The Complete Lester Young Studio Sessions on Verve

Tracklist

• CD 1
• 1
  Back to the Land
  3:58
• 2
  I Cover the Waterfront (12" LP take)
  3:51
• 3
  I Cover the Waterfront (Master take)
  4:04
• 4
  Somebody Loves Me
  3:54
• 5
  I've Found a New Baby
  4:05
• 6
  The Man I Love
  4:51
• 7
  Peg O' My Heart
  4:05
• 8
  I Want to Be Happy
  3:58
• 9
  Mean to Me
  4:13
• 10
  Too Marvelous for Words (78rpm take)
  3:00
• 11
  Too Marvelous for Words (LP take)
  3:02
• 12
  'Deed I Do
  3:17
• 13
  Encore
  3:09
• 14
  Polka Dots and Moonbeams
  3:41
• 15
  Up 'n' Adam
  3:50
• 16
  Three Little Words
  3:19
• 17
  Count Every Star (Master take)
  3:01
• 18
  Count Every Star
  3:12
• 19
  It All Depends on You
  3:23
• 20
  Neenah (alternate take)
  3:09
• 21
  Neenah (alternate take)
  2:18
• 22
  Neenah (Master take)
  3:26
• CD 2
• 1
  Jeepers Creepers
  3:07
• 2
  Thou Swell (USA 78Rpm take)
  2:55
• 3
  Thou Swell (Canada 78Rpm take)
  2:57
• 4
  September in the Rain
  3:08
• 5
  Undercover Girl Blues
  2:44
• 6
  Frenesi
  3:01
• 7
  Pete's Cafe
  3:36
• 8
  Little Pee Blues
  2:42
• 9
  A Foggy Day
  2:52
• 10
  In a Little Spanish Town
  3:14
• 11
  Let's Fall in Love
  2:57
• 12
  Down 'n' Adam
  2:57
• 13
  Lester Swings
  2:33
• 14
  Slow Motion Blues
  2:58
• 15
  Ad Lib Blues
  5:52
• 16
  Just You, Just Me
  7:39
• 17
  Tea for Two
  7:45
• 18
  (Back Home Again In) Indiana
  7:04
• 19
  These Foolish Things
  3:27
• 20
  I Can't Get Started
  4:30
• CD 3
• 1
  Star Dust
  3:38
• 2
  It Takes Two to Tango
  6:06
• 3
  On the Sunny Side of the Street
  3:27
  4.0 ★
• 4
  Almost Like Being in Love
  3:34
• 5
  I Can't Give You Anything but Love
  3:23
• 6
  There Will Never Be Another You
  3:29
• 7
  I'm Confessin'
  3:44
• 8
  Willow Weep for Me
  3:09
• 9
  This Can't Be Love
  3:24
• 10
  Can't We Be Friends?
  3:10
• 11
  Tenderly
  3:29
• 12
  New D.B. Blues
  3:21
• 13
  Jumpin' at the Woodside
  3:04
• 14
  I Can't Believe That You're in Love With Me
  3:13
• 15
  Oh, Lady, Be Good!
  3:30
• 16
  Another Mambo
  3:39
• 17
  Come Rain or Come Shine
  3:12
• 18
  Rose Room
  4:11
• 19
  Somebody Loves Me
  4:58
• 20
  Touch Me Again
  5:17
• 21
  It Don't Mean a Thing (If It Ain't Got That Swing)
  4:30
• CD 4
• 1
  I'm in the Mood for Love
  3:32
• 2
  Big Top Blues
  4:49
• 3
  Mean to Me
  7:39
• 4
  That's All (alternate take)
  4:40
• 5
  That's All (master take)
  4:44
• 6
  Red Boy Blues
  5:33
• 7
  Pennies From Heaven
  5:24
• 8
  She's Funny That Way (breakdown)
  3:28
• 9
  She's Funny That Way (master take)
  8:52
• 10
  One O'Clock Jump
  5:37
• 11
  It's the Talk of the Town
  6:32
• 12
  I've Found a New Baby
  6:01
• 13
  I Guess I'll Have to Change My Plan
  9:25
• CD 5
• 1
  I Didn't Know What Time It Was
  10:01
• 2
  Gigantic Blues
  6:50
• 3
  This Year's Kisses
  6:45
• 4
  You Can Depend on Me
  9:03
• 5
  Pres Returns
  6:22
• 6
  Prisoner of Love
  7:38
• 7
  Taking a Chance on Love
  5:09
• 8
  All of Me
  5:08
• 9
  Louise
  5:16
• 10
  Love Is Here to Stay
  6:28
• 11
  Love Me or Leave Me
  6:45
• CD 6
• 1
  St. Tropez (alternate take)
  7:28
• 2
  St. Tropez (master take)
  10:38
• 3
  Flic
  6:31
• 4
  Ballad Medley: A Ghost of a Chance / I Cover the Waterfront
  5:52
• 5
  Love Is Here to Stay
  5:53
• 6
  Sunday (rejected version)
  5:39
• 7
  Perdido (incomplete take)
  6:37
• 8
  Waldorf Blues (alternate take)
  6:53
• 9
  Waldorf Blues (master take)
  8:36
• 10
  Sunday (master take)
  7:02
• 11
  You're Getting to Be a Habit With Me (alternate take)
  7:39
• CD 7
• 1
  You're Getting to Be a Habit With Me
  5:28
• 2
  Romping
  11:41
• 3
  Gypsy in My Soul
  4:13
• 4
  Please Don't Talk About Me When I'm Gone
  6:01
• 5
  They Can't Take That Away From Me
  6:00
• 6
  Salute to Benny
  8:32
• 7
  Ballad Medley: The Very Thought of You / I Want a Little Girl
  6:36
• 8
  Mean to Me
  7:00
• 9
  I Didn't Know What Time It Was
  4:19
• 10
  Oh, Lady, Be Good!
  3:35
• 11
  Almost Like Being in Love
  3:59
• 12
  Three Little Words
  4:17
• 13
  I Cover the Waterfront
  3:47
• 14
  I Can't Get Started
  3:09
• CD 8
• 1
  (Back Home Again In) Indiana
  2:46
• 2
  Pennies From Heaven
  3:19
• 3
  New D.B. Blues
  3:13
• 4
  Lullaby of Birdland
  3:42
• 5
  There Will Never Be Another You
  3:37
• 6
  Tea for Two
  3:38
• 7
  [interview: Early Life / Birthplace / Music in New Orleans / Young's Father]
  3:47
• 8
  [interview: After New Orleans]
  1:54
• 9
  [interview: Pres's Instruments / Drums / Tenor Saxophone]
  5:54
• 10
  [interview: Count Basie]
  1:41
• 11
  [interview: Racial Tension]
  2:16
• 12
  [interview: Influences]
  2:33
• 13
  [interview: Composing and Reading Music / The Family Band / With Orchestra]
  5:16
• 14
  [interview: Recordings: Clarinet Dates]
  2:55
• 15
  [interview: Lady Day and Nobody's Business]
  2:44
• 16
  [interview: Philosophy on Music I]
  1:18
• 17
  [interview: Younger Saxophone]
  1:50
• 18
  [interview: Basie Then and Now]
  2:07
• 19
  [interview: Debunking]
  1:37
• 20
  [interview: Philosophy on Music II]
  1:44
• 21
  [interview: Pres's Sound: Sitting in With Fletcher Henderson]
  2:28
• 22
  [interview: Joining Henderson]
  3:29
• 23
  [interview: Early Pres: Oliver, Bronson, Basie]
  1:13
• 24
  [interview: Coleman Hawkins and Henderson]
  1:25
• 25
  [interview: Billie Holiday]
  1:38
• 26
  [interview: Recording Techniques]
  2:00
• 27
  [interview: Pres's Favorite Singers]
  1:39
• 28
  [interview: Philosophy on Music Vis-A-Vis Other Tenor Players]
  2:59
• 29
  [interview: Records New and Old]
  2:12
• 30
  [interview: Mahalia Jackson]
  0:54

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Release credits

• Barney Kessel
  guitar [2.15, 2.17-20, 3.2-7]
• Bill Clark
  drums (drum set) [1.10-11, 1.16-22, 2.1]
• Buddy Rich
  drums (drum set) [1.1-6, 1.8-15, 4.3-12]
• Chris Albertson
  spoken vocals [23-30]
• Connie Kay
  drums (drum set) [4.1-2, 3.8-21]
• Freddie Green
  guitar [5.1-4, 4.13]
• Gene Ramey
  double bass [4.13, 2.2-7, 2.9-14, 3.8-15, 5.1-11]
• George Duvivier
  double bass [2-8]
• Gildo Mahones
  piano [3.8-21, 4.1-2]
• Hank Jones
  piano [7.2-8, 1.10-15]
• Harry “Sweets” Edison
  piano [6.8-11, 7.1], trumpet [4.3-12, 6.1-7, 7.2-8]
• Herb Ellis
  guitar [4.3-12, 7.1-8, 6.1-11]
• J.C. Heard
  drums (drum set) [2.15-20, 3.1-7]
• Jamil Nasser
  double bass [7.9-14, 8.1-6]
• Jesse Drakes
  trumpet [4.1-2, 3.8-21]
• Jimmy Gourley
  piano [8.1-6, 7.9-14]
• Jo Jones
  drums (drum set) [4.13, 2.2-7, 2.9-14, 5.1-11]
• Joe Shulman
  double bass [2.1, 1.10-11, 1.16-22]
• John Lewis
  piano [2.1-7, 2.9-14, 1.10-11, 1.16-22]
• John Ore
  double bass [4.1-2, 3.16-21]
• Kenny Clarke
  drums (drum set) [8.1-6, 7.9-14]
• Lester Young
  clarinet [7.5-6, 6.1-2], spoken vocals [7-30], tenor saxophone [3.1-21, 1.1-10, 1.10-11, 1.11-22, 5.1-11, 8.1-6, 6.3-11, 4.1-13, 2.1-7, 2.9-20, 7.1-4, 7.6-14], vocal [2]
• Lou Stein
  piano [6.8-11, 7.1]
• Louie Bellson
  drums (drum set) [1-7]
• Mickey Sheen
  drums (drum set) [6.8-11, 7.1-8]
• Nat King Cole
  piano [1-9]
• Norman Granz
  producer [1.6, 1.8, 2.15, 3.4]
• Oscar Peterson
  piano [3.1-7, 2.15-19, 6.1-7, 4.3-12]
• Ray Brown
  double bass [7.1, 1.10-15, 3.1-7, 2.15-20, 4.3-12, 6.1-11]
• Roy Eldridge
  trumpet [5.1-4, 7.2-8, 4.13]
• Teddy Wilson
  piano [5.1-11, 4.13]
• Vic Dickenson
  trombone [5.1-4, 4.13]
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Issues

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  The Complete Lester Young Studio Sessions on Verve

  8x CD
  19 October 1999
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  The Complete Lester Young Studio Sessions on Verve

  8x CD
  2006