Jazz & Blues Collection 23: Lester Young

~ Release by Lester Young (see all versions of this release, 1 available)

Tracklist

▼ CD 1
#TitleRatingLength
1Sweet Georgia Brown
drums (drum set):
Roy Haynes (American jazz drummer and bandleader) (on 1948-11-27)
tenor saxophone:
Lester Young (saxophonist) (on 1948-11-27)
trombone:
Ted Kelly (US jazz trombonist) (on 1948-11-27)
trumpet:
Jesse Drakes (on 1948-11-27)
instrumental recording of:
Sweet Georgia Brown (on 1948-11-27)
lyricist:
Kenneth Casey (in 1925)
composer:
Ben Bernie (in 1925) and Maceo Pinkard (in 1925)
publisher:
Remick Music Corp. and Warner Bros. Music (UK subsidiary, so named between 1970/01/23–1971/04/26 and 1972/04/25–1988/08/23)
5:13
2Lester Leaps In
drums (drum set):
Roy Haynes (American jazz drummer and bandleader) (on 1948-11-27)
tenor saxophone:
Lester Young (saxophonist) (on 1948-11-27)
trombone:
Ted Kelly (US jazz trombonist) (on 1948-11-27)
trumpet:
Jesse Drakes (on 1948-11-27)
recording of:
Lester Leaps In (on 1948-11-27)
composer:
Lester Young (saxophonist) (in 1939)
2:55
3(I Don't Stand a) Ghost of a Chance
drums (drum set):
Roy Haynes (American jazz drummer and bandleader) (on 1948-11-27)
tenor saxophone:
Lester Young (saxophonist) (on 1948-11-27)
trombone:
Ted Kelly (US jazz trombonist) (on 1948-11-27)
trumpet:
Jesse Drakes (on 1948-11-27)
instrumental recording of:
(I Don’t Stand) A Ghost of a Chance (on 1948-11-27)
lyricist:
Bing Crosby and Ned Washington
composer:
Victor Young (American composer, arranger, violinist & conductor)
publisher:
Chappell & Co., EMI Harmonies Ltd., Mills Music Limited and Mills Music, Inc.
4:20
4Just You, Just Me
drums (drum set):
Roy Haynes (American jazz drummer and bandleader) (on 1948-11-27)
tenor saxophone:
Lester Young (saxophonist) (on 1948-11-27)
trombone:
Ted Kelly (US jazz trombonist) (on 1948-11-27)
trumpet:
Jesse Drakes (on 1948-11-27)
instrumental recording of:
Just You, Just Me (on 1948-11-27)
lyricist:
Raymond Klages (in 1929)
composer:
Jesse Greer (in 1929)
publisher:
EMI United Partnership Ltd., Robbins Music (publishing company owned by EMI Music Publishing Ltd.) and Robbins Music Corporation
part of:
New York, New York (soundtrack of the 1977 film)
5:02
5How High the Moon
double bass [bass]:
Ray Brown (jazz bassist) (on 1948-11-27)
drums (drum set):
Roy Haynes (American jazz drummer and bandleader) (on 1948-11-27)
piano:
Hank Jones (piano) (on 1948-11-27)
tenor saxophone:
Allen Eager (on 1948-11-27) and Lester Young (saxophonist) (on 1948-11-27)
trombone:
Kai Winding (on 1948-11-27)
lead vocals:
Ella Fitzgerald (American jazz singer) (on 1948-11-27)
recording of:
How High the Moon (on 1948-11-27)
lyricist:
Nancy Hamilton (in 1940)
composer:
Morgan Lewis (in 1940)
publisher:
Chappell (company that specialized in library and production music), Chappell & Co., Chappell & Co., Inc. (USA) and Warner Chappell Music Ltd. (no slash; used 1988–1996)
sub-publisher:
ヤマハミュージックエンタテインメントホールディングス (holding company – do not use as release label) and ワーナー・チャペル音楽出版 Synch事業部
7:23
6I'm Confessin' That I Love You
drums (drum set):
Roy Haynes (American jazz drummer and bandleader) (on 1948-12-06)
tenor saxophone:
Lester Young (saxophonist) (on 1948-12-06)
trombone:
Ted Kelly (US jazz trombonist) (on 1948-12-06)
trumpet:
Jesse Drakes (on 1948-12-06)
instrumental recording of:
I’m Confessin’ (That I Love You) (on 1948-12-06)
lyricist:
Al J. Neiburg (lyricist) (in 1930)
composer:
Doc Daugherty (in 1930) and Ellis Reynolds (in 1930)
publisher:
Bourne Music Ltd.
