Lester Young - The Complete Lester Young Studio Sessions On Verve download mp3, flac

Tracklist

1-1	Back To The Land
1-2	I Cover The Waterfront - 12" LP Take
1-3	I Cover The Waterfront - Master Take
1-4	Somebody Loves Me
1-5	I've Found A New Baby
1-6	The Man I Love
1-7	Peg O' My Heart
1-8	I Want To Be Happy
1-9	Mean To Me
1-10	Too Marvelous For Words - 78-RPM Take
1-11	Too Marvelous For Words - LP Take
1-12	'Deed I Do
1-13	Encore
1-14	Polka Dots And Moonbeams
1-15	Up 'N' Adam
1-16	Three Little Words
1-17	Count Every Star - Master Take
1-18	Count Every Star
1-19	It All Depends On You
1-20	Neenah - Alternate Take
1-21	Neenah - Alternate Take
1-22	Neenah - Alternate Take
2-1	Jeepers Creepers
2-2	Thou Swell - USA 78-RPM Take
2-3	Thou Swell - Canada 78-RPM Take
2-4	September In The Rain
2-5	Undercover Girl Blues
2-6	Frenesi
2-7	Pete's Cafe
2-8	Little Pee Blues
2-9	A Foggy Day
2-10	In A Little Spanish Town
2-11	Let's Fall In Love
2-12	Down 'N' Adam
2-13	Lester Swings
2-14	Slow Motion Blues
2-15	Ad Lib Blues
2-16	Just You, Just Me
2-17	Tea For Two
2-18	Indiana
2-19	These Foolish Things
2-20	I Can't Get Started
3-1	Star Dust
3-2	It Takes Two To Tango
3-3	On The Sunny Side Of The Street
3-4	Almost Like Being In Love
3-5	I Can't Give You Anything But Love
3-6	There Will Never Be Another You
3-7	I'm Confessin'
3-8	Willow Weep For Me
3-9	This Can't Be Love
3-10	Can't We Be Friends
3-11	Tenderly
3-12	New D.B. Blues
3-13	Jumpin' At The Woodside
3-14	I Can't Believe That You're In Love With Me
3-15	Oh, Lady Be Good!
3-16	Another Mambo
3-17	Come Rain Or Come Shine
3-18	Rose Room
3-19	Somebody Loves Me
3-20	Touch Me Again
3-21	It Don't Mean A Thing (If It Ain't Got That Swing)
4-1	I'm In The Mood For Love
4-2	Big Top Blues
4-3	Mean To Me
4-4	That's All - Alternate Take
4-5	That's All - Master Take
4-6	Red Boy Blues
4-7	Pennies From Heaven
4-8	She's Funny That Way - Breakdown
4-9	She's Funny That Way - Master Take
4-10	One O'Clock Jump
4-11	It's The Talk Of The Town
4-12	I've Found A New Baby
4-13	I Guess I'll Have To Change My Plan
5-1	I Didn't Know What Time It Was
5-2	Gigantic Blues
5-3	This Year's Kisses
5-4	You Can Depend On Me
5-5	Pres Returns
5-6	Prisoner Of Love
5-7	Taking A Chance On Love
5-8	All Of Me
5-9	Louise
5-10	Love Is Here To Stay
5-11	Love Me Or Leave Me
6-1	St. Tropez - Alternate Take
6-2	St. Tropez - Master Take
6-3	Flic
6-4	Ballad Medley: A Ghost Of A Chance / I Cover The Waterfront
6-5	Love Is Here To Stay
6-6	Sunday - Rejected Version
6-7	Perdido - Incomplete Take
6-8	Waldorf Blues - Alternate Take
6-9	Waldorf Blues - Master Take
6-10	Sunday - Master Take
6-11	You're Getting To Be A Habit With Me - Alternate Take
7-1	You're Getting To Be A Habit With Me - Master Take
7-2	Romping
7-3	Gypsy In My Soul
7-4	Please Don't Talk About Me When I'm Gone
7-5	They Can't Take That Away From Me
7-6	Salute To Benny
7-7	Ballad Medley: The Very Thought Of You / I Want A Little Girl / Blue And Sentimental
7-8	Mean To Me
7-9	I Didn't Know What Time It Was
7-10	Oh, Lady Be Good!
7-11	Almost Like Being In Love
7-12	Three Little Words
7-13	I Cover The Waterfront
7-14	I Can't Get Started
8-1	Indiana
8-2	Pennies From Heaven
8-3	New D.B. Blues
8-4	Lullaby Of Birdland
8-5	There Will Never Be Another You
8-6	Tea For Two
Tracks 7-22 Interview With Lester Young By Francis Postif
Tracks 23-30 Interview With Lester Young By Chris Albertson

