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    Lester Young

    Lester Young

    3396 songs
    Total 176 albums

    Lady Day & Prez 1937–1941

    1987
    TitleListen
    This Year’s Kisses3:08
    Without Your Love2:52
    All of Me3:03
    Me, Myself and I (Are All in Love With You)2:38
    I’ll Get By3:10
    Mean to Me3:08
    A Sailboat in the Moonlight2:50
    I’ll Never Be the Same3:03
    Getting Some Fun Out of Life3:04
    The Man I Love3:06
    Trav’Lin All Alone2:14
    Time on My Hands3:04
    Laughing at Life2:53
    Back in Your Own Backyard2:42
    Georgia on My Mind3:18
    Let’s Do It2:57
    Foolin’ Myself3:00
    Easy Living3:03
    Say It With a Kiss2:35
    You Can’t Be Mine (And Someone Else’s Too)2:21
    I Can’t Believe That You’re in Love With Me2:46
    She’s Funny That Way2:40
    Romance in the Dark2:18
    I Must Have That Man!2:54
    Lester Young with The Oscar Peterson Trio Album Cover

    Lester Young with The Oscar Peterson Trio

    1997
    TitleListen
    Ad Lib Blues5:54
    I Can't Get Started3:41
    Just You, Just Me7:41
    Almost Like Being in Love3:34
    Tea for Two7:45
    There Will Never Be Another You3:28
    (Back Home Again in) Indiana7:03
    On the Sunny Side of the Street3:27
    Star Dust3:36
    I'm Confessin'3:42
    I Can't Give You Anything but Love3:23
    These Foolish Things3:27
    (It Takes) Two to Tango (rehearsal / false start chatter / master take)6:09
    I Can't Get Started (false start)0:52
    Intégrale Billy Holiday Lester Young 1937–1946 Album Cover

    Intégrale Billy Holiday Lester Young 1937–1946

    1998
    TitleListen
    Disc 1
    He Ain’t Got Rhythm2:50
    This Year’s Kisses3:08
    Why Was I Born?2:50
    I Must Have That Man2:56
    Sun Showers3:07
    Yours and Mine3:15
    Mean to Me (prise master)3:09
    Mean to Me3:08
    Foolin’ Myself3:02
    Easy Living3:03
    I’ll Never Be the Same3:04
    Me, Myself and I2:34
    Me, Myself and I (prise master)2:33
    A Sailboat in the Moonlight2:50
    Born to Love2:39
    Without Your Love (prise master)2:51
    Without Your Love2:52
    Getting Some Fun Out of Life3:03
    Who Wants Love?2:34
    Trav’lin’ All Alone2:14
    He’s Funny That Way2:40
    I Can’t Get Started2:51
    Disc 2
    My First Impression of You2:51
    My First Impression of You (prise master)2:49
    When You’re Smiling (prise master)2:51
    When You’re Smiling3:00
    I Can’t Believe That You’re in Love With Me2:51
    I Can’t Believe That You’re in Love With Me (prise master)2:47
    If Dreams Come True (prise master)3:04
    If Dreams Come True3:04
    Now They Call It Swing3:04
    Now They Call It Swing (prise master)2:59
    Back in Your Own Backyard (prise master)2:40
    Back in Your Own Backyard3:14
    When a Woman Loves a Man2:25
    The Very Thought of You2:45
    I Can’t Get Started (prise master)2:51
    I Can’t Get Started2:50
    I’ve Got a Date With a Dream2:51
    I’ve Got a Date With a Dream (prise master)2:45
    You Can’t Be Mine2:25
    Everybody’s Laughing3:03
    Here It Is To‐morrow Again2:46
    Say It With a Kiss2:37
    Disc 3
    The Man I Love3:08
    You’re Just a No‐Account3:01
    You’re a Lucky Guy2:48
    I’m Pulling Through3:09
    Laughing at Life (prise master)2:57
    Laughing at Life2:54
    Time on My Hands3:06
    The Man I Love2:46
    Let’s Do It (prise master)2:57
    Let’s Do It2:59
    All of Me (prise master)3:04
    All of Me2:58
    All of Me3:49
    I Cried for You2:18
    Fine and Mellow3:50
    He’s Funny That Way3:20
    The Man I Love3:04
    Gee Baby, Ain’t I Good to You?2:19
    All of Me1:55
    Billie’s Blues (I Love my Man)3:38
    Verve Jazz Masters 30 Album Cover

    Verve Jazz Masters 30

    1994
    TitleListen
    Love Me or Leave Me6:51
    Sometimes I'm Happy3:07
    I've Found a New Baby4:07
    Polka Dots and Moonbeams3:39
    On the Sunny Side of the Street3:28
    (Back Home Again In) Indiana7:05
    Prisoner of Love7:41
    In a Little Spanish Town3:17
    Just You, Just Me3:11
    Peg O' My Heart4:06
    Too Marvelous for Words3:04
    All of Me5:12
    I'm Confessin'3:42
    Mean to Me4:13
    I Never Knew3:04

