With his airy, vibratoless tone and sophisticated harmonic imagination, Lester Young (1909-59) was arguably the most influential tenor saxophonist after Coleman Hawkins. As the star in Count Basie's big band and Billie Holiday's
favorite soloist, Young's breezy solos, along with his patented
porkpie hat and unique hipster jargon, affected legions of musicians.This 8-CD compilation marks the 90th anniversary of Young's birth and contains all of the recordings he made for producer Norman Granz from 1946 to 1959, the last 13 years of Young's life.
DISC 1:
1. Back to the Land
2. I Cover the Waterfront - (12" LP take)
3. I Cover the Waterfront - (master take)
4. Somebody Loves Me
5. I've Found a New Baby
6. Man I Love, The
7. Peg O' My Heart
8. I Want to Be Happy
9. Mean to Me
10. Too Marvelous For Words - (78-rpm take)
11. Too Marvelous For Words - (LP take)
12. 'Deed I Do
13. Encore
14. Polka Dots and Moonbeams
15. Up 'N' Adam
16. Three Little Words
17. Count Every Star - (master take)
18. Count Every Star
19. It All Depends on You
20. Neenah - (alternate take)
21. Neenah - (alternate take)
22. Neenah - (master take)
DISC 2:
1. Jeepers Creepers
2. Thou Swell - (USA 78-rpm take)
3. Thou Swell - (Canada 78-rpm take)
4. September in the Rain
5. Undercover Girl Blues
6. Frenesi
7. Pete's Cafe
8. Little Pee Blues
9. Foggy Day, A
10. In a Little Spanish Town
11. Let's Fall in Love
12. Down 'N' Adam
13. Lester Swings
14. Slow Motion Blues
15. Ad Lib Blues
16. Just You, Just Me
17. Tea For Two
18. Indiana
19. These Foolish Things
20. I Can't Get Started
DISC 3:
1. Star Dust
2. It Takes Two to Tango
3. On the Sunny Side of the Street
4. Almost Like Being in Love
5. I Can't Give You Anything But Love
6. There Will Never Be Another You
7. I'm Confessin'
8. Willow Weep For Me
9. This Can't Be Love
10. Can't We Be Friends
11. Tenderly
12. New D.B. Blues
13. Jumpin' at the Woodside
14. I Can't Believe That You're in Love With Me
15. Oh, Lady Be Good!
16. Another Mambo
17. Come Rain or Come Shine
18. Rose Room
19. Somebody Loves Me
20. Touch Me Again
21. It Don't Mean a Thing (If It Ain't Got That Swing)
DISC 4:
1. I'm in the Mood For Love
2. Big Top Blues
3. Mean to Me
4. That's All - (alternate take)
5. That's All - (master take)
6. Red Boy Blues
7. Pennies From Heaven
8. She's Funny That Way - (breakdown)
9. She's Funny That Way - (master take)
10. One O'Clock Jump
11. It's the Talk of the Town
12. I've Found a New Baby
13. I Guess I'll Have to Change My Plan
DISC 5:
1. I Didn't Know What Time It Was
2. Gigantic Blues
3. This Year's Kisses
4. You Can Depend on Me
5. Pres Returns
6. Prisoner of Love
7. Taking a Chance on Love
8. All of Me
9. Louise
10. Love Is Here to Stay
11. Love Me or Leave Me
DISC 6:
1. St. Tropez - (alternate take)
2. St. Tropez - (master take)
3. Flic
4. Ballad Medley: A Ghost Of A Chance / I Cover The Waterfront
5. Love Is Here to Stay
6. Sunday - (rejected version)
7. Perdido - (incomplete take)
8. Waldorf Blues - (alternate take)
9. Waldorf Blues - (master take)
10. Sunday - (master take)
11. You're Getting to Be a Habit With Me - (alternate take)
DISC 7:
1. You're Getting to Be a Habit With Me - (master take)
2. Romping
3. Gypsy in My Soul
4. Please Don't Talk About Me When I'm Gone
5. They Can't Take That Away From Me
6. Salute to Benny
7. Ballad Medley: The Very Thought Of You / I Want A Little Girl / Blue And Sentimental
8. Mean to Me
9. I Didn't Know What Time It Was
10. Oh, Lady Be Good!
11. Almost Like Being in Love
12. Three Little Words
13. I Cover the Waterfront
14. I Can't Get Started
DISC 8:
1. Indiana
2. Pennies From Heaven
3. New D.B. Blues
4. Lullaby of Birdland
5. There Will Never Be Another You
6. Tea For Two
7. Interview With Lester Young by Francois Postif
8. Interview With Lester Young by Francois Postif
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22. Interview With Lester Young by Chris Albertson
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