Lester Young – Lester Leaps Again - Original Recordings 1942-1944

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Label:	Naxos Jazz Legends – 8.120764
Format:	CD, Compilation
Country:	Europe
Released:	2005
Genre:	Jazz
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Tracklist

1	Lester Young Trio–	Tea For Two Composed By – Irving Caesar, Vincent Youmans	4:46
2	Lester Young Trio–	I Can't Get Started Composed By – Ira Gershwin, Vernon Duke	4:54
3	Lester Young Trio–	Body And Soul Composed By – Edward Heyman, Frank Eyton, Johnny Green, Robert Sour	5:13
4	Lester Young Trio–	Indiana Composed By – Ballard MacDonald, James Hanley*	4:54
5	Lester Young Quartet–	Just You, Just Me Composed By – Jesse Greer, Raymond Klages	3:16
6	Lester Young Quartet–	I Never Knew Composed By – Gus Kahn, Ted FioRito*	3:14
7	Lester Young Quartet–	Afternoon Of A Basie-ite Composed By – Lester Young	3:14
8	Lester Young Quartet–	Sometimes I'm Happy Composed By – Irving Caesar, Vincent Youmans	3:12
9	Kansas City Seven*–	After Theatre Jump Composed By – Dickie Wells	4:50
10	Kansas City Seven*–	Six Cats And A Prince Composed By – Buck Clayton	4:16
11	Kansas City Five Featuring Lester Young*–	Lester Leaps Again Composed By – Buck Clayton	4:31
12	Kansas City Seven*–	Destination K.C. Composed By – Buck Clayton	4:57
13	Lester Young Quintet–	Indiana Composed By – Ballard MacDonald, James Hanley*	2:56
14	Lester Young Quintet–	Blue Lester Composed By – Lester Young	3:22
15	Lester Young Quintet–	(I Don't Stand) A Ghost Of Chance Composed By – Crosby, Washington, Young*	3:20
16	Lester Young Quintet–	Lester's Savoy Jump Composed By – Lester Young	3:17

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Credits

Bass – Red Callender (tracks: 1-4), Rodney Richardson (tracks: 9-16), Slam Stewart (tracks: 5-8)
Design – Ron Hoares
Drums – Jo Jones (tracks: 9-12), Shadow Wilson (tracks: 16), Sidney Catlett (tracks: 5-8)
Guitar – Freddie Green (tracks: 9-16)
Piano – Count Basie (tracks: 9-16), Johnny Guarnieri (tracks: 5-8), Nat King Cole (tracks: 1-4)
Restoration – Graham Newton
Tenor Saxophone – Lester Young
Transferred By, Producer – David Lennick
Trombone – Dickie Wells (tracks: 9,10,12)
Trumpet – Buck Clayton (tracks: 9,10,12)

Notes

Made in the EU
Total Time 64:11

Tracks 1-4: Recorded 15 July 1942, Los Angeles
Tracks 5-8 Recorded 28 December 1943, New York
Tracks 9-12 Recorded 22 March 1944
Tracks 13-16 Recorded 1 May 1944, New York

Track 1 originally released as Philo P 1001, mx Van 1002
Track 2 originally released as Philo P 1001, mx Van 1001
Track 3 originally released as Philo P 1000, mx Van 1003
Track 4 originally released as Philo P 1000, mx Van 1000
Track 5 originally released as Keynote 603, mx HL 1-2
Track 6 originally released as Keynote 603, mx HL 2-2
Track 7 originally released as Keynote 604, mx HL 3-2
Track 8 originally released as Keynote 604, mx HL 4-2
Track 9 originally released as Keynote 1302, mx HL 21-2
Track 10 originally released as Keynote 1303, mx HL 22-3
Track 11 originally released as Keynote 1302, mx HL 23-1
Track 12 originally released as Keynote 1303, mx HL 24-2
Track 13 originally released as Savoy 581, mx 5456-2
Track 14 originally released as Savoy 581, mx 5454-1
Track 15 originally released as Savoy 535, mx 5455-2
Track 16 originally released as Savoy 535, mx 5457-1