Lester Young with Count Basie - Studio Recordings
The Complete Deca Recordings are essential. For the period after 1939 the Classics series appears to provide the best chronological coverage. The Columbia series is a sampler but covers the gaps in the Classics series.
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Count Basie - The Original American Decca Recordings
(GRP Records 611)
2. Pennies From Heaven
3. Swingin' At The Daisy Chain
4. Roseland Shuffle
5. Exactly Like You
6. Boo-Hoo
7. Glory Of Love
8. Boogie Woogie (I May Be Wrong)
9. Smarty
10. One O'Clock Jump
11. Listen My Children
13. Good Morning Blues [1st Take]
14. Good Morning Blues [2nd Take]
15. Our Love Was Meant To Be
16. Time Out
17. Topsy
18. I Keep Remembering
19. Out The Window
20. Don't You Miss Your Baby?
21. Let Me Dream
2. Blues In The Dark
3. Sent For You Yesterday
4. Every Tub
5. Now Will You Be Good
6. Swingin' The Blues
7. Mama Don't Want No Peas 'N Rice "N Coconut Oil
8. Blue And Sentimental
9. Doggin' Around
10. Stop Beatin' 'Round The Mulberry Bush [1st Take]
11. Stop Beatin' 'Round The Mulberry Bush [2nd Take]
12. London Bridge Is Falling Down
13. Texas Shuffle
14. Jumpin' At The Woodside
15. How Long Blues
16. Dirty Dozen
17. Hey Lawdy Mama
18. Fives
19. Boogie Woogie
20. Dark Rapture
21. Shorty George
22. Blues I Like To Hear
23. Do You Wanna Jump, Children?
24. Panassie Stomp
1. My Heart Belongs To Daddy
2. Sing For Your Supper
3. Oh! Red
4. Fare Thee Honey, Fare Thee Well [1st Take]
5. Fare Thee Honey, Fare Thee Well [2nd Take]
6. Dupree Blues
7. When The Sun Goes Down [1st Take]
8. When The Sun Goes Down [2nd Take]
9. Red Wagon
11. Cherokee, Pt. 1
12. Cherokee, Pt. 2
13. Blame It On My Last Affair [1st Take]
14. Blame It On My Last Affair [2nd Take]
15. Jive At Five
16. Thursday
17. Evil Blues
18. Oh, Lady Be Good
Count Basie 1939
(Classics 513)
2. Dupree Blues
3. When the Sun Goes Down
4. Red Wagon
5. You Can Depend on Me
6. Cherokee - Part I
7. Cherokee - Part II
8. Blame It on My Last Affair
9. Jive at Five
10. Thursday
11. Evil Blues
12. Oh! Lady, Be Good
14. Going to Chicago
15. Live and Love Tonight
16. Love Me or Leave Me
17. What Goes up Must Come Down
18. Rock-A-Bye Basie
19. Baby, Don't Tell on Me
20. If I Could Be with You One Hour Tonight
21. Taxi War Dance
22. Don't Worry About Me
23. Jump for Me
Count Basie 1939 Vol. 2
(Classics 533)
2. Swingin' at the Waldorf
3. Quince 4. Vine Street Rumble
5. Square at the Round Table
6. Brotherly Shove
7. Blue Five Jive
8. Rare Butterfly
9. Jackson County Jubilee
10. Big Walk
11. Moonlight Serenade
12. Song of the Islands
13. I Can't Believe That You're in Love...
14. Clap Hands! Here Comes Charlie
15. Dickie's Dream
16. Lester Leaps In
17. Apple Jump
18. I Left My Baby '
19. Riff Interlude
20. Volcano
22. Ham 'n' Eggs
23. Hollywood Jump
24. Someday, Sweetheart
25. I Never Knew
26. Tickle Toe
27. Let's Make Hey!
28. Louisiana
29. Easy Does It
30. Let Me See
31. Blues (Still Think of Her)
32. Somebody Stole My Gal
33. Blow Top
34. Gone with "What" Wind
35. Super Chief
36. You Can't Run Around
37. Evenin
Count Basie 1939-1940
(Classics 563)
