Lester Young – The Complete Lester Young Studio Sessions On Verve
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Lester Young
The Complete Lester Young Studio Sessions On Verve
- Release date: 1999
- Genre: Jazz/Swing
- Format: CDR/LS box set
- Category: jazz
- Duration: 10:24:31
- Added February 9, 2009
- Played July 31, 2020
- Rated February 16, 2009
Tracks
| CD1 | ||
| 1. Lester Young - Back to the Land | not rated | 3:58 |
| 2. Johnny Green/Edward Heyman - I Cover the Waterfront - 12"-LP take | not rated | 3:51 |
| 3. Johnny Green/Edward Heyman - I Cover the Waterfront - master take | not rated | 4:04 |
| 4. Buddy DeSylva/George Gershwin/Ballard MacDonald - Somebody Loves Me | not rated | 3:54 |
| 5. Jack Palmer/Spencer Williams - I've Found a New Baby | not rated | 4:05 |
| 6. George Gershwin/Ira Gershwin - The Man I Love | not rated | 4:51 |
| 7. Alfred Bryan/Fred Fisher - Peg o' My Heart | not rated | 4:05 |
| 8. Irving Caesar/Vincent Youmans - I Want to Be Happy | not rated | 3:58 |
| 9. Fred E. Ahlert/Roy Turk - Mean to Me | not rated | 4:13 |
| 10. Johnny Mercer/Richard A. Whiting - Too Marvelous for Words - 78-rpm take | not rated | 3:00 |
| 11. Johnny Mercer/Richard A. Whiting - Too Marvelous for Words - LP take | not rated | 3:02 |
| 12. Walter Hirsch/Fred Rose - 'Deed I Do | not rated | 3:17 |
| 13. Adolph Green/Pietro Mascagni/Al Stillman - Encore | not rated | 3:10 |
| 14. Johnny Burke/Jimmy Van Heusen - Polka Dots and Moonbeams | not rated | 3:41 |
| 15. Lester Young - Up 'n' Adam | not rated | 3:50 |
| 16. Bert Kalmar/Harry Ruby - Three Little Words | not rated | 3:19 |
| 17. Bruno Coquatrix/Sammy Gallop - Count Every Star - master take | not rated | 3:01 |
| 18. Bruno Coquatrix/Sammy Gallop - Count Every Star | not rated | 3:12 |
| 19. Lew Brown/Buddy DeSylva/Ray Henderson - It All Depends on You | not rated | 3:23 |
| 20. Lester Young - Neenah (alternative take) | not rated | 3:09 |
| 21. Lester Young - Neenah (alternative take) | not rated | 2:18 |
| 22. Lester Young - Neenah (master take) | not rated | 3:26 |
| 1:18:59 | ||
| CD2 | ||
| 1. Johnny Mercer/Harry Warren - Jeepers Creepers | not rated | 3:07 |
| 2. Lorenz Hart/Richard Rodgers - Thou Swell | not rated | 2:55 |
| 3. Lorenz Hart/Richard Rodgers - Thou Swell | not rated | 2:57 |
| 4. Al Dubin/Harry Warren - September in the Rain | not rated | 3:08 |
| 5. Lester Young - Undercover Girl Blues | not rated | 2:44 |
| 6. Alberto Dominguez/Leonard Whitcup - Frenesi | not rated | 3:01 |
| 7. Lester Young - Pete's Cafe | not rated | 3:36 |
| 8. Lester Young - Little Pee Blues | not rated | 2:42 |
| 9. George Gershwin/Ira Gershwin - A Foggy Day | not rated | 2:52 |
| 10. Sam M. Lewis/Mabel Wayne/Joe Young - In a Little Spanish Town | not rated | 3:14 |
| 11. Harold Arlen/Ted Koehler - Let's Fall in Love | not rated | 2:57 |
| 12. Lester Young - Down 'N' Adam | not rated | 2:57 |
| 13. Lester Young - Lester Swings | not rated | 2:33 |
| 14. Lester Young - Slow Motion Blues | not rated | 2:58 |
| 15. Oscar Peterson/Lester Young - Ad Lib Blues | not rated | 5:52 |
| 16. Jesse Greer/Raymond Klages - Just You, Just Me | not rated | 7:39 |
| 17. Irving Caesar/Vincent Youmans - Tea for Two | not rated | 7:45 |
| 18. James F. Hanley/Ballard MacDonald - Back Home Again In) Indiana | not rated | 7:04 |
| 19. Harry Link/Holt Marvell/Jack Strachey - These Foolish Things | not rated | 3:27 |
| 20. Vernon Duke/Ira Gershwin - I Can't Get Started | not rated | 4:30 |
| 1:18:11 | ||
| CD3 | ||
| 1. Hoagy Carmichael/Mitchell Parish - Star Dust | not rated | 3:38 |
| 2. Al Hoffman/Dick Manning - It Takes Two to Tango | not rated | 6:06 |
| 3. Dorothy Fields/Jimmy McHugh - On the Sunny Side of the Street | not rated | 3:27 |
