Lester Young

The Complete Lester Young Studio Sessions on Verve

Release date October 19, 1999

Tracklist

1
Back to the Land
3:58
3:58
2
I Cover the Waterfront (12" LP take)
3:51
3:51
3
I Cover the Waterfront (Master take)
4:04
4:04
4
Somebody Loves Me
3:54
3:54
5
I've Found A New Baby
4:05
4:05
6
The Man I Love
4:51
4:51
7
Peg O' My Heart
4:05
4:05
8
I Want To Be Happy
3:58
3:58
9
Mean to Me
4:13
4:13
10
Too Marvelous for Words (78rpm take)
3:00
3:00
11
Too Marvelous for Words (LP take)
3:02
3:02
12
Deed I Do
3:17
3:17
13
Encore
3:09
3:09
14
Polka Dots and Moonbeams
3:41
3:41
15
Up 'n' Adam
3:50
3:50
16
Three Little Words
3:19
3:19
17
Count Every Star (Master take)
3:01
3:01
18
Count Every Star
3:12
3:12
19
It All Depends on You
3:23
3:23
20
Neenah (alternate take)
3:09
3:09
21
Neenah (alternate take)
2:18
2:18
22
Neenah (Master take)
3:26
3:26
23
Jeepers Creepers
3:07
3:07
24
Thou Swell (USA 78Rpm take)
2:55
2:55
25
Thou Swell (Canada 78Rpm take)
2:57
2:57
26
September in the Rain
3:08
3:08
27
Undercover Girl Blues
2:44
2:44
28
Frenesi
3:01
3:01
29
Pete’s Cafe
3:36
3:36
30
Little Pee Blues
2:42
2:42
31
A Foggy Day
2:52
2:52
32
In a Little Spanish Town
3:14
3:14
33
Let’s Fall in Love
2:57
2:57
34
Down ’n’ Adam
2:57
2:57
35
Lester Swings
2:33
2:33
36
Slow Motion Blues
2:58
2:58
37
Ad Lib Blues
5:52
5:52
38
Just You, Just Me
7:39
7:39
39
Tea for Two
7:45
7:45
40
Back Home Again in Indiana
7:04
7:04
41
These Foolish Things
3:27
3:27
42
I Can't Get Started
4:30
4:30
43
Star Dust
3:38
3:38
44
(It Takes) Two to Tango
6:06
6:06
45
On the Sunny Side of the Street
3:27
3:27
46
Almost Like Being in Love
3:34
3:34
47
I Can't Give You Anything but Love
3:23
3:23
48
There Will Never Be Another You
3:29
3:29
49
I'm Confessin' (That I Love You)
3:44
3:44
50
Willow Weep for Me
3:09
3:09
51
This Can't Be Love
3:24
3:24
52
Can’t We Be Friends
3:10
3:10
53
Tenderly
3:29
3:29
54
New D.B. Blues
3:21
3:21
55
Jumpin' at the Woodside
3:04
3:04
56
I Can't Believe That You're in Love With Me
3:13
3:13
57
Oh, Lady Be Good
3:30
3:30
58
Another Mambo
3:39
3:39
59
Come Rain Or Come Shine
3:12
3:12
60
Rose Room
4:11
4:11
61
Somebody Loves Me
4:58
4:58
62
Touch Me Again
5:17
5:17
63
It Don't Mean a Thing (If It Ain't Got That Swing)
4:30
4:30
64
I'm In The Mood For Love
3:32
3:32
65
Big Top Blues
4:49
4:49
66
Mean to Me
7:39
7:39
67
That's All (alternate take)
4:40
4:40
68
That's All (master take)
4:44
4:44
69
Red Boy Blues
5:33
5:33
70
Pennies From Heaven
5:24
5:24
71
She's Funny That Way (breakdown)
3:28
3:28
72
She's Funny That Way (master take)
8:52
8:52
73
One O'Clock Jump
5:37
5:37
74
It's the Talk of the Town
6:32
6:32
75
I've Found a New Baby
6:01
6:01
76
I Guess I'll Have to Change My Plan
9:25
9:25
77
I Didn't Know What Time It Was
10:01
10:01
78
Gigantic Blues
6:50
6:50