2. Hollywood Jump
3. Someday, Sweetheart
4. I Never Knew
5. Tickle Toe
6. Let's Make Hey! While the Sun Shines
7. Louisiana
8. Easy Does It
9. Let Me See
10. Blues (I Still Think of Her)
11. Somebody Stole My Gal
12. Blow Top
13. Gone with "What" Wind
15. You Can't Run Around
16. Evenin'
17. World Is Mad, Pt. 1
18. World Is Mad, Pt. 2
19. Moten Swing
20. It's Torture
21. I Want a Little Girl
22. All or Nothing at All
23. Moon Fell in the River
24. What's You Number?
25. Draftin' Blues
Count Basie 1940-1941
(Classics 623)
2. Love Jumped Out
3. My Wanderin' Man
4. Broadway
5. It's the Same Ond South
6. Stampede in G Minor
7. Who Am I?
8. Rockin' the Blues
9. It's Square But It Rocks
10. I'll Forget
11. KYou Lied to Me
12. Wiggle Woogie
14. Music Makes
15. Jump the Blues Away
16. Deep in the Blues
17. Jitters
18. Tuesday at Ten
19. Undecided Blues
20. I Do Mean You
21. 9.20 Special
22. H and J
23. Feedin' the Bean
24. Going to Chicago Blue
Count Basie 1943-1945
(Classics 801)
2. G.I. Stomp - 2:15
3. Yeah Man! - 2:43
4. Rhythm Man - 2:38
5. Kansas City Stride - 4:15
6. Beaver Junction - 3:38
7. Circus in Rhythm - 3:41
8. Aunt Hagar's Country Home - 3:19
9. Gee Baby, Ain't I Good to You - 4:05
10. Basie Strides Again (Along Avenue C) - 3:00
11. Harvard Blues - 4:30
13. Jimmy's Blues - 2:55
14. I Didn't Know About You - 3:17
15. Red Bank Boogie - 2:35
16. Taps Miller - 5:08
17. Jimmy's Blues - 3:23
18. Take Me Back, Baby - 3:08
19. Playhouse No. 2 Stomp - 4:56
20. Old Manuscript - 3:25
21. On the Upbeat - 3:52
The Essential Count Basie
Vol. 1 (Sony 40608)
2. Goin' To Chicago Blues
3. Live And Love Tonight
4. Love Me Or Leave Me
5. Rock-A-Bye Basie
6. Baby, Don't Tell On Me
7. If I Could Be With You One Hour Tonight
8. Taxi War Dance
10. Twelfth Street Rag
11. Miss Thing [Pt. 1]
12. Miss Thing [Pt. 2]
13. Lonesome Miss Pretty
14. Nobody Knows
15. Pound Cake
16. How Long Blues
The Essential Count Basie,
Vol. 2
(Columbia Ci 40835)
2. Clap Hands! Here Comes Charlie - 2:26
3. Dickie's Dream - 3:06
4. Lester Leaps In - 3:10
5. Apple Jump (Basie) - 2:56
6. I Left My Baby - 3:11
7. Volcano (Basie) - 2:48
8. Between the Devil and the Deep Blue... - 2:31
9. I Never Knew - 2:38
10. Tickle Toe - 2:37
11. Louisiana - 2:23
12. Easy Does It - 3:25
13. Let Me See - 2:44
15. Gone with "What" Wind - 2:44
16. Super Chief - 3:22
The Essential Count Basie,
Vol. 3
(Columbia CJ 44150)
2. World Is Mad, Pt. 2 ) - 2:47
3. Moten Swing - 2:17
4. I Want a Little Girl - 2:37
5. What's Your Number? - 2:47
6. Love Jumped Out - 3:09
7. Broadway - 2:55
8. Stampede in G Minor - 2:43
9. Rockin' the Blues - 3:06
10. Jump the Blues Away - 2:58
11. Jitters - 2:42
12. Tuesday at Ten - 2:56
13. Undecided Blues - 2:53
15. 9:20 Special - 3:07
16. Feedin' the Bean - 3:11
Lester Young with Count Basie - Live Recordings
The Golden Years, 1938 Vol. 2
(Epm Musique JA158062)
2. Blues with Helen - 3:35
3. I Ain't Got Nobody - 3:40
4. Don't Be That Way - 3:35
5. Song of the Wanderer - 2:00
6. Mortage Stomp - 3:35
7. Every Tub - 5:15
8. Song of the Wanderer - 2:40
9. Flat Foot Floogie - 4:50
10. Lady Be Good - 3:36
11. Boogie Woogie Blues - 3:05
12. One O'Clock Jump - 6:05
13. I Let a Song Go out of My Heart - 4:10
15. King Porter Stomp - 4:20
16. I Haven't Changed a Thing - 3:52
'Allez-Oop' session 1938
CBS broadcast 1938
Famous door1938
The Golden Years, 1940-1944 Vol. 3
(Epm Musique JA158072)
1. One O'Clock Jump - 1:41
2. Ebony Rhapsody - 3:15
3. Riff Interlude - 3:43
4. Darn That Dream - 4:00
5. Take It, Pres - 3:41
6. Baby, Don't Tell on Me - 3:57
7. If I Could Be with You (One Hour... - 3:26
8. I Got Rhythm - 5:30
9. Do Nothin' Till You Hear from Me - 3:01
10. Sent for You Yesterday - 3:30
11. Basie Boogie (Basie/Ebbins) - 2:08
12. I've Found a New Baby - 2:14
13. Rock-A-Bye Basie - 3:43
14. Swing Shift (Burke/Spivak) - 3:27
15. Red Bank Boogie - 2:13
16. Dinah (Akst/Lewis/Young) - 2:12
17. Baby Won't You Please Come Home - 1:40
18. Rock-A-Bye Basie (Basie/Collins/Young) - 4:56
19. One O'Clock Jump (Basie/Mundy) - 4:10
Boston 1940
Leidercranz Hall 1944
Hollywood 1944
( Vintage Jazz Classics 1033)
Broadcasts from the Famous Door (1938-39).
