The Complete Lester Young

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Tracklist

CD 1
#TitleArtistRatingLength
1Just You, Just Me (alternate take)
double bass:
Slam Stewart (on 1943-12-28)
drums (drum set):
Sid Catlett (on 1943-12-28)
piano:
Johnny Guarnieri (on 1943-12-28)
tenor saxophone:
Lester Young (saxophonist) (on 1943-12-28)
instrumental recording of:
Just You, Just Me (on 1943-12-28)
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)
Lester Young Quartet3:07
2Just You, Just Me
double bass:
Slam Stewart (on 1943-12-28)
drums (drum set):
Sid Catlett (on 1943-12-28)
piano:
Johnny Guarnieri (on 1943-12-28)
tenor saxophone:
Lester Young (saxophonist) (on 1943-12-28)
instrumental recording of:
Just You, Just Me (on 1943-12-28)
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)
Lester Young Quartet3:13
3I Never Knew (alternate take)
double bass:
Slam Stewart (on 1943-12-28)
drums (drum set):
Sid Catlett (on 1943-12-28)
piano:
Johnny Guarnieri (on 1943-12-28)
tenor saxophone:
Lester Young (saxophonist) (on 1943-12-28)
instrumental recording of:
I Never Knew (on 1943-12-28)
lyricist:
Gus Kahn
composer:
Ted Fio Rito
publisher:
Bourne Co. (not for release label use, this is a music publisher) and Gilbert Keyes Music Company
Lester Young Quartet3:08
4I Never Knew
double bass:
Slam Stewart (on 1943-12-28)
drums (drum set):
Sid Catlett (on 1943-12-28)
piano:
Johnny Guarnieri (on 1943-12-28)
tenor saxophone:
Lester Young (saxophonist) (on 1943-12-28)
instrumental recording of:
I Never Knew (on 1943-12-28)
lyricist:
Gus Kahn
composer:
Ted Fio Rito
publisher:
Bourne Co. (not for release label use, this is a music publisher) and Gilbert Keyes Music Company
Lester Young Quartet3:12
5Afternoon of a Basie-Ite (alternate take)
double bass:
Slam Stewart (on 1943-12-28)
drums (drum set):
Sid Catlett (on 1943-12-28)
piano:
Johnny Guarnieri (on 1943-12-28)
tenor saxophone:
Lester Young (saxophonist) (on 1943-12-28)
recording of:
Afternoon of a Basie-Ite (on 1943-12-28)
writer:
Lester Young (saxophonist)
Lester Young Quartet3:10
6Afternoon of a Basie-Ite
double bass:
Slam Stewart (on 1943-12-28)
drums (drum set):
Sid Catlett (on 1943-12-28)
piano:
Johnny Guarnieri (on 1943-12-28)
tenor saxophone:
Lester Young (saxophonist) (on 1943-12-28)
recording of:
Afternoon of a Basie-Ite (on 1943-12-28)
writer:
Lester Young (saxophonist)
Lester Young Quartet3:12
7Sometimes I'm Happy (alternate take)
double bass:
Slam Stewart (on 1943-12-28)
drums (drum set):
Sid Catlett (on 1943-12-28)
piano:
Johnny Guarnieri (on 1943-12-28)
tenor saxophone:
Lester Young (saxophonist) (on 1943-12-28)
instrumental recording of:
Sometimes I’m Happy (on 1943-12-28)
lyricist:
Vincent Youmans
composer:
Irving Caesar
publisher:
Harms, Inc.
part of:
Hit the Deck (1955 movie)
part of:
Hit the Deck (1927 musical)
Lester Young Quartet3:44
8Sometimes I'm Happy
double bass:
Slam Stewart (on 1943-12-28)
drums (drum set):
Sid Catlett (on 1943-12-28)
piano:
Johnny Guarnieri (on 1943-12-28)
tenor saxophone:
Lester Young (saxophonist) (on 1943-12-28)
instrumental recording of:
Sometimes I’m Happy (on 1943-12-28)
lyricist:
Vincent Youmans
composer:
Irving Caesar
publisher:
Harms, Inc.
part of:
Hit the Deck (1955 movie)
part of:
Hit the Deck (1927 musical)
Lester Young Quartet3:09
9After Theatre Jump (alternate take)
double bass:
Rodney Richardson (on 1944-03-22)
drums (drum set):
Jo Jones (US jazz drummer) (on 1944-03-22)
guitar:
Freddie Green (on 1944-03-22)
piano:
Count Basie (pianist) (on 1944-03-22)
tenor saxophone:
Lester Young (saxophonist) (on 1944-03-22)
trombone:
Dicky Wells (on 1944-03-22)
trumpet:
Buck Clayton (on 1944-03-22)
Kansas City Seven4:50
10After Theatre Jump
double bass:
Rodney Richardson (on 1944-03-22)
drums (drum set):
Jo Jones (US jazz drummer) (on 1944-03-22)
guitar:
Freddie Green (on 1944-03-22)
piano:
Count Basie (pianist) (on 1944-03-22)
tenor saxophone:
Lester Young (saxophonist) (on 1944-03-22)
trombone:
Dicky Wells (on 1944-03-22)
trumpet:
Buck Clayton (on 1944-03-22)
Kansas City Seven4:46
11Six Cats and a Prince (take 1)
double bass:
Rodney Richardson (on 1944-03-22)
drums (drum set):
Jo Jones (US jazz drummer) (on 1944-03-22)
guitar:
Freddie Green (on 1944-03-22)
piano:
Count Basie (pianist) (on 1944-03-22)
tenor saxophone:
Lester Young (saxophonist) (on 1944-03-22)
trombone:
Dicky Wells (on 1944-03-22)
trumpet:
Buck Clayton (on 1944-03-22)
Kansas City Seven5:19
12Six Cats and a Prince (take 2)
double bass:
Rodney Richardson (on 1944-03-22)
drums (drum set):
Jo Jones (US jazz drummer) (on 1944-03-22)
guitar:
Freddie Green (on 1944-03-22)
piano:
Count Basie (pianist) (on 1944-03-22)
tenor saxophone:
Lester Young (saxophonist) (on 1944-03-22)
trombone:
Dicky Wells (on 1944-03-22)
trumpet:
Buck Clayton (on 1944-03-22)
Kansas City Seven4:10
13Six Cats and a Prince
double bass:
Rodney Richardson (on 1944-03-22)
drums (drum set):
Jo Jones (US jazz drummer) (on 1944-03-22)
guitar:
Freddie Green (on 1944-03-22)
piano:
Count Basie (pianist) (on 1944-03-22)
tenor saxophone:
Lester Young (saxophonist) (on 1944-03-22)
trombone:
Dicky Wells (on 1944-03-22)
trumpet:
Buck Clayton (on 1944-03-22)
Kansas City Seven4:13
14Lester Leaps Again
double bass:
Rodney Richardson (on 1944-03-22)
drums (drum set):
Jo Jones (US jazz drummer) (on 1944-03-22)
guitar:
Freddie Green (on 1944-03-22)
piano:
Count Basie (pianist) (on 1944-03-22)
tenor saxophone:
Lester Young (saxophonist) (on 1944-03-22)
recording of:
Lester Leaps Again (on 1944-03-22)
composer:
Buck Clayton
Kansas City Seven4:28
15Destination K. C.
double bass:
Rodney Richardson (on 1944-03-22)
drums (drum set):
Jo Jones (US jazz drummer) (on 1944-03-22)
guitar:
Freddie Green (on 1944-03-22)
piano:
Count Basie (pianist) (on 1944-03-22)
tenor saxophone:
Lester Young (saxophonist) (on 1944-03-22)
trombone:
Dicky Wells (on 1944-03-22)
trumpet:
Buck Clayton (on 1944-03-22)
Kansas City Seven3:53
16Destination K. C. (alternate take)
double bass:
Rodney Richardson (on 1944-03-22)
drums (drum set):
Jo Jones (US jazz drummer) (on 1944-03-22)
guitar:
Freddie Green (on 1944-03-22)
piano:
Count Basie (pianist) (on 1944-03-22)
tenor saxophone:
Lester Young (saxophonist) (on 1944-03-22)
trombone:
Dicky Wells (on 1944-03-22)
trumpet:
Buck Clayton (on 1944-03-22)
Kansas City Seven4:50

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part of:The Essential Keynote Collection (number: 1) (order: 1)