79
This Year's Kisses
6:45
6:45
80
You Can Depend on Me
9:03
9:03
81
Pres Returns
6:22
6:22
82
Prisoner of Love
7:38
7:38
83
Taking a Chance on Love
5:09
5:09
84
All of Me
5:08
5:08
85
Louise
5:16
5:16
86
Love Is Here to Stay
6:28
6:28
87
Love Me or Leave Me
6:45
6:45
88
St. Tropez (alternate take)
7:28
7:28
89
St. Tropez (master take)
10:38
10:38
90
Flic
6:31
6:31
91
Ballad Medley: A Ghost of a Chance / I Cover the Waterfront
5:52
5:52
92
Love Is Here to Stay
5:53
5:53
93
Sunday (rejected version)
5:39
5:39
94
Perdido (incomplete take)
6:37
6:37
95
Waldorf Blues (alternate take)
6:53
6:53
96
Waldorf Blues (master take)
8:36
8:36
97
Sunday (master take)
7:02
7:02
98
You're Getting to Be a Habit With Me (alternate take)
7:39
7:39
99
You're Getting to Be a Habit With Me
5:28
5:28
100
Romping
11:41
11:41
101
Gypsy in My Soul
4:13
4:13
102
Please Don't Talk About Me When I'm Gone
6:01
6:01
103
They Can't Take That Away From Me
6:00
6:00
104
Salute to Benny
8:32
8:32
105
Ballad Medley: The Very Thought of You / I Want a Little Girl
6:36
6:36
106
Mean to Me
7:00
7:00
107
I Didn't Know What Time It Was
4:19
4:19
108
Lady Be Good
3:35
3:35
109
Almost Like Being In Love
3:59
3:59
110
Three Little Words
4:17
4:17
111
I Cover the Waterfront
3:47
3:47
112
I Can't Get Started
3:09
3:09
113
Back Home Again in Indiana
2:46
2:46
114
Pennies From Heaven
3:19
3:19
115
A. B. Blues
3:13
3:13
116
Lullaby of Birdland
3:42
3:42
117
There'll Never Be Another You
3:37
3:37
118
Tea for Two
3:38
3:38
119
[interview: Early Life / Birthplace / Music in New Orleans / Young's Father]
3:47
3:47
120
[interview: After New Orleans]
1:54
1:54
121
[interview: Pres's Instruments / Drums / Tenor Saxophone]
5:54
5:54
122
[interview: Count Basie]
1:41
1:41
123
[interview: Racial Tension]
2:16
2:16
124
[interview: Influences]
2:33
2:33
125
[interview: Composing and Reading Music / The Family Band / With Orchestra]
5:16
5:16
126
[interview: Recordings: Clarinet Dates]
2:55
2:55
127
[interview: Lady Day and Nobody's Business]
2:44
2:44
128
[interview: Philosophy on Music I]
1:18
1:18
129
[interview: Younger Saxophone]
1:50
1:50
130
[interview: Basie Then and Now]
2:07
2:07
131
[interview: Debunking]
1:37
1:37
132
[interview: Philosophy on Music II]
1:44
1:44
133
[interview: Pres's Sound: Sitting in With Fletcher Henderson]
2:28
2:28
134
[interview: Joining Henderson]
3:29
3:29
135
[interview: Early Pres: Oliver, Bronson, Basie]
1:13
1:13
136
[interview: Coleman Hawkins and Henderson]
1:25
1:25
137
[interview: Billie Holiday]
1:38
1:38
138
[interview: Recording Techniques]
2:00
2:00
139
[interview: Pres's Favorite Singers]
1:39
1:39
140
[interview: Philosophy on Music Vis-A-Vis Other Tenor Players]
2:59
2:59
141
[interview: Records New and Old]
2:12
2:12
142
[interview: Mahalia Jackson]
0:54
0:54