24 tracks, a few of which are incomplete or poorly recorded. The enthusiastic solos of Lester Young, fellow tenors Herschel Evans and Buddy Tate, trumpeters Buck Clayton and Harry "Sweets" Edison and Basie himself make these arguably the best pre- War live recordings of the Count Basie Orchestra.
Old Manuscripts, Broadcast Transcriptions 1944-45
(Music & Arts 884)
1. One O'Clock Jump (Basie) - :49
2. Announcement/Avenue "C" - 3:04
3. Announcement/Tess's Torch Song - 2:57
4. Announcement/Jumpin' at the... - 4:36
5. - 2:15
6. Rock-A-Bye Basie - 3:41
7. Announcement/And So Little Love - 2:37
8. Announcement/Dance of the Gremlins - 4:14
9. Announcement/When They Ask About You - 3:20
10. Blue Lou/Signoff - 1:06
11. One O'Clock Jump (Basie) - 4:03
12. Sugarhill Shuffle - 3:38
13. Havard Blues- 3:39
14. Jazz Me Blues - 2:40
15. Please Don't Say No - 3:17
16. G.I. Stomp (Concerto for Piano &... - 2:11
17. Just an Old Manuscript - 3:03
18. Wish You Were Waiting for Me - 2:52
19. Let's Jump - 4:09
20. Basie Blues - 1:57
21. Circus in Rhythm - 2:54
22. I Should Care - 3:08
23. I'm Fer It Too - 2:24
24. I Didn't Know About You - 2:59
25. Blue Lou - 3:04
There is one number ("G.I. Stomp") from 1943 while the remainder are
from several sessions during 1944-45.
( Circle)
Lang-Worth Transcriptions 1944
This is the first vol of transcriptions recorded during a time when the musicians union was on strike and no commercial recordings were being made. These 11 performances document Lester Young's brief return to the Basie band and also feature fine moments by trumpeter Harry Edison and the tenor of Buddy Tate.
1944-1945. ( Circle 130)
Lang-Worth Transcriptions 1944,45
This second vol of transcriptions (superior to the first volume) features Lester Young back with Count Basie in 1944.
Beaver Junction 1944-1946
(VJC-1018)
2. Call Me Darling - 3:19
3. Kansas City Stride - 3:41
4. Playhouse No. 2 Stomp - 3:13
5. Beaver Junction - 3:35
6. Harvard Blues - 4:32
7. Opening Announcements and Theme - 1:08
8. Dinah - 2:10
9. Humorous Patter - 1:35
10. Baby Won't You Please Come Home - 1:41
11. Rhythm Man - 2:54
12. Rock-A-Bye Basie - 4:53
13. One O'Clock Jump - 4:21
14. Closing Announcements and Sign off... - 1:21
15. Opening Announcements and Theme - 0:51
16. Jimmy's Idea - 2:22
17. Buzz Me - 3:52
18. Futile Frustration - 2:50
19. Stay on It - 4:04
20. Rusty Dusty Blues - 3:05
21. Sent for You Yesterday - 1:49
22. 9:20 Special - 4:06
23. On the Sunny Side of the Street - 1:39
24. Wild Bill's Boogie - 1:30
25. Closing Theme (One O'Clock Jump) - 1:18
Jubillee/V-disc material
The Jubilee Alternatives
(Hep CD 38)
1. Jumpin' at the Woodside - 4:54
2. I'm Gonna Move to the Outskirts of... - 2:45
3. I've Found a New Baby - 2:52
4. Andy's Blues - 4:40
5. My Ideal - 2:35
6. Avenue C - 2:52
7. Basie's Bag (Basie Boogie) - 2:08
8. More Than You Know - 4:16
9. Let's Jump - 3:58
10. Harvard Blues - 4:35
11. One O'Clock Jump - 4:08
12. Dinah - 2:06
13. Baby Won't You Please Come Home - 1:50
14. Rock-A-Bye Basie - 5:05
15. Swing Shift - 3:16
16. Gee Baby, Ain't I Good to You - 4:01
17. Beaver Junction - 3:34
18. My! What a Fry! - 3:55
19. Jumpin' at the Woodside - 3:44
Studio 'alternatives' to AFRS Jubilee show broadcasts 12/43 - 10/44
Lester Young with Billie Holiday Sessions
Teddy Wilson Vol 3
(Hep 1020)