version of:
Lookin’ for Another Sweetie
3:18
7I Cover the Waterfront
drums (drum set):
Roy Haynes (American jazz drummer and bandleader) (on 1948-12-06)
tenor saxophone:
Lester Young (saxophonist) (on 1948-12-06)
trombone:
Ted Kelly (US jazz trombonist) (on 1948-12-06)
trumpet:
Jesse Drakes (on 1948-12-06)
instrumental recording of:
I Cover the Waterfront (on 1948-12-06)
lyricist:
Edward Heyman
composer:
Johnny Green (composer and conductor, often credited as John Green) and Edward Heyman
publisher:
Harms, Inc. and Warner Bros., Inc. (not for release label use!)
5:41
8Be Bop Boogie
drums (drum set):
Roy Haynes (American jazz drummer and bandleader) (on 1949-03-19)
piano:
Junior Mance (on 1949-03-19)
tenor saxophone:
Lester Young (saxophonist) (on 1949-03-19)
trombone:
Jerry Elliott (jazz trombonist) (on 1949-03-19)
trumpet:
Jesse Drakes (on 1949-03-19)
3:16
9D.B. Blues
drums (drum set):
Roy Haynes (American jazz drummer and bandleader) (on 1949-03-19)
piano:
Junior Mance (on 1949-03-19)
tenor saxophone:
Lester Young (saxophonist) (on 1949-03-19)
trombone:
Jerry Elliott (jazz trombonist) (on 1949-03-19)
trumpet:
Jesse Drakes (on 1949-03-19)
recording of:
D.B. Blues (on 1949-03-19)
composer:
Lester Young (saxophonist)
2:17
10These Foolish Things
drums (drum set):
Roy Haynes (American jazz drummer and bandleader) (on 1949-03-19)
piano:
Junior Mance (on 1949-03-19)
tenor saxophone:
Lester Young (saxophonist) (on 1949-03-19)
trombone:
Jerry Elliott (jazz trombonist) (on 1949-03-19)
trumpet:
Jesse Drakes (on 1949-03-19)
instrumental recording of:
These Foolish Things (Remind Me of You) (on 1949-03-19)
lyricist:
Holt Marvell (in 1935)
additional composer:
Harry Link (US vaudeville actor & songwriter)
composer:
Jack Strachey (in 1935)
publisher:
Boosey & Co. (music publisher founded in the 1760s, forebear of Boosey & Hawkes), Boosey & Hawkes Music Publishers, Ltd, Boosey & Hawkes, Inc. (USA, publisher; do NOT use as release label), Bourne Co. (not for release label use, this is a music publisher), Bourne, Inc., E.G. Music Inc. and Lafleur Music Ltd.
