tracks

Back To The Land
I Cover The Waterfront (12" LP Take)
I Cover The Waterfront (Master Take)
Somebody Loves Me
I've Found A New Baby
The Man I Love
Peg O' My Heart
I Want To Be Happy
Mean To Me
Too Marvelous For Words (78-RPM Take)
Too Marvelous For Words (LP Take)
'Deed I Do
Encore
Polka Dots And Moonbeams
Up 'N' Adam
Three Little Words
Count Every Star (Master Take)
Count Every Star
It All Depends On You
Neenah (Alternate Take)
Neenah (Alternate Take)
Neenah (Alternate Take)
Jeepers Creepers
Thou Swell (USA 78-RPM Take)
Thou Swell (Canada 78-RPM Take)
September In The Rain
Undercover Girl Blues
Frenesi
Pete's Cafe
Little Pee Blues
A Foggy Day
In A Little Spanish Town
Let's Fall In Love
Down 'N' Adam
Lester Swings
Slow Motion Blues
Ad Lib Blues
Just You, Just Me
Tea For Two
Indiana
These Foolish Things
I Can't Get Started
Star Dust
It Takes Two To Tango
Index I: Impromptu Take
Index Ii: False Start
Index Iii: Complete Take
On The Sunny Side Of The Street
Almost Like Being In Love
I Can't Give You Anything But Love
There Will Never Be Another You
I'm Confessin'
Willow Weep For Me
This Can't Be Love
Can't We Be Friends
Tenderly
New D.B. Blues
Jumpin' At The Woodside
I Can't Believe That You're In Love With Me
Oh, Lady Be Good!
Another Mambo
Come Rain Or Come Shine
Rose Room
Somebody Loves Me
Touch Me Again
It Don't Mean A Thing (If It Ain't Got That Swing)
I'm In The Mood For Love
Big Top Blues
Mean To Me
That's All (Alternate Take)
That's All (Master Take)
Red Boy Blues
Pennies From Heaven
She's Funny That Way (Breakdown)
She's Funny That Way (Master Take)
One O'Clock Jump
Index 0: False Start
Index 1: Master Take
It's The Talk Of The Town
Index 0: False Start
Index 1: Master Take
I've Found A New Baby
Index 0: False Start
False Start
Index 1: Master Take
I Guess I'll Have To Change My Plan
I Didn't Know What Time It Was
Gigantic Blues
This Year's Kisses
You Can Depend On Me
Pres Returns
Prisoner Of Love
Taking A Chance On Love
All Of Me
Louise
Love Is Here To Stay
Love Me Or Leave Me
St. Tropez (Alternate Take)
St. Tropez (Master Take)
Flic
Ballad Medley
Index 0: False Start
Index 1: A Ghost Of A Chance
Index 2: I Cover The Waterfront
Love Is Here To Stay
Sunday (Rejected Version)
Perdido (Incomplete Take)
Waldorf Blues
Index1: Alternate Take
Index 2: Incomplete Take
Index 3: False Start
Waldorf Blues (Master Take)
Sunday (Master Take)
You're Getting To Be A Habit With Me (Alternate Take)
You're Getting To Be A Habit With Me (Master Take)
Romping
Gypsy In My Soul
Please Don't Talk About Me When I'm Gone
They Can't Take That Away From Me
Salute To Benny
Ballad Medley
The Very Thought Of You
I Want A Little Girl
Blue And Sentimental
Mean To Me
I Didn't Know What Time It Was
Oh, Lady Be Good!
Almost Like Being In Love
Three Little Words
I Cover The Waterfront
I Can't Get Started
Indiana
Pennies From Heaven
New D.B. Blues
Lullaby Of Birdland
There Will Never Be Another You
Tea For Two
Early Life
Index 1: Birthplace
Index 2: Music In New Orleans
Index 3: Young's Father
After New Orleans
Pres's Instruments
Index 1: Drums
Index 2: Tenor Saxophone
Count Basie
Racial Tension
Influences
Composing And Reading Music
The Family Band
With Orchestra
Recordings: Clarinet Dates
Lady Day And Nobody's Business
Philosophy On Music I
Younger Saxophonists
Basie Then And Now
Debunking
Philosophy On Music II
Pres's Sound: Sitting In With Fletcher Henderson
Joining Henderson
Early Pres: Oliver, Bronson, Basie
Coleman Hawkins And Henderson
Billie Holiday
Recording Techniques
Pres's Favorite Singers
Philosophy On Music Vis-à-vis Other Tenor Players
Records New And Old
Mahalia Jackson

notes

℗ & © 2006 Universal Music Italia srl.