2. Sing, Baby, Sing
3. Easy to Love
4. With Thee I Swing
5. Way You Look Tonight
6. Who Loves You?
7. Pennies from Heaven
8. That's Life (I Guess)
9. Sailin
10. I Can't Give You Anything But Love Baby
12. Where the Lazy River Goes By
13. Tea for Two
14. I'll See You in My Dreams
15. He Ain't Got Rhythm
16. This Year's Kisses
17. Why Was I Born
18. I Must Have That Man
19. Mood That I'm In
20. You Showed Me the Way
2. This Is My Last Affair
3. Carelessly
4. How Could You?
5. Moanin' Low
6. Fine And Dandy
7. There's A Lull In My Life
8. It's Swell Of You
9. How Am I To Know?
10. I'm Comin' Virginia
11. Sun Showers
13. I'll Get Bye
14. Mean To Me
15. Foolin' Myself
16. Easy Living
17. I'll Never Be The Same
18. I've Found A New Baby
19. You're My Desire
20. Remember Me?
21. The Hour Of Parting
22. Cocquette
( Melodie Jazz Classics 521)
2. Sing, Baby Sing! - 2:48
3. Easy to Love - 2:48
4. With Thee I Swing - 3:15
5. Way You Look Tonight - 2:58
6. Who Loves You? - 3:11
7. Pennies from Heaven - 3:15
8. That's Life I Guess - 3:07
9. Sailin' - 2:48
10. I Can't Give You Anything But Love - 3:27
11. Right or Wrong (I'm with You) - 3:21
12. Where the Lazy River Goes By - 2:48
14. I'll See You in My Dreams - 2:36
15. He Ain't Got Rhythm - 2:47
16. This Year's Kisses - 3:06
17. Why Was I Born? - 2:50
18. I Must Have That Man! - 2:54
19. Mood That I'm In - 2:59
20. You Showed Me the Way - 2:57
21. Sentimental and Melancholy - 2:35
22. (This Is) My Last Affair - 3:03
23. Carelessly - 3:03
( Melodie Jazz Classics 531)
2. Moanin' Low - 3:02
3. Fine and Dandy - 2:35
4. There's a Lull in My Life - 3:10
5. It's Swell of You - 2:57
6. How Am I to Know? - 3:15
7. I'm Coming Virginia - 2:40
8. Sun Showers - 3:01
9. Yours & Mine - 3:15
10. I'll Get Buy - 3:06
11. Mean to Me - 3:03
12. Foolin' Myself - 2:58
13. Easy Living - 3:03
14. I'll Never Be the Same - 3:01
16. You're My Desire - 3:04
17. Remember Me? - 2:42
18. Hour of Parting - 3:08
19. Coquette - 2:41
20. Big Apple - 2:50
21. You Can't Stop Me from Dreamin' - 2:49
22. If I Had You - 3:11
23. You Brought a New Kind of Love to Me - 2:52
24. Ain't Misbehavin' - 3:00
(Melodie Jazz Classics 548)
2. Just a Mood (Blue Mood) (Pt. I) - 3:24
3. Just a Mood (Blue Mood) (Pt. II) - 3:21
4. Honeysuckle Rose - 3:12
5. Nice Work If You Can Get It - 3:07
6. Things Are Looking Up - 3:19
7. My Man - 3:02
8. Can't Help Lovin' Dat Man - 3:14
9. Don't Blame Me - 2:58
10. Between the Devil and the Deep Blue Sea - 2:38
11. My First Impression of You - 2:43
12. With a Smile and a Song - 2:57
13. When You're Smiling - 2:51
15. My First Impression of You - 2:48
16. When You're Smiling - 2:49
17. I Can't Believe That You're in Love... - 2:48
18. If Dreams Come True - 3:03
19. Moments Like This - 3:04
20. I Can't Face the Music (Without... - 2:58
21. Don't Be That Way - 3:03
22. If I Were You - 2:53
23. You Go to My Head - 3:13
(Melodie Jazz Classics 556)
2. Jungle Love - 2:48
3. That Old Feeling - 2:39
4. My Blue Heaven - 2:10
5. Now It Can Be Told - 3:12
6. Laugh and Call It Love - 2:56
7. A-Tisket, A-Tasket - 2:47
8. Loch Lomond - 2:40
9. Tiger Rag (Feist) - 2:06
10. I'll See You in My Dreams - 2:13
11. Alice Blue Gown - 2:47
12. Everybody's Laughing - 3:02
13. Here It Is Tomorrow Again - 2:44
15. April in My Heart - 3:05
16. I'll Never Fail You - 2:58
17. They Say - 3:10
18. You're So Desirable - 2:51
19. You're Gonna See a Lot of Me - 2:58
20. Hello My Darling - 2:43
21. Let's Dream in the Moonlight - 2:52
The Quintessential Billy Holiday Vol 3 (Columbia CJT-44048)
2. Pennies from Heaven - 3:15
3. That's Life I Guess - 3:02
4. I Can't Give You Anything But Love...- 3:26
5. One Never Knows, Does One? - 3:02
6. I've Got My Love to Keep Me Warm - 2:54
7. If My Heart Could Only Talk - 3:02
8. Please Keep Me in Your Dreams - 2:18
9. He Ain't Got Rhythm - 2:48
10. This Year's Kisses - 3:08
11. Why Was I Born? - 2:49
12. I Must Have That Man - 2:52
14. You Showed Me the Way - 2:58
15. Sentimental and Melancholy - 2:37
16. (This Is) My Last Affair - 3:07
The Quintessential Billy Holiday Vol 4: 1937 (Sony 44252)