| 4. Alan Jay Lerner/Frederick Loewe - Almost Like Being in Love | not rated | 3:34 |
| 5. Dorothy Fields/Jimmy McHugh - I Can't Give You Anything but Love | not rated | 3:23 |
| 6. Mack Gordon/Harry Warren - There Will Never Be Another You | not rated | 3:29 |
| 7. Doc Daugherty/Al J. Neiburg/Ellis Reynolds - I'm Confessin' | not rated | 3:44 |
| 8. Ann Ronell - Willow Weep for Me | not rated | 3:09 |
| 9. Lorenz Hart/Richard Rodgers - This Can't Be Love | not rated | 3:24 |
| 10. Paul James/Kay Swift - Can't We Be Friends? | not rated | 3:10 |
| 11. Walter Gross/Jack Lawrence - Tenderly | not rated | 3:29 |
| 12. Lester Young - New D. B. Blues | not rated | 3:21 |
| 13. Count Basie - Jumpin' at the Woodside | not rated | 3:04 |
| 14. Clarence Gaskill/Jimmy McHugh - I Can't Believe That You're in Love With Me | not rated | 3:13 |
| 15. George Gershwin/Ira Gershwin - Oh, Lady, Be Good! | not rated | 3:30 |
| 16. Lester Young - Another Mambo | not rated | 3:39 |
| 17. Harold Arlen/Johnny Mercer - Come Rain or Come Shine | not rated | 3:12 |
| 18. Art Hickman/Harry Williams - Rose Room | not rated | 4:11 |
| 19. Buddy DeSylva/George Gershwin/Ballard MacDonald - Somebody Loves Me | not rated | 4:58 |
| 20. Lester Young - Touch Me Again | not rated | 5:17 |
| 21. Duke Ellington/Irving Mills - It Don't Mean a Thing (if It Ain't Got That Swing) | not rated | 4:30 |
| 1:19:38 | ||
| CD4 | ||
| 1. Dorothy Fields/Jimmy McHugh - I'm in the Mood for Love | not rated | 3:32 |
| 2. Lester Young - Big Top Blues | not rated | 4:49 |
| 3. Fred E. Ahlert/Roy Turk - Mean to Me | not rated | 7:39 |
| 4. Alan Brandt/Bob Haymes - That's All - alternative take | not rated | 4:40 |
| 5. Alan Brandt/Bob Haymes - That's All - master take | not rated | 4:44 |
| 6. Lester Young - Red Boy Blues | not rated | 5:33 |
| 7. Johnny Burke/Arthur Johnston - Pennies from Heaven | not rated | 5:24 |
| 8. Neil Moret/Richard A. Whiting - She's Funny That Way - breakdown | not rated | 3:28 |
| 9. Neil Moret/Richard A. Whiting - She's Funny That Way - master take | not rated | 8:52 |
| 10. Count Basie - One O'Clock Jump | not rated | 5:37 |
| 11. Jerry Livingston/Al J. Neiburg/Marty Symes - It's The Talk of the Town | not rated | 6:32 |
| 12. Jack Palmer/Spencer Williams - I've Found a New Baby | not rated | 6:01 |
| 13. Howard Dietz/Arthur Schwartz - I Guess I'll Have to Change My Plan | not rated | 9:25 |
| 1:16:23 | ||
| CD5 | ||
| 1. Lorenz Hart/Richard Rodgers - I Didn't Know What Time It Was | not rated | 10:01 |
| 2. Lester Young - Gigantic Blues | not rated | 6:50 |
| 3. Irving Berlin - This Year's Kisses | not rated | 6:45 |
| 4. Charles Carpenter/Louis Dunlap/Earl Hines - You Can Depend on Me | not rated | 9:03 |
| 5. Lester Young - Pres Returns | not rated | 6:22 |
| 6. Russ Columbo/Clarence Gaskill/Leo Robin - Prisoner of Love | not rated | 7:38 |
| 7. Vernon Duke/Ted Fetter/John Latouche - Taking a Chance on Love | not rated | 5:09 |
| 8. Gerald Marks/Seymour Simons - All of Me | not rated | 5:08 |
| 9. Richard A. Whiting - Louise | not rated | 5:16 |
| 10. George Gershwin/Ira Gershwin - Love Is Here to Stay | not rated | 6:28 |
| 11. Walter Donaldson/Gus Kahn - Love Me or Leave Me | not rated | 6:46 |
| 1:15:31 | ||
| CD6 | ||
| 1. Harry "Sweets" Edison/Oscar Peterson/Lester Young - St. Tropez - alternative take | not rated | 7:28 |
| 2. Harry "Sweets" Edison/Oscar Peterson/Lester Young - St. Tropez - master take | not rated | 10:38 |
| 3. Oscar Peterson/Lester Young - Flic | not rated | 6:31 |
| 4. Bing Crosby/Ned Washington/Victor Young/Johnny Green/Edward Heyman - Ballad Medley - A Ghost of a Chance / I Cover the Waterfront | not rated | 5:52 |
| 5. George Gershwin/Ira Gershwin - Love Is Here to Stay | not rated | 5:53 |
