Lester Young
Titel:

The Complete Lester Young Studio Sessions On Verve

Label:

Verve, 314 547 087-2


1999

8-CD-Box

Aufnahmeort / Datum:

1) Radio Recorders, Hollywood, Anfang April 1946
2) New York City, 17. 09. 1949
3) New York City, Juni 1950
4) New York City, 16. 01. 1951
5) New York City, 08. 03. 1951
6) New York City, 28. 11. 1952
7) Fine Sound, New York City, 11. 12. 1953
8) Fine Sound, New York City, 10. 12. 1954
9) Radio Recorders, Hollywood, 01. 11. 1955
10) Fine Sound, New York City, 12. 01. 1956
11) Fine Sound, New York City, 13. 01. 1956
12) Radio Recorders, Hollywood, 31. 07. 1957
13) Fine Recording, New York City, 07. 02. 1958
14) Fine Recording, New York City, 08. 02. 1958
15) Barclay Studios, Paris, Frankreich, 02. 03. 1959
16) Paris, Frankreich, 06. 02. 1959
17) WCAU, Philadelphia, 24. 08. 1958

Songtitel:

Spielzeit:

1) Back To The Land
1) I Cover The Waterfront (12" LP take)
1) I Cover The Waterfront (master take)
1) Somebody Loves Me
1) Iīve Found A New Baby
1) The Man I Love
1) Peg OīMy Heart
1) I Want Be Happy
1) Mean To Me
2) Too Marvelous For Words (78-rpm take)
2) Too Marvelous For Words (LP take)
2) 'Deed I Do
2) Encore
2) Polka Dots And Moonbeams
2) Up 'n' Adam
3) Three Little Words
3) Count Every Star (master take)
3) Count Every Star
3) It All Depends On You
3) Neenah (alternate take)
3) Neenah (alternate take)
3) Neenah (master take)

Gesamtspielzeit Disk 1

3) Jeepers, Creepers
4) Thou Swell (USA 78-rpm take)
4) Thou Swell (Canada 78-rpm take)
4) September In The Rain
4) Undercover Girl Blues
4) Frenesi
4) Peteīs Cafe
4) Little Pee Blues
5) A Foggy Day
5) In A Little Spanish Town
5) Letīs Fall In Love
5) Down 'n' Adam
5) Lester Swings
5) Slow Motion Blues
6) Ad Lib Blues
6) Just You, Just Me
6) Tea For Two
6) Indiana
6) These Foolish Things
6) I Canīt Get Started

Gesamtspielzeit Disk 2

6) Star Dust
6) It Takes Two To Tango
6) On The Sunny Side Of The Street
6) Almost Like Being In Love
6) I Canīt Give You Anything But Love
6) There Will Never Be Another You
6) Iīm Confessin'
7) Willow Weep For Me
7) This Canīt Be Love
7) Canīt We Be Friends
7) Tenderly
7) New D. B. Blues
7) Jumpin' At The Woodside
7) I Canīt BelieveThat Youīre In Love With Me
7) Oh Lady, Be Good!
8) Another Mambo
8) Come Rain Or Come Shine
8) Rose Room
8) Somebody Loves Me
8) Touch Me Again
8) It Donīt Mean A Thing (If It Ainīt Got That Swing)

Gesamtspielzeit Disk 3

8) Iīm In The Mood For Love
8) Big Top Blues
9) Mean To Me
9) Thatīs All (alternate take)
9) Thatīs All (master take)
9) Red Boy Blues
9) Pennies From Heaven
9) Sheīs Funny That Way (breakdown)
9) Sheīs Funny That Way (master take)
9) One OīClock Jump
9) Itīs The Talk Of The Town
9) Iīve Found A New Baby
10) I Guess Iīll Have To Change My Plan

Gesamtspielzeit Disk 4

10) I Didnīt Know What Time It Was
10) Gigantic Blues
10) This Yearīs Kisses
10) You Can Depend On Me
11) Pres Returns
11) Prisoner Of Love
11) Taking A Change On Love
11) All Of Me
11) Louise
11) Love Is Here To Stay
11) Loves Me Or Leave Me

Gesamtspielzeit Disk 5

12) St. Tropez (alternate take)
12) St. Tropez (master take)
12) Flic
12) Ballad Medley
12) Love Is Here To Stay
12) Sunday (rejected version)
12) Perdido (incomplete take)
13) Waldorf Blues (alternate take)
13) Waldorf Blues (master take)
13) Sunday (master take)
13) Youīre Getting To Be A Habit With Me (alternate take)