2. How Could You?
3. Moanin' Low
4. Where Is the Sun?
5. Let's Call the Whole Thing Off
6. They Can't Take That Away from Me
7. I Don't Know If I'm Coming or Going
8. Sun Showers
9. Yours and Mine
10. I'll Get By
11. Mean to Me
12. Foolin' Myself
14. I'll Never Be the Same
15. Me, Myself and I
16. Sailboat in the Moonlight
The Quintessential Billy Holiday Vol 5: 1937-38
(Columbia 465190-2)
2. Without Your Love
3. Getting Some Fun out of Life
4. Who Wants Love?
5. Trav'lin' All Alone
6. He's Funny That Way
7. Nice Work If You Can Get It
8. Things Are Looking Up
9. My Man
10. Can't Help Lovin' Dat Man
11. My First Impression of You
12. When You're Smiling
14. If Dreams Come True
15. Now They Call It Swing
16. On the Sentimental Side
17. Back in Your Own Backyard
18. When a Woman Loves a Man
The Quintessential Billy Holiday Vol 6: 1938
(Columbia 466313-2)
2. Moon Looks Down and Laughs
3. If I Were You
4. Forget If You Can
5. Having Myself a Time
6. Says My Heart
7. I Wish I Had You
8. I'm Gonna Lock My Heart (And Throw Away the Key)
9. Very Thought of You
10. I Can't Get Started
11. I've Got a Date with a Dream
13. Everybody's Laughing
14. Here It Is Tomorrow Again
15. Say It with a Kiss
16. April in My Heart
17. I'll Never Fail You
18. They Say
The Quintessential Billy Holiday Vol 8: 1939-40
(Columbia 467914-2)
2. Swing, Brother, Swing
3. Night and Day
4. Man I Love
5. You're Just a No Account
6. You're a Lucky Guy
7. Ghost of Yesterday
8. Body and Soul
9. What Is This Going to Get Us?
10. Falling in Love Again (Can't Help It)
11. I'm Pulling Through
13. Laughing at Life
14. Time on My Hands
15. I'm All for You
16. I Hear Music
17. Same Old Story
18. Practice Makes Perfect
The Quintessential Billy Holiday Vol 9: 1940-42
(Columbia 467915-2
2. Loveless Love
3. Let's Do It
4. Georgia on My Mind
5. Romance in the Dark
6. All of Me
7. I'm in a Low-Down Groove Mood
8. God Bless the Child
9. Am I Blue
10. Solitude
11. Jim
12. I Cover the Waterfront
14. Gloomy Sunday
15. Wherever You Are
16. Mandy Is Two
17. It's a Sin to Tell a Lie
18. Until the Real Thing Comes Along
(Giants of Jazz 53006)
2. Without Your Love - 2:49
3. All Of Me - 2:59
4. Me, Myself And I (Are All In Love... - 2:35
5. I'll Get By - 3:06
6. Mean To Me - 3:04
7. Sailboat In The Moonlight - 2:50
8. I'll Never Be The Same - 3:00
9. Getting Some Fun Out Of Life - 3:01
10. Man I Love - 3:01
11. Trav'lin' All Alone (Johnson) - 2:12
12. Time On My Hands - 3:01
13. Laughing At Life - 2:51
14. Back In Your Own Backyard - 2:39
16. Let's Do It - 2:54
17. Foolin' Myself - 2:58
18. Easy Living - 3:02
19. Say It With A Kiss - 2:32
20. You Can't Be Mine (And Someone Else's) - 2:18
21. I Can't Believe That You're In Love... - 2:43
22. She's Funny That Way - 2:37
23. Romance In The Dark - 2:15
24. I Must Have That Man! - 2:54
Lover Man: Jazz Archives, Vol. 6 (Jazz Archives 15706)
2. Do Nothin' Till You Hear from Me - 3:30
