Lester Young Jazz Gallery - Lester Young Vol. I
2-CD, 1994, Best-Of, Compilation

CD 1
1. Jones-Smith Incorporated: Shoe-Shine Boy (Chicago, 9.10.1936)
2. Oh, Lady Be Good
Carl Smith – tp
Lester Young – ts
Count Basie – p
Walter Page – b
Jo Jones – dr

3. Count Basie And His Orchestra: Roseland Shuffle (New York, 21.1.1937)
Count Basie – p, dir
Buck Clayton, Joe Keyes, Carl Smith – tp
George Hunt, Dan Minor – tb
Caughey Roberts – as
Jack Washington – as, bars
Herschel Evans, Lester Young – ts
Claude Williams – g
Walter Page – b
Jo Jones – dr
Fletcher Henderson – arr

4. Teddy Wilson And His Orchestra: This Year’s Kisses (NY, 25.1.1937)
Buck Clayton – tp
Buster Bailey – cl
Lester Young – ts
Teddy Wilson – p
Freddie Green – g
Walter Page – b
Jo Jones – dr
Billie Holiday - voc

5. Teddy Wilson And His Orchestra: Foolin’ Myself (NY, 1.6.1937)
6. I’ll Never Be The Same
Buck Clayton – tp
Buster Bailey – cl
Lester Young – ts
Teddy Wilson – p
Freddie Green – g
Walter Page – b
Jo Jones – dr
Billie Holiday – voc

7. Count Basie And His Orchestra: One O’Clock Jump (NY, 7.7.1937)
Count Basie – p, dir
Buck Clayton, Ed Lewis, Bobby Moore – tp
George Hunt, Dan Minor – tb
Earl Warren – as
Jack Washington – as, bars
Herschel Evans, Lester Young – cl, ts
Freddie Green – g
Walter Page – b
Jo Jones – dr
Buster Smith, Eddie Durham – arr

8. Teddy Wilson And His Orchestra: When You’re Smiling (NY, 6.1.1938)
Buck Clayton – tp
Benny Morton - tb
Lester Young – ts
Teddy Wilson – p
Freddie Green – g
Walter Page – b
Jo Jones – dr
Billie Holiday – voc

9. Benny Goodman (Carnegie Hall Concert): Honeysuckle Rose (excerpt) (NY, Carnegie Hall, 16.1.1938)
Harry james, Buck Clayton – tp
Vernon Brown – tb
Benny Goodman – cl
Johnny Hodges – as
Lester Young – ts
Harry Carney – bars
Count Basie – p
Freddie Green – g
Walter Page – b
Gene Krupa – dr

10. Count Basie And His Orchestra: Every Tub (NY, 16.2.1938)
Count Basie – p, dir
Buck Clayton, Ed Lewis, Harry Edison – tp
Eddie Durham – tb, arr
Benny Morton, Dan Minor – tb
Earl Warren - as
Jack Washington – as, bars
Herschel Evans, Lester Young – ts
Freddie Green – g
Walter Page – b
Jo Jones – dr

11. Count Basie And His Orchestra: Blue And Sentimental (NY, 6.6.1938)
Count Basie – p, dir
Buck Clayton, Ed Lewis, Harry Edison – tp
Eddie Durham, Benny Morton, Dan Minor – tb
Earl Warren - as
Jack Washington – as, bars
Herschel Evans – ts
Lester Young – cl, ts
Freddie Green – g
Walter Page – b
Jo Jones – dr
Don Kirkpatrick, Edgar Battle – arr

12. Count Basie And His Orchestra: Lady Be Good (NY, Broadcast, 9.7.1938)
Count Basie – p, dir
Buck Clayton, Ed Lewis, Harry Edison – tp
Dicky Wells, Eddie Durham, Benny Morton, Dan Minor – tb
Earl Warren - as
Jack Washington – as, bars
Herschel Evans, Lester Young – ts
Freddie Green – g
Walter Page – b
Jo Jones – dr

13. Count Basie And His Orchestra: Texas Shuffle (NY, 22.8.1938)
14. Jumpin’ At The Woodside
Count Basie – p, dir
Buck Clayton, Ed Lewis, Harry Edison – tp
Dicky Wells, Benny Morton, Dan Minor – tb
Earl Warren - as
Jack Washington – as, bars
Herschel Evans – cl, ts, arr
Lester Young – cl, ts
Freddie Green – g
Walter Page – b
Jo Jones – dr

15. Kansas City Six: Way Down Yonder In New Orleans (NY, 8.9.1938)
16. I Want A Little Girl
Buck Clayton – tp
Eddie Durham – tb, e-g
Lester Young – cl, ts
Freddie Green – g
Walter Page – b
Jo Jones – dr

17. Count Basie And His Orchestra: Cherokee Part 1 (NY, 3.2.1939)
18. Cherokee Part 2
Count Basie – p, dir
Buck Clayton, Ed Lewis, Harry Edison, Lester “Shad” Collins – tp
Dicky Wells, Benny Morton, Dan Minor – tb
Earl Warren - as
Jack Washington – as, bars
Chu Berry, Lester Young – ts
Freddie Green – g
Walter Page – b
Jo Jones – dr
Jimmy Mundy – arr

19. Count Basie And His Orchestra: Taxi War Dance (NY, 19.3.1939)
Count Basie – p, dir
Buck Clayton, Ed Lewis, Harry Edison, Lester “Shad” Collins – tp
Dicky Wells, Benny Morton, Dan Minor – tb
Earl Warren - as
Jack Washington – as, bars
Buddy Tate, Lester Young – ts
Freddie Green – g
Walter Page – b
Jo Jones – dr

20. Glenn Hardman And His Hammond Five: On The Sunny Side Of The Street (Chicago, 26.6.1939)
21. Jazz Me Blues
Lee castle – tp
Lester Young – cl, ts
Glenn Hardman - e-org
Freddie Green – g
Jo Jones – dr

22. Count Basie And His Orchestra: Swingin’ The Blues (NY, Broadcast, Famous Door, 15.7.1939)
Count Basie – p, dir
Buck Clayton, Ed Lewis, Harry Edison, Lester “Shad” Collins – tp
Dicky Wells, Benny Morton, Dan Minor – tb
Earl Warren - as
Jack Washington – as, bars
Buddy Tate, Lester Young – ts
Freddie Green – g
Walter Page – b
Jo Jones – dr
Eddie Durham - arr

23. Count Basie And His Orchestra: Clap Hands, Here Comes Charlie (NY, 4.8.1939)
Count Basie – p, dir
Buck Clayton, Ed Lewis, Harry Edison, Lester “Shad” Collins – tp
Dicky Wells, Benny Morton, Dan Minor – tb
Earl Warren - as
Jack Washington – as, bars
Buddy Tate, Lester Young – ts
Freddie Green – g
Walter Page – b
Jo Jones – dr
Jimmy Mundy - arr

24. Count Basie’s Kansas City Seven: Dickie’s Dream (NY, 5.9.1939)
Buck Clayton – tp
Dicky Wells – tb
Lester Young – ts
Count Basie – p
Freddie Green – g
Walter Page – b
Jo Jones – dr


CD 2

1. Count Basie’s Kansas City Seven: Lester Leaps In (NY, 5.9.1939)
Buck Clayton – tp
Dicky Wells – tb
Lester Young – ts
Count Basie – p
Freddie Green – g
Walter Page – b
Jo Jones – dr

2. Kansas City Six: Pagin’ The Devil (NY, Carnegie Hall, From Spiritual To Swing, Prod.: John Hammond, 24.12.1939)
Buck Clayton – tp
Lester Young – ts
Charlie Christian – e-g
Freddie Green – g
Walter Page – b
Jo Jones – dr

3. Count Basie And His Orchestra: Tickle Toe (NY, 19.3.1940)
4. Louisiana
Count Basie – p, dir
Buck Clayton, Ed Lewis, Harry Edison, Al Killian – tp
Dicky Wells, Vic Dickenson, Dan Minor – tb
Earl Warren - as
Jack Washington – as, bars
Buddy Tate, Lester Young – ts
Freddie Green – g
Walter Page – b
Jo Jones – dr
Andy Gibson - arr

5. Benny Goodman/ Count Basie All Star Octet: I Never Knew (NY, 28.10.1940)
Buck Clayton – tp
Benny Goodman - cl
Lester Young – ts
Count Basie – p
Charlie Christian – e-g
Freddie Green – g
Walter Page – b
Jo Jones – dr

6. Lester Young And His Band: Tickle Toe (NY, Broadcast, Manhattan Center, between 27.2 & 17.3.1941)
Shad Collins – tp
Lester Young – ts
John Collins – g
Nick Fenton – b
Harold “Doc” West – dr

7. Sammy Price And His Texas Blusicians (NY, 3.4.1941)
Shad Collins, William Johnson – tp
Don Stovall – as
Lester Young – ts
Sam Price – p
Duke Jordan – b [?]
Harold “Doc” West – dr

8. Lester Young – King Cole Trio: I Can’t Get Started (Los Angeles, 15.7.1942)
Lester Young – ts
Nat “King” Cole – p
Red Callender – b

9. DickyWells And His Orchestra: I Got Rhythm (NY, 21.12.1943)
10. I’m Fer It Too
Bill Coleman – tp
DickyWells – tb
Lester Young – ts
Ellis Larkin – p
Freddie Green – g
Al Hall – b
Jo Jones – dr

11. Lester Young Quartet: Afternoon Of A Basie-ite (NY, 28.12.1943)
Lester Young – ts
Johnny Guarnieri – p
Slam Stewart – b
Sid Catlett – dr

12. Kansas City Seven [?]: Lester Leaps In (NY, 22.3.1944)
Lester Young – ts
Count Basie (as “Prince Charming”)- p
Freddie Green – g
Rodney Richardson – b
Jo Jones – dr

13. Kansas City Six: Four O’Clock Drag (NY, WOR Studio, 28.3.1944)
Bill Coleman – tp
Dicky Wells – tb
Lester Young – ts
Joe Bushkin – p
John Simmons – b
Jo Jones – dr

14. Earl Warren And His Orchestra: Tush (NY, 18.4.1944)
Joe Newman, Ed Lewis, Harry Edison, Al Killian – tp
Dicky Wells, Eli Robinson, Ted Donelly, Lou Taylor – tb
Earl Warren, Jimmy Powell – as
Budy Tate, Lester Young – ts
Rudy Rutherford – bars
Clyde Hart – p
Freddie Green – g
Rodney Richardson – b
Jo Jones – dr

15. Johnny Guarnieri Swing Men: Basie English (NY, 18.4.1944)
Billy butterfield – tp
Hank D’Amico – cl
Lester Young – ts
Johnny Guarnieri – p
Dexter Hall – g
Billy Taylor – b
Cozy Cole – dr

16. Lester Young Quintet: Blue Lester (NY, 1.5.1944)
17. Back Home Again In Indiana
Lester Young – ts
Count Basie – p
Freddie Green – g
Rodney Richardson – b
Shadow Wilson – dr

18. “Jammin’ The Blues”: Jammin’ The Blues (Hollywood, August 1944)
Harry Edison – tp
Dicky Wells – tb
Lester Young, Illinois Jacquet – ts
Marlowe Morris – p
Barney Kessel – g
John Simmons – b
Jo Jones – dr

19. Lester Young And His Band: D.B. Blues (LA, October 1945)
20. Lester Blows Again
Vic Dickenson – tb
Lester Young – ts
Dodo Marmarosa – p
Freddie Green – g
Red Callender – b
Henry Tucker Green – dr

21. Lester Young – Buddy Rich Trio: The Man I Love (LA, March or April 1946)
Lester Young – ts
Nat “King” Cole – p
Buddy Rich – dr