| 6. Chester Conn/Benny Krueger/Ned Miller/Jule Styne - Sunday - rejected version | not rated | 5:39 |
| 7. Ervin Drake/H.J. Lengsfelder/Juan Tizol - Perdido - incomplete take | not rated | 6:37 |
| 8. Lester Young - Waldorf Blues - alternative take | not rated | 6:53 |
| 9. Lester Young - Waldorf Blues - master take | not rated | 8:36 |
| 10. Chester Conn/Benny Krueger/Ned Miller/Jule Styne - Sunday - master take | not rated | 7:02 |
| 11. Al Dubin/Harry Warren - You're Getting to Be a Habit With Me - alternative take | not rated | 7:40 |
| 1:18:55 | ||
| CD7 | ||
| 1. Al Dubin/Harry Warren - You're Getting to Be a Habit with Me | not rated | 5:28 |
| 2. Lester Young - Romping | not rated | 11:41 |
| 3. Clay Boland/Moe Jaffe - Gypsy in My Soul | not rated | 4:13 |
| 4. Sidney Clare/Sam H. Stept - Please Don't Talk About Me When I'm Gone | not rated | 6:01 |
| 5. George Gershwin/Ira Gershwin - They Can't Take That Away from Me | not rated | 6:00 |
| 6. Lester Young - Salute to Benny | not rated | 8:32 |
| 7. Murray Mencher/Billy Moll - Ballad Medley: The Very Thought of You / I Want a Little Girl | not rated | 6:36 |
| 8. Fred E. Ahlert/Roy Turk - Mean to Me | not rated | 7:00 |
| 9. Lorenz Hart/Richard Rodgers - I Didn't Know What Time It Was | not rated | 4:19 |
| 10. George Gershwin/Ira Gershwin - Oh Lady Be Good | not rated | 3:35 |
| 11. Alan Jay Lerner/Frederick Loewe - Almost Like Being in Love | not rated | 3:59 |
| 12. Bert Kalmar/Harry Ruby - Three Little Words | not rated | 4:17 |
| 13. Johnny Green/Edward Heyman - I Cover the Waterfront | not rated | 3:47 |
| 14. Vernon Duke/Ira Gershwin - I Can't Get Started | not rated | 3:10 |
| 1:18:45 | ||
| CD8 | ||
| 1. James F. Hanley/Ballard MacDonald - (Back Home Again In) Indiana | not rated | 2:46 |
| 2. Johnny Burke/Arthur Johnston - Pennies from Heaven | not rated | 3:19 |
| 3. Lester Young - New D.B. Blues | not rated | 3:13 |
| 4. George Shearing/George David Weiss - Lullaby of Birdland | not rated | 3:42 |
| 5. Mack Gordon/Harry Warren - There Will Never Be Another You | not rated | 3:38 |
| 6. Irving Caesar/Vincent Youmans - Tea for Two | not rated | 3:38 |
| 7. Early Life [Birthplace/Music in New Orleans/Young's Father] (Interview) | not rated | 3:47 |
| 8. After New Orleans (Interview) | not rated | 1:54 |
| 9. Pres's Instruments [Drums/Tenor Saxophone] (Interview) | not rated | 5:54 |
| 10. Count Basie (Interview) | not rated | 1:41 |
| 11. Racial Tension (Interview) | not rated | 2:16 |
| 12. Influences (Interview) | not rated | 2:33 |
| 13. Composing and Reading Music [The Family Band/With Orchestra] (Interview) | not rated | 5:16 |
| 14. Recordings: Clarinet Dates (Interview) | not rated | 2:55 |
| 15. Lady Day and Nobody's Business (Interview) | not rated | 2:44 |
| 16. Philosophy on Music I (Interview) | not rated | 1:18 |
| 17. Younger Saxophone (Interview) | not rated | 1:50 |
| 18. Basie Then and Now (Interview) | not rated | 2:07 |
| 19. Debunking (Interview) | not rated | 1:37 |
| 20. Philosophy on Music I I (Interview) | not rated | 1:44 |
| 21. Pres's Sound: Sitting in With Fletcher Henderson (Interview) | not rated | 2:29 |
| 22. Joining Henderson (Interview) | not rated | 3:29 |
| 23. Early Pres; Oliver, Bronson, Basie (Interview) | not rated | 1:13 |
| 24. Coleman Hawkins and Henderson (Interview) | not rated | 1:25 |
| 25. Billie Holiday (Interview) | not rated | 1:39 |
| 26. Recording Techniques (Interview) | not rated | 2:00 |
| 27. Pres's Favorite Singers (Interview) | not rated | 1:39 |
| 28. Philosophy on Music Vis-A-Vis Other Tenor Players (Interview) | not rated | 2:59 |
| 29. Records New and Old (Interview) | not rated | 2:12 |
| 30. Mahalia Jackson (Interview) | not rated | 0:55 |
| 1:18:05 | ||
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