3. My Man - 2:55
4. Them There Eyes - 1:25
5. I Cover the Waterfront - 3:15
6. Lover, Come Back to Me - 2:12
7. Stormy Weather - 3:25
8. They Can't Take That Away from Me - 3:14
9. Willow Weep for Me - 3:19
10. You've Changed - 3:23
11. Swing, Brother, Swing - 2:00
12. Fine and Mellow - 9:00
13. It's Easy to Remember - 3:10
14. What a Little Moonlight Can Do - 2:20
15. Foolin' Myself (Holiday) - 2:48
16. Don't Stand a Ghost of a Chance - 3:25
17. Don't Explain - 3:23
Live recordings from Basie (1937) to 'The Sound of Jazz' TV broadcast (1957)
Lester Young Small Groups - Studio Sessions
His Greatest Recordings 1936-1944
ASV (CD AJA 5176)
Small Groups:
Shoe Shine Boy
Lady Be Good
I Want A Little Girl
Pagin' The Devil
I Ain't Got Nobody
Lester Leaps In
Ad Lib Blues
I Got Rhythm
Afternoon Of A Basie-ite
Sometimes I'm Happy
Lester Leaps Again
Jo-Jo
Four O'Clock Drag
Blue Lester
I Don't Stand A Ghost Of A Chance With You
Jump Lester Jump
With Basie:
Roseland Shuffle
Swinging The Blues
Texas Shuffle
Taxi War Dance
Twelfth Street Rag
With Billie Holiday:
This Year's Kisses
I'll Never Be The Same
I've Found A New Baby
The Complete 1936-1951 Small Group Sessions. Vol 1 1936 -1942
(Blue Moon)
KC Six 1938
Bassie's Bad Boys 1939
G Hardmann Session 1939
KC Seven 1939
Nat King Cole Trio 1942
The Complete 1936-1951 Small Group Sessions. Vol 2 1942 -1944
(Blue Moon)
The Kansas City Sessions
(Commodore CMD 14022)
1 Way Down Yonder In New Orleans - (take 2)
2 Way Down Yonder In New Orleans
3 Countless Blues
4 Countless Blues - (take 2)
5 Them There Eyes - (take 2)
6 Them There Eyes
7 I Want A Little Girl
8 I Want A Little Girl - (take 2)
9 Pagin' The Devil
10 Paging The Devil - (take 2)
11 Three Little Words - (take 2)
12 Three Little Words
13 Jo Jo
14 I Got Rhythm - (take 3)
15 I Got Rhythm - (take 2)
16 I Got Rhythm17 Four O'Clock Drag
18 Four O'Clock Drag - (take 3)
19 Laughing At Life
20 Good Mornin' Blues
21 I Know That You Know
22 Love Me Or Leave Me
The Complete Aladdin Recordings
(Blue Note)
2 I Can't Get Started
3 Tea For Two
4 Body And Soul
5 D.B. Blues
6 Lester Blows Again
7 These Foolish Things
8 Jumpin' At Mesner's
9 It's Only A Paper Moon
10 After You've Gone
11 Lover Come Back To Me
12 Jammin' With Lester
13 You're Driving Me Crazy
14 New Lester Leaps In
15 Lester's Be Bop Boogie
16 She's Funny That Way
17 Sunday
18 S.M. Blues '
2 No Eyes Blues
3 Sax-O-Be-Bop
4 On The Sunny Side Of The Street
5 Easy Does It
6 Easy Does It - (alternate take)
7 Movin' With Lester
8 One O'Clock Jump
9 Jumpin' At The Woodside
10 I'm Confessin
11 Lester Smooths It Out
12 Just Cooling
13 Tea For Two
14 East Of The Sun
15 Sheik Of Araby, The
16 Something To Remember You By
17 Riffin' Without Helen - (prev. unreleased)
18 Please Let Me Forget
19 He Don't Love Me Anymore
20 Pleasing Man Blues
21 See See Rider
22 It's Better To Give Than Receive
Classsic Tenors(Signature AK 38446)
