bunn p, 1926-1997 US piano | |
Joe Albany p, 1924-1988 US piano | |
Nat King Cole voc, p, 1919-1965 US piano | |
Wesley Jones p, piano | |
Vic Dickenson tb, 1906-1984 US trombone | |
Howard McGhee tr, 1918-1987 US trumpet | |
Shorty McConnell tr, trumpet | |
Helen Humes voc, 1913-1981 US vocals, written by |
Norman Granz producer |
Michael Cuscuna reissue producer |
No | Title | Artist | Composer | Duration |
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1 | Indiana | Lester Young | Ballard MacDonald, James F. Hanley | 4:50 |
2 | I Can't Get Started | Lester Young | Ira Gershwin, Vernon Duke | 4:53 |
3 | Tea For Two | Lester Young | Irving Caesar, Vincent Youmans | 4:45 |
4 | Body And Soul | Lester Young | Edward Heyman, Frank Eyton, Johnny Green, Robert Sour | 5:07 |
5 | D. B. Blues | Lester Young | King Pleasure, Lester Young | 2:58 |
6 | Lester Blows Again | Lester Young | Lester Young | 2:29 |
7 | These Foolish Things (Remind Me Of You) | Lester Young | Eric Maschwitz, Harry Link, Jack Strachey | 3:08 |
8 | Jumpin' At Mesners | Lester Young | Lester Young | 2:42 |
9 | It's Only A Paper Moon | Lester Young | Billy Rose, E.Y. Harburg, Harold Arlen | 3:03 |
10 | After You've Gone | Lester Young | Henry Creamer, Turner Layton | 5:40 |
11 | Lover, Come Back To Me! | Lester Young | Oscar Hammerstein II, Sigmund Romberg | 2:35 |
12 | Jammin' With Lester | Lester Young | Lester Young | 3:01 |
13 | You're Driving Me Crazy | Lester Young | Walter Donaldson | 3:03 |
14 | New Lester Leaps In | Lester Young | Lester Young | 2:55 |
15 | Lester's Be-Bop Boogie | Lester Young | Lester Young | 3:08 |
16 | She's Funny That Way | Lester Young | Neil Moret, Richard Whiting | 3:17 |
17 | Sunday | Lester Young | Benny Krueger, Chester Conn, Jule Styne, Ned Miller | 2:22 |
18 | S. M. Blues | Lester Young | Lester Young | 3:00 |
19 | Jumpin' With Symphony Sid | Lester Young | Lester Young | 3:09 |
20 | No Eyes Blues | Lester Young | Lester Young | 2:57 |
21 | Sax-O-Be-Bop | Lester Young | Lester Young | 2:50 |
22 | On The Sunny Side Of The Street | Lester Young | Dorothy Fields, Jimmy McHugh | 2:57 |
23 | Easy Does It | Lester Young | Lester Young | 2:31 |
24 | Easy Does It (Alternate Take) | Lester Young | Lester Young | 2:27 |
25 | Movin' With Lester | Lester Young | Lester Young | 2:43 |
26 | One O'Clock Jump | Lester Young | Count Basie | 2:36 |
27 | Jumpin' At The Woodside | Lester Young | Count Basie | 2:57 |
28 | I'm Confessin' | Lester Young | Al Neiburg, Doc Daugherty, Ellis Reynolds | 2:29 |
29 | Lester Smooths It Out | Lester Young | Lester Young | 2:52 |
30 | Just Cooling | Lester Young | Lester Young | 2:56 |
31 | Tea For Two | Lester Young | Irving Caesar, Vincent Youmans | 3:05 |
32 | East Of The Sun | Lester Young | Brooks Bowman | 3:07 |
33 | Sheik Of Araby | Lester Young | Francis Wheeler, Harry B. Smith, Ted Snyder | 2:29 |
34 | Something To Remember You By | Lester Young | Schwartz & Dietz | 2:42 |
35 | Riffin' Without Helen | Lester Young | 3:10 | |
36 | Please Let Me Forget | Lester Young | Red Callender | 3:07 |
37 | He Don't Love You Anymore | Lester Young | Martin Hathaway | 2:49 |
38 | Pleasing Men Blues | Lester Young | Herbie Brock | 3:03 |
39 | See See Rider | Lester Young | Ma Rainey | 2:46 |
40 | It's Better To Give Than Recieve | Lester Young | Helen Humes, Marcel LeMayes | 2:55 |