    Masters of Jazz

    1988
    TitleListen
    Lester Leaps In3:12
    These Foolish Things3:35
    Three Little Words4:40
    Pennies From Heaven2:58
    Polka Dots and Moonbeams3:38
    (Back Home Again In) Indiana3:59
    Jumpin' With Symphony Sid3:22
    D.B. Blues3:02
    I Don't Stand a Ghost of a Chance With You2:59
    Up 'n' Adam4:55
    Blues in G (Lester's Mop Mop Blues)5:37
    Tea for Two2:37

    Lester Swings

    1999
    TitleListen
    Ad Lib Blues5:53
    I Cover the Waterfront3:51
    Lester Swings2:33
    Undercover Girl Blues2:44
    It's the Talk of the Town5:45
    This Year's Kisses6:45
    Up 'n' Adam3:51
    They Can't Take That Away From Me6:00
    It Don't Mean a Thing (If It Ain't Got That Swing)4:32
    Love Is Here to Stay5:53
    Waldorf Blues8:18
    All of Me5:08
    Polka Dots and Moonbeams3:37
    The Complete Lester Young Studio Sessions on Verve Album Cover

    The Complete Lester Young Studio Sessions on Verve

    1999
    TitleListen
    Disc 1
    Back to the Land3:58
    I Cover the Waterfront (12" LP take)3:51
    I Cover the Waterfront (Master take)4:04
    Somebody Loves Me3:54
    I've Found a New Baby4:05
    The Man I Love4:50
    Peg O' My Heart4:05
    I Want to Be Happy3:58
    Mean to Me4:12
    Too Marvelous for Words (78rpm take)3:00
    Too Marvelous for Words (LP take)3:02
    'Deed I Do3:17
    Encore3:09
    Polka Dots and Moonbeams3:39
    Up 'n' Adam3:50
    Three Little Words3:19
    Count Every Star (Master take)3:01
    Count Every Star3:12
    It All Depends on You3:23
    Neenah (alternate take)3:09
    Neenah (alternate take)2:18
    Neenah (Master take)3:26
    Disc 2
    Jeepers Creepers3:06
    Thou Swell (USA 78Rpm take)2:55
    Thou Swell (Canada 78Rpm take)2:57
    September in the Rain3:07
    Undercover Girl Blues2:44
    Frenesi3:01
    Pete's Cafe3:36
    Little Pee Blues2:42
    A Foggy Day2:51
    In a Little Spanish Town3:14
    Let's Fall in Love2:57
    Down 'n' Adam2:57
    Lester Swings2:33
    Slow Motion Blues2:58
    Ad Lib Blues5:52
    Just You, Just Me7:39
    Tea for Two7:45
    (Back Home Again In) Indiana7:04
    These Foolish Things3:27
    I Can't Get Started4:30
    Disc 3
    Star Dust3:35
    It Takes Two to Tango6:06
    On the Sunny Side of the Street3:27
    Almost Like Being in Love3:34
    I Can't Give You Anything but Love3:23
    There Will Never Be Another You3:29
    I'm Confessin'3:42
    Willow Weep for Me3:09
    This Can't Be Love3:24
    Can't We Be Friends?3:10
    Tenderly3:29
    New D.B. Blues3:21
    Jumpin' at the Woodside3:04
    I Can't Believe That You're in Love With Me3:13
    Oh, Lady, Be Good!3:30
    Another Mambo3:39
    Come Rain or Come Shine3:12
    Rose Room4:11
    Somebody Loves Me4:58
    Touch Me Again5:17
    It Don't Mean a Thing (If It Ain't Got That Swing)4:30
    Disc 4
    I'm in the Mood for Love3:32
    Big Top Blues4:49
    Mean to Me7:39
    That's All (alternate take)4:40
    That's All (master take)4:44
    Red Boy Blues5:33
    Pennies From Heaven5:19
    She's Funny That Way (breakdown)3:28
    She's Funny That Way (master take)8:52
    One O'Clock Jump5:37
    It's the Talk of the Town6:32
    I've Found a New Baby6:01
    I Guess I'll Have to Change My Plan9:25
    Disc 5
    I Didn't Know What Time It Was10:01
    Gigantic Blues6:50
    This Year's Kisses6:45
    You Can Depend on Me9:03
    Pres Returns6:22
    Prisoner of Love7:38
    Taking a Chance on Love5:09
    All of Me5:08
    Louise5:16
    Love Is Here to Stay6:28
    Love Me or Leave Me6:45
    Disc 6
    St. Tropez (alternate take)7:28
    St. Tropez (master take)10:38
    Flic6:31
    Ballad Medley: A Ