Boxset / Compilation · 2004
Tracklist
01. These foolish things
02. Exercise in swing
03. Salute to fast
04. Basie english
05. Blue Lester
06. Ghost of a chance
07. Indiana
08. Jump Lester jump
09. Crazy over J-Z
10. Ding dong
11. Blues 'N bells
12. June bug
13. Circus in rhythm
14. Poor little plaything
15. Tush
Line-up/Musicians
LESTER YOUNG tenor sax, with:
1-4 JOHNNY GUARNIERI SWING MEN - New York City, April 18, 1944
Billy Butterfield (tp)
Hank D'Amico (cl)
Johnny Guarnieri (p)
Dexter Hall (g)
Billy Taylor (b)
Cozy Cole (cd)
5-8 LESTER YOUNG QUINTET - New York City, May 1, 1944
Count Basie (p)
Freddie Green (g)
Rodney Richardson (b)
Shadow Wilson (d)
9-12 LESTER YOUNG AND HIS BAND - New York City, June 28, 1949
Jesse Drakes (tp)
Jerry Elliot (tb)
Junior Mance (p)
Leroy Jackson (b)
Roy Haynes (d)
13-15 EARL WARREN AND HIS ORCHESTRA - New York City,April 18, 1944
Joe Newman, Ed Lewis, Al Killian, Harry Edison (tp)
Eli Robinson, Dicky Wells, Ted Donelly, Lou Taylor (tb)
E. Warren (as, vcl)
Jimmy Powell (as)
Buddy Tate (ts)
Rudy Rutherford (bs)
Clyde Hart (p)
Freddie Greene (g)
Rodney Richardson (b)
Jo Jones (cl)
About this release
Definitive Records DRCD11151
Definitive edition of the complete Lester Young recordings for the Savoy label made between 1944-49.
Recorded In New York City on April 18 and May 1, 1944 and June 29, 1949.
Thanks to snobb for the addition