2 Sweet Lorraine
3 Get Happy
4 Crazy Rhythm
5 How Deep Is The Ocean?
6 Voodte
7 Hello Babe
8 Linger Awhile
9 I Got Rhythem
10 I'm Fer It Too
11 Hawkins' Barrel House
12 Stumpy
The Complete Lester Young
(Mercury)
2 Just You, Just Me (take 2)
3 I Never Knew (take 1)
4 I Never Knew (take 2)
5 Afternoon Of A Basie-ite (take 1)
6 Afternoon Of A Basie-ite (take 2)
7 Sometimes I'm Happy (unreleased)
8 Sometimes I'm Happy
9 After Theatre Jump (unreleased)
10 After Theatre Jump
11 Six Cats And A Prince (unreleased)
12 Six Cats And A Prince (take 1)
13 Six Cats And A Prince (take 2)
14 Lester Leaps Again
15 Destination K. C. (take 1)
16 Destination K. C. (take 2)
Master Takes
(Savoy)
2 Poor Little Plaything
3 Tush
4 These Foolish Things
5 Exercise In Swing
6 Salute To Fats
7 Basie English
8 Blue Lester
10 Indiana
11 Jump Lester Jump
12 Crazy Over Jazz
13 Ding Dong
14 Blues 'N' Bells
15 June Bug
The Master's Touch
(Savoy)
2 Crazy Over Jazz - (take 3)
3 Ghost Of A Chance - (take 2)
4 Ding Dong - (take 2)
5 Ding Dong - (take 3)
6 Blues 'N Bells - (take 2)
7 Blues 'N Bells - (take 3)
8 Indiana - (original take 2)
9 Basie English
10 Salute To Fats - (short take 2)
12 Exercise In Swing - (new take 3)
13 Exercise In Swing - (original take 4)
14 Circus In Rhythm - (original take 2)
15 Tush - (original take 2)
16 Circus In Rhythm - (take 3)
17 Poor Little Plaything - (take 2)
18 Exercise In Swing - (take 2)
19 Salute To Fats - (take 4)
20 Salute To Fats - (take 3)
Classics 987
2. I Cover The Waterfront - 4:03
3. Somebody Loves Me - 3:52
4. I Found A New Baby - 4:04
5. The Man I Love - 4:49
6. Peg O' My Heart - 4:03
7. I Want To Be Happy - 3:57
8. Mean To Me - 4:11
9. You're Driving Me Crazy - 3:04
10. New Lester Leaps In - 2:55
11. She's Funny That Way - 3:18
12. Lester's Be-Bop Boogie - 3:12
13. Sunday - 2:22
15. Jumping With Symphony Sid - 3:09
16. No Eyes Blues - 2:58
17. Sax-O-Be-Bop - 2:51
18. On The Sunny Side Of The Street - 2:58
19. Easy Does It - 2:32
20. Movin' With Lester - 3:09
21. One O'Clock Jump - 2:36
22. Jumpin' At The Woodside - 2:58
Lester Young Trio
(Verve 521 650-2)
