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Track Listing
DISC 1: LESTER LEAPS IN:
1. Shoe Shine Boy
2. Oil Lady Be Good
3. This Year's Kisses
4. Easy Living
5. Me, Myself and I
6. Sailboat in the Moonlight, A
7. One O'Clock Jump
8. When You're Smiling
9. Every Tub
10. Swinging the Blues
11. Doggin' Around
12. Jumpin' at the Woodside
13. I Can't Get Started
14. Way Down Yonder in New Orleans
15. Countless Blues
16. I Want a Little Girl
17. Shorty George
18. Pannassie Stomp
19. You Can Depend on Me
20. Cherokee (Pts. 1 & 2)
21. Jive at Five
22. Taxi War Dance
23. Pound Cake
24. Clap Hands, Here Comes Charlie
DISC 2: AFTERNOON OF A BASIE-ITE:
1. Dickie's Dream
2. Lester Leaps In
3. Tickle Toe
4. Ad-Lib Blues
5. I Never Knew
6. Lester's Dream
7. Broadway
8. Tickle Toe
9. Taxi War Dance
10. Blitzkrieg Baby (You Can't Bomb Me)
11. Beautiful Eyes
12. Things About Coming My Way
13. Just Jivin' Around
14. All of Me
15. I Can't Get Started
16. Tea For Two
17. Body and Soul
18. Hello Babe
19. Just You, Just Me
20. Afternoon of a Basie-Ite
DISC 3: LESTER LEAPS AGAIN:
1. Sometimes I'm Happy
2. After Theatre Jump
3. Six Cats and a Prince
4. Lester Leaps Again
5. Destination K.C.
6. I Got Rhythm
7. Poor Little Plaything
8. Exercise in Swing
9. Salute to Fats
10. Blue Lester (Lester's Blues)
11. Ghost of a Chance
12. Jump, Lester, Jump
13. Midnight Symphony
14. D.B. Blues
15. Lester Blows Again
16. These Foolish Things
17. Jumpin' at Mesner's
18. Back to the Land
19. I Cover the Waterfront
20. I've Found a New Baby
21. I Want to Be Happy
DISC 4: DING DONG:
1. It's Only a Paper Moon
2. Love Come Back to Me
3. You're Driving Me Crazy
4. Lester's BeBop Boogie
5. She's Funny That Way
6. Sunday
7. S.M. Blues
8. Jumpin' With Symphony Sid
9. On the Sunny Side of the Street
10. Sax-O-Be-Bop
11. Just Cooling
12. I'm Confessin' (That I Love You)
13. East of the Sun
14. Sheik of Araby, The
15. Something to Remember You By
16. Ding Dong
17. Blues 'N' Bells
18. Lester Leaps In
19. Embraceable You
Album Notes
Personnel includes: Lester Young (tenor saxophone); Billie Holiday, Jimmy Rushing, Una Mae Carlisle (vocals); Earl Warren, Charlie Parker (alto saxophone); Herschel Evans, Chu Berry, Buddy Tate (tenor saxophone); Buck Clayton, Harry "Sweets" Edison, Roy Eldridge, Shad Collins (trumpet); Dickie Wells, Benny Morton, Vic Dickenson (trombone); Benny Goodman (clarinet); Count Basie, Teddy Wilson, Nat "King" Cole, Johnny Guarnieri, Dodo Marmarosa (piano); Charlie Christian, Freddy Greene (guitar); Walter Page, Slam Stewart (bass); Buddy Rich, Jo Jones, Sid Catlett (drums).
Recorded between 1936 & 1949.
The guest roster on this remarkable four-disc box set reads like a roll call of 1930s and '40s jazz legends--Billie Holiday, Nat "King" Cole, Charlie Parker, Benny Goodman, Count Basie, Charlie Christian, and Buddy Rich are just a few of the luminaries on hand. Of course, only a musician of Lester Young's caliber could draw such an impressive cast, and the collection stands as a testament to the beloved tenor saxophonist's talent and appeal.
Drawing from various studio sessions and live recordings between 1936 and '49, THE LESTER YOUNG STORY begins with the Mississippi-born sax player's early stint with Basie's band, and Young's deft, full-bodied sound is immediately identifiable on the swinging opener "Shoe Shine Boy." As the collection progresses chronologically, Young's warm style also advances, as revealed on one of his signature tunes, the energetic "Lester Leaps In" (penned by Young himself), and his gentle reading of "Body and Soul." Although this 84-track set is a bit too daunting to be an ideal introduction, for those ready to take on this much material, it's one of the finest Young compilations available.
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