3:19
11Lavander Blue
drums (drum set):
Roy Haynes (American jazz drummer and bandleader) (on 1949-03-26)
piano:
Junior Mance (on 1949-03-26)
tenor saxophone:
Lester Young (saxophonist) (on 1949-03-26)
trombone:
Jerry Elliott (jazz trombonist) (on 1949-03-26)
trumpet:
Jesse Drakes (on 1949-03-26)
instrumental recording of:
Lavender Blue (Dilly, Dilly) (from the 1948 Disney film, “So Dear to My Heart”) (on 1949-03-26)
lyricist:
Larry Morey
composer:
Eliot Daniel
publisher:
Joy Music Inc., Plastic Fish Publishing, Walt Disney Music Company (music publisher, do not use as release label), ヤマハミュージックEH(CM) and 日音 Synch事業部
part of:
The 22nd Academy Award for Best Original Song (number: 2)
version of:
Lavender’s Blue (late 17th c. English folk song)
3:57
12Lester Leaps Again
drums (drum set):
Roy Haynes (American jazz drummer and bandleader) (on 1949-03-26)
piano:
Junior Mance (on 1949-03-26)
tenor saxophone:
Lester Young (saxophonist) (on 1949-03-26)
trombone:
Jerry Elliott (jazz trombonist) (on 1949-03-26)
trumpet:
Jesse Drakes (on 1949-03-26)
recording of:
Lester Leaps Again (on 1949-03-26)
composer:
Buck Clayton
2:18
13Mean to Me
drums (drum set):
Roy Haynes (American jazz drummer and bandleader) (on 1949-04-09)
piano:
Junior Mance (on 1949-04-09)
tenor saxophone:
Lester Young (saxophonist) (on 1949-04-09)
trombone:
Jerry Elliott (jazz trombonist) (on 1949-04-09)
trumpet:
Jesse Drakes (on 1949-04-09)
recording of:
Mean to Me (on 1949-04-09)
lyricist:
Roy Turk
composer:
Fred Ahlert
publisher:
Crawford Music Corp., Cromwell Music, Inc., Fred Ahlert Mus. Corp. and Pencil Mark Music (ASCAP)
3:14
14Up'n' at 'em
double bass [bass]:
Gene Ramey (on 1951-01-13)
drums (drum set):
Jo Jones (US jazz drummer) (on 1951-01-13)
piano:
John Lewis (pianist, member of Modern Jazz Quartet) (on 1951-01-13)
tenor saxophone:
Lester Young (saxophonist) (on 1951-01-13)
3:47
15(Back Home in) Indiana
double bass [bass]:
Gene Ramey (on 1951-01-13)
drums (drum set):
Jo Jones (US jazz drummer) (on 1951-01-13)
piano:
John Lewis (pianist, member of Modern Jazz Quartet) (on 1951-01-13)
tenor saxophone:
Lester Young (saxophonist) (on 1951-01-13)
instrumental recording of:
Indiana (Back Home Again in Indiana) (on 1951-01-13)
lyricist:
Ballard MacDonald (in 1917)
composer:
James F. Hanley (in 1917)
publisher:
B. Feldman & Co. Ltd. (publisher est. 1946)
4:12
16Too Marvellous for Words
double bass [bass]:
Gene Ramey (on 1951-01-13)
drums (drum set):
Jo Jones (US jazz drummer) (on 1951-01-13)
piano:
John Lewis (pianist, member of Modern Jazz Quartet) (on 1951-01-13)
tenor saxophone:
Lester Young (saxophonist) (on 1951-01-13)
instrumental recording of:
Too Marvelous for Words (on 1951-01-13)
lyricist:
Johnny Mercer (in 1937)
composer:
Richard A. Whiting (in 1937)
publisher:
Famous Music Corporation (renamed since 2007‐05 as Sony/ATV Harmony/Melody), Victoria Music Ltd., Warner Bros., Inc. (not for release label use!), Warner Bros., Inc. (Warner Bros. Music Division) and Harms, Inc. (on 1937-01-25)
sub-publisher:
ヤマハミュージックエンタテインメントホールディングス (holding company – do not use as release label) and ワーナー・チャペル音楽出版 Synch事業部
5:37
17Neenah
double bass [bass]:
Gene Ramey (on 1951-01-20)
drums (drum set):
Jo Jones (US jazz drummer) (on 1951-01-20)
piano:
John Lewis (pianist, member of Modern Jazz Quartet) (on 1951-01-20)
tenor saxophone:
Lester Young (saxophonist) (on 1951-01-20)
3:24

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part of:Jazz & Blues Collection (number: 23) (order: 18)