2 I Cover The Waterfront - (take 1)
3 I Cover The Waterfront - (take 2)
4 Somebody Loves Me
5 I've Found A New Baby
6 Man I Love, The
7 Peg O' My Heart
9 Mean To Me
10 Back To The Land
11 I've Found A New Baby
12 Rosetta
13 Sweet Lorraine
14 Blowed And Gone
The Complete Lester Young Studio Recordings on Verve
2 Romping
3 Gypsy In My Soul
4 Please Don't Talk About Me When I'm Gone
5 They Can't Take That Away From Me
6 Salute To Benny
7 Ballad Medley: Very Thought Of You, The / I Want A Little Girl / Blue And Sentimental
8 Mean To Me
9 I Didn't Know What Time It Was
10 Oh, Lady Be Good!
11 Almost Like Being In Love
12 Three Little Words
13 I Cover The Waterfront
14 I Can't Get Started
2 Pennies From Heaven
3 New D.B. Blues
4 Lullaby Of Birdland
5 There Will Never Be Another You
6 Tea For Two
7 Interview With Lester Young By Francois Postif
8 Interview With Lester Young By Chris Albertson
2 I Cover The Waterfront - (12" LP take)
3 I Cover The Waterfront - (master take)
4 Somebody Loves Me
5 I've Found A New Baby
6 Man I Love, The
7 Peg O' My Heart
8 I Want To Be Happy 9 Mean To Me
10 Too Marvelous For Words - (78-rpm take)
11 Too Marvelous For Words - (LP take)
12 'Deed I Do
13 Encore
14 Polka Dots And Moonbeams
15 Up 'N' Adam
16 Three Little Words
17 Count Every Star - (master take)
18 Count Every Star
19 It All Depends On You
20 Neenah - (alternate take)
21 Neenah - (alternate take)
22 Neenah - (master take)
2 Thou Swell - (USA 78-rpm take)
3 Thou Swell - (Canada 78-rpm take)
4 September In The Rain
5 Undercover Girl Blues 6 Frenesi
7 Pete's Cafe
8 Little Pee Blues
9 Foggy Day, A
10 In A Little Spanish Town
11 Let's Fall In Love
12 Down 'N' Adam
13 Lester Swings
14 Slow Motion Blues
15 Ad Lib Blues
16 Just You, Just Me
17 Tea For Two
18 Indiana
19 These Foolish Things
20 I Can't Get Started
2 It Takes Two To Tango
3 On The Sunny Side Of The Street
4 Almost Like Being In Love
5 I Can't Give You Anything But Love
6 There Will Never Be Another You
7 I'm Confessin' 8 Willow Weep For Me
9 This Can't Be Love
10 Can't We Be Friends
11 Tenderly
12 New D.B. Blues
13 Jumpin' At The Woodside
14 I Can't Believe That You're In Love With Me
15 Oh, Lady Be Good!
16 Another Mambo
17 Come Rain Or Come Shine
18 Rose Room 19 Somebody Loves Me
20 Touch Me Again
21 It Don't Mean A Thing (If It Ain't Got That Swing)
2 Big Top Blues
3 Mean To Me
4 That's All - (alternate take)
5 That's All - (master take)
6 Red Boy Blues
7 Pennies From Heaven
8 She's Funny That Way - (breakdown)
9 She's Funny That Way - (master take)
10 One O'Clock Jump
11 It's The Talk Of The Town
12 I've Found A New Baby
13 I Guess I'll Have To Change My Plan
2 Gigantic Blues
3 This Year's Kisses
4 You Can Depend On Me
5 Pres Returns
6 Prisoner Of Love
7 Taking A Chance On Love
8 All Of Me
9 Louise
10 Love Is Here To Stay
11 Love Me Or Leave Me
2 St. Tropez - (master take)
3 Flic
4 Ballad Medley: Ghost Of A Chance, A/I Cover The Waterfront
5 Love Is Here To Stay
6 Sunday - (rejected version)
7 Perdido - (incomplete take)
8 Waldorf Blues - (alternate take)
9 Waldorf Blues - (master take)
10 Sunday - (master take)
11 You're Getting To Be A Habit With Me - (alternate take)
Lester Young With The Oscar
Peterson Trio
(Verve 521 451-2)
2 I Can't Get Started
3 Just You, Just Me
4 Almost Like Being In Love
5 Tea For Two
6 There Will Never Be Another You
7 Indiana, (Back Home Again In)
9 Stardust
10 I'm Confessin'
11 I Can't Give You Anything But Love
12 These Foolish Things
13 Two To Tango (It Takes)
14 I Can't Get Started - (false start, previously unreleased)
Pres And Sweets
(Verve 1991)
1 Mean To Me
2 Red Boy Blues
3 Pennies From Heaven
4 That's All
5 One O'Clock Jump
6 She's Funny That Way
7 It's The Talk Of The Town - (bonus track)
8 I Found A New Baby (previously unreleased)
The Jazz Giants
(Verve 825 672-2)
2 I Didn't Know What Time It Was
3 Gigantic Blues
4 This Year's Kisses
5 You Can Depend On Me
Pres and Teddy
(Verve 840 821-2)
2. Prisoner of Love
3. Louise
4. Love Me or Leave Me
5. Taking a Chance on Love
6. Our Love Is Here to Stay
7. Pres Returns
(Polygram 543301)
2 They Can't Take That Away From Me
3 Romping
4 Gypsy In My Soul
5 Please Don't Talk About Me When I'm Gone
6 Very Thought Of You, The) / I Want A Little Girl / Blue And Sentimental
7 Mean To Me - (bonus track)
Lester Young Small Groups - Live Recordings
1. Lester Leaps In
2. Ghost of a Chance
3. Just You, Just Me
4. Sweet Georgia Brown
5. How High the Moon (with Ella Fitzgerald)
6. Bebop Boogie
7. These Foolish Things
8. D.B. Blues
9. Lester Leaps In (Again)
10. Lavender Blue
Lester Young in Washington, D.C., Vol 1
1. A Foggy Day
2. When You're Smiling
3. I Can't Get Started
4. Fast Bb Blues
5. D.B. Blues
6. Tea for Two
7. Jeepers Creepers
With Bill Potts Trio (1956)
Lester Young in Washington, D.C., Vol 2 (OJC 881)
1. Lester Leaps In
2. These Foolish Things
3. I'm Confessin'
4. Three Little Words
5. Jumpin' with Symphony Sid
6. Almost Like Being in Love
7. Lullaby of Birdland
Lester Young in Washington, D.C., Vol 3
2. Sometimes I'm Happy
3. Up 'N Adam
4. Indiana
5. G's, If You Please
6. There Will Never Be Another You
Lester Young in Washington, D.C., Vol 4
1. It's the Talk of the Town
2. I Cover the Waterfront
3. Pennies from Heaven
4. G's, If You Please (different version)
5. Almost Like Being in Love (different version)
6. D.B. Blues (different version)
7. I'm Confessin' (different version)
Lester Young in Washington, D.C., Vol 5
2. Up 'N Adam
3. Jumpin' with Symphony Sid
4. Lullaby of Birdland
5. Three Little Words