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Lester Young With Count Basie And The Kansas City Seven
"Prez" Leaps Again

Album US 1976 on Soul Parade label
Jazz

This Pickwick release features recordings that have all been released before on, amongst others, this release and the session information of those recordings applies to this Pickwick release on Soul Parade, and is as follows: Lester Young Quartet Lester Leaps Again Sometimes I'm Happy I Never Knew Afternoon of a Basie-ite Just You, Just Me Lester Young (tenor saxophone) Johnny Guarnieri (piano) Slam Stewart (bass) Sid Catlett (drums) Recorded in New York City, December 28, 1943. --- Count Basie and his Kansas City Seven: After Theatre Jump Six Cats and a Prince Destination K.C. Lester Young (tenor saxophone) Count Basie (piano) Rodney Richardson (bass) Jo Jones (drums) Freddie Green (guitar) Buck Clayton (trumpet) Dicky Wells (trombone) Recorded in New York City, March 22, 1944. All titles have also been reissued on CD, titled The Complete Lester Young. This release is on the Mercury label and on the Soul Parade labels (see images) it also says "by arrangement with Mercury Record Prod., Inc.", clarifying the origin of the tracks on this Soul Parade/Pickwick release. Track duration derived from the Soul Parade labels.

     
Musicians
PortraitLester Young ts, 1909-1959 US
tenor saxophone, album by, written by
PortraitCount Basie And The Kansas City Seven , US
album by
PortraitRodney Richardson b, 1917-2005 US
bass
PortraitSlam Stewart b, voc, 1914-1987 US
bass
PortraitJo Jones dr, 1911-1985 US
drums
PortraitSidney Catlett dr, 1910-1951 US
drums
PortraitFreddie Green g, 1911-1987 US
guitar
PortraitCount Basie p, 1904-1984 US
piano
PortraitJohnny Guarnieri p, 1917-1985 US
piano
PortraitDickie Wells tb, 1907-1985 US
trombone, written by
PortraitBuck Clayton tr, 1911-1991 US
trumpet, written by
PortraitLester Young Quartet ,
performer on track
Composers
Buck Clayton
Irving Caesar
Vincent Youmans
Dickie Wells
Gus Kahn
Ted Fiorito
Lester Young
Jesse Greer
Raymond Klages
Album Tracks
No Title Artist Composer Duration
1Lester Leaps AgainCount Basie And The Kansas City SevenBuck Clayton4:31
2Sometimes I'm HappyLester Young QuartetIrving Caesar, Vincent Youmans3:09
3After Theater JumpCount Basie And The Kansas City SevenDickie Wells4:48
4I Never KnewLester Young QuartetGus Kahn, Ted Fiorito3:08
5Afternoon Of A Basie-iteLester Young QuartetLester Young3:10
6Just You, Just MeLester Young QuartetJesse Greer, Raymond Klages3:08
7Six Cats And A PrinceCount Basie And The Kansas City SevenBuck Clayton4:10
8Destination K.C.Count Basie And The Kansas City SevenBuck Clayton4:54
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