Realised after the 1999 box "The Complete Lester Young Studio Sessions On Verve" Verve 07314 547 087-2 Tracks from 8-7 to 8-22: interview by Francis Postif
Tracks from 8-23 to 8-30: interview by Chris Albertson

Realised after the 1999 box "The Complete Lester Young Studio Sessions On Verve" Verve 07314 547 087-2.
Made in EU.

credits

Art Direction, Illustration, Design – Panaro Design Srl
Bass – Gene Ramey (tracks: 2-2 to 2-14, 3-8 to 3-15, 4-13 to 5-11), George Duvivier (tracks: 7-2 to 7-8), Jamil Nasser (tracks: 7-9 to 8-6), Joe Shulman (tracks: 1-16 to 2-1), John Ore (tracks: 3-16 to 4-2), Ray Brown (tracks: 1-10 to 1-15, 2-15 to 3-7, 4-3 to 4-12, 6-1 to 7-1)
Clarinet – Lester Young (tracks: 6-1, 6-2, 7-5, 7-6)
Coordinator [1999 Box Production] – Bryan Koniarz
Drums – Bill Clark (tracks: 1-16 to 2-1), Buddy Rich (tracks: 1-1 to 1-6, 1-8 to 1-15, 4-3 to 4-12), Connie Kay (tracks: 3-8 to 4-2), J.C. Heard (tracks: 2-15 to 3-7), Jo Jones (tracks: 2-2 to 2-14, 4-13 to 5-11), Kenny Clarke (tracks: 7-9 to 8-6), Louis Bellson (tracks: 6-1 to 6-7), Mickey Sheen (tracks: 6-8 to 7-8)
Executive-Producer [Reissue] – Mirko Gratton
Guitar – Barney Kessel (tracks: 2-15 to 3-7), Freddie Green (tracks: 4-13 to 5-4), Herb Ellis (tracks: 4-3 to 4-12, 6-1 to 7-8), Jimmy Gourley (tracks: 7-9 to 8-6)
Liner Notes – Dave Gelly
Mastered By – Kevin "Ivey Divey" Reeves,
Piano – Gildo Mahones (tracks: 3-8 to 4-2), Hank Jones (tracks: 1-10 to 1-15, 7-2 to 7-8), John Lewis (2) (tracks: 1-16 to 2-14), Lou Stein (tracks: 6-8 to 7-1), Nat King Cole (tracks: 1-1 to 1-9), Oscar Peterson (tracks: 2-15 to 2-19, 3-1 to 3-7, 4-3 to 4-12, 6-1 to 6-7), René Urtreger (tracks: 7-9 to 8-6), Teddy Wilson (tracks: 4-13 to 5-11)
Supervised By – Michael Lang
Supervised By, Research, Restoration – Ben Young (3)
Tenor Saxophone – Lester Young
Trombone – Vic Dickenson (tracks: 4-13 to 5-4)
Trumpet – Harry "Sweets" Edison, (tracks: 4-3 to 4-12, 6-1 to 6-11 to 7-8), Jesse Drakes (tracks: 3-8 to 4-2), Roy Eldridge (tracks: 4-13 to 5-4, 7-2 to 7-8)
Vocals – Lester Young (tracks: 3-2)
Bass – Gene Ramey (tracks: 2-2 to 2-14, 3-8 to 3-15, 4-13 to 5-11), George Duvivier (tracks: 7-2 to 7-8), Jamil Nasser (tracks: 7-9 to 8-6), Joe Shulman (tracks: 1-16 to 2-1), John Ore (tracks: 3-16 to 4-2), Ray Brown (tracks: 1-10 to 1-15, 2-15 to 3-7, 4-3 to 4-12, 6-1 to 7-1)
Clarinet – Lester Young (tracks: 6-1, 6-2, 7-5, 7-6)
Drums – Bill Clark (tracks: 1-16 to 2-1), Buddy Rich (tracks: 1-1 to 1-6, 1-8 to 1-15, 4-3 to 4-12), Connie Kay (tracks: 3-8 to 4-2), J.C. Heard (tracks: 2-15 to 3-7), Jo Jones (tracks: 2-2 to 2-14, 4-13 to 5-11), Kenny Clarke (tracks: 7-9 to 8-6), Louis Bellson (tracks: 6-1 to 6-7), Mickey Sheen (tracks: 6-8 to 7-8)
Guitar – Barney Kessel (tracks: 2-15 to 3-7), Freddie Green (tracks: 4-13 to 5-4), Herb Ellis (tracks: 4-3 to 4-12, 6-1 to 7-8), Jimmy Gourley (tracks: 7-9 to 8-6)
Piano – Gildo Mahones (tracks: 3-8 to 4-2), Hank Jones (tracks: 1-10 to 1-15, 7-2 to 7-8), John Lewis (2) (tracks: 1-16 to 2-14), Lou Stein (tracks: 6-8 to 7-1), Nat King Cole (tracks: 1-1 to 1-9), Oscar Peterson (tracks: 2-15 to 2-19, 3-1 to 3-7, 4-3 to 4-12, 6-1 to 6-7), René Urtreger (tracks: 7-9 to 8-6), Teddy Wilson (tracks: 4-13 to 5-11)
Tenor Saxophone – Lester Young
Trombone – Vic Dickenson (tracks: 4-13 to 5-4)
Trumpet – Harry "Sweets" Edison, (tracks: 4-3 to 4-12, 6-1 to 6-11 to 7-8), Jesse Drakes (tracks: 3-8 to 4-2), Roy Eldridge (tracks: 4-13 to 5-4, 7-2 to 7-8)
Vocals – Lester Young (tracks: 3-2)

companies

Mastered At – Universal Music Studios East, NYC
Copyright (c) – Universal Music Italia s.r.l.
Phonographic Copyright (p) – Universal Music Italia s.r.l.
Phonographic Copyright (p) – Universal Music Italia s.r.l.
Copyright (c) – Universal Music Italia s.r.l.
Record Company – Universal Music Group

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