Gesamtspielzeit Disk 6

14) Youīre Getting To Be A Habit With Me (master take)
14) Romping
14) Gypsy In My Soul
14) Please Donīt Talk About Me When Iīm Gone
14) They Canīt Take That Way Away From Me
14) Salute To Benny
14) Ballad Medley
14) Mean To Me
15) I Didnīt Know What Time It Was
15) Oh, Lady, Be Good!
15) Almost Like Being In Love
15) Three Little Words
15) I Cover The Waterfront
15) I Canīt Get Started

Gesamtspielzeit Disk 7

15) Indiana
15) Pennies from Heaven
15) New D. B. Blues
15) Lullaby Of Birdland
15) There Will Be Never Be Another You
15) Tea For Two
16) Interview with Lester Young by Francois Postif
17) Interview with Lester Young by Chris Albertson

Gesamtspielzeit Disk 8

03:55
03:49
04:02
03:51
04:03
04:48
04:03
03:55
04:09
02:57
02:59
03:14
03:07
03:38
03:48
03:17
02:42
02:59
03:21
03:03
02:19
03:27

79:00

03:06
02:53
02:54
03:06
02:42
02:59
03:33
02:38
02:49
03:11
02:54
02:55
02:30
02:54
05:50
07:36
07:43
07:01
03:25
03:38

78:12

03:32
06:03
03:24
03:31
03:25
03:20
03:40
03:06
03:21
03:07
03:26
03:18
03:02
03:11
03:26
03:36
03:09
04:08
04:56
05:14
04:30

79:40

03:30
04:39
07:14
04:34
04:35
05:11
05:14
03:19
08:24
05:18
05:44
05:57
09:26

76:25

09:59
06:47
06:41
09:01
06:19
07:34
05:06
05:05
05:13
06:26
06:46

75:32

07:07
10:03
06:13
05:49
05:51
05:34
06:13
06:48
08:20
06:53
07:40

78:56

05:25
11:39
04:11
05:58
05:57
08:28
06:33
06:58
04:16
03:33
03:31
04:14
03:44
03:10

78:47

02:43
03:16
03:10
03:39
03:35
03:27
43:37
14:39

78:06


Musiker:

1) Anfang April 1946:
Lester Young (ts),  Nat "King" Cole (p), Buddy Rich (d)
2) 17. 09. 1949:
Lester Young (ts), Hank Jones (p), Ray Brown (b), Buddy Rich (d)
3) Juni 1950:
Lester Young (ts), John Lewis (p), Joe Shulman (b), Bill Clark (d)
4) 16. 01. 1951:
Lester Young (ts), John Lewis (p), Gene Ramey (b), Jo Jones (d)
5) 08. 03. 1951: siehe 4)
6) 28. 11. 1952:
Lester Young (ts, voc), Oscar Peterson (p), Barney Kessel (g), Ray Brown (b), J. C. Heard (d)
7) 11. 12. 1953:
Lester Young (ts), Jesse Drakes (tp), Gildo Mahones (p), Gene Ramey (b), Connie Kay (d)
8) 10. 12. 1954:
Lester Young (ts), Jesse Drakes (tp), Gildo Mahones (p), John Ore (b), Connie Kay (d)
9) 01. 11. 1955:
Lester Young (ts), Harry "Sweets" Edison (tp), Oscar Peterson (p), Herb Ellis (g), Ray Brown (b), Buddy Rich (d)
10) 12. 01. 1956:
Lester Young (ts), Vic Dickenson (tb), Roy Eldridge (tp), Teddy Wilson (p), Freddie Green (g), Gene Ramey (b), Jo Jones (d)
11) 13. 01. 1956:
Lester Young (ts), Teddy Wilson (p), Gene Ramey (b), Jo Jones (d)
12) 31. 07. 1957:
Lester Young (ts, cl), Harry "Sweets" Edison (tp), Oscar Peterson (p), Herb Ellis (g), Ray Brown (b), Louie Bellson (d)
13) 07. 02. 1958:
Lester Young (ts), Harry "Sweets" Edison (tp), Lou Stein (p), Herb Ellis (g), Ray Brown (b), Mickey Sheen (d)
14) 08. 02. 1958:
Lester Young (ts, cl), Harry "Sweets" Edison, Roy Eldridge (tp), Hank Jones (p), Herb Ellis (g), George Duvivier (b), Mickey Sheen (d)
15) 02. 03. 1959:
Lester Young (ts, cl), Rene Urtreger (p), Jimmy Gourley (g), Jamil Nasser (b), Kenny Clarke (d)
16) 06. 02. 1959:
Interview mit Francois Postif
17) 24. 08. 1958:
Interview mit Chris Albertson