Credits

• Bass – Gene Ramey (tracks: 2-2 to 2-14, 3-8 to 3-15, 4-13 to 5-11), George Duvivier (tracks: 7-2 to 7-8), Jamil Nasser (tracks: 7-9 to 8-6), Joe Shulman (tracks: 1-16 to 2-1), John Ore (tracks: 3-16 to 4-2), Ray Brown (tracks: 1-10 to 1-15, 2-15 to 3-7, 4-3 to 4-12, 6-1 to 7-1)
• Clarinet – Lester Young (tracks: 6-1, 6-2, 7-5, 7-6)
• Drums – Bill Clark (tracks: 1-16 to 2-1), Buddy Rich (tracks: 1-1 to 1-6, 1-8 to 1-15, 4-3 to 4-12), Connie Kay (tracks: 3-8 to 4-2), J.C. Heard (tracks: 2-15 to 3-7), Jo Jones (tracks: 2-2 to 2-14, 4-13 to 5-11), Kenny Clarke (tracks: 7-9 to 8-6), Louis Bellson (tracks: 6-1 to 6-7), Mickey Sheen (tracks: 6-8 to 7-8)
• Guitar – Barney Kessel (tracks: 2-15 to 3-7), Freddie Green (tracks: 4-13 to 5-4), Herb Ellis (tracks: 4-3 to 4-12, 6-1 to 7-8), Jimmy Gourley (tracks: 7-9 to 8-6)
• Piano – Gildo Mahones (tracks: 3-8 to 4-2), Hank Jones (tracks: 1-10 to 1-15, 7-2 to 7-8), John Lewis (tracks: 1-16 to 2-14), Lou Stein (tracks: 6-8 to 7-1), Nat King Cole (tracks: 1-1 to 1-9), Oscar Peterson (tracks: 2-15 to 2-19, 3-1 to 3-7, 4-3 to 4-12, 6-1 to 6-7), René Urtreger (tracks: 7-9 to 8-6), Teddy Wilson (tracks: 4-13 to 5-11)
• Tenor Saxophone – Lester Young
• Trombone – Vic Dickenson (tracks: 4-13 to 5-4)
• Trumpet – Harry "Sweets" Edison* (tracks: 4-3 to 4-12, 6-1 to 6-11 to 7-8), Jesse Drakes (tracks: 3-8 to 4-2), Roy Eldridge (tracks: 4-13 to 5-4, 7-2 to 7-8)
• Vocals – Lester Young (tracks: 3-2)

Notes

118 Tracks. 62 tracks on CD for the first time. 13 previously unreleased tracks. 104 p. booklet w. biographical essay. Set includes the only two recorded interviews with Young. Recorded between 1946 and 1959.
Booklike box with discs folding out. 1999 new price 1.200 DKK (Denmark), aprox. 155€

Barcode and Other Identifiers

• Barcode (String): 731454708722
• Barcode (Text): 7 31454 70872 2

Other versions

Category	Artist	Title (Format)	Label	Category	Country	Year
983 6275	Lester Young	The Complete Lester Young Studio Sessions On Verve ‎(8xCD, Comp, RM + Box)	Verve Records	983 6275	Europe	2006
0602498362754	Lester Young	The Complete Lester Young Studio Sessions On Verve ‎(8xCD, Comp, RE, RM + Box)	Verve Records	0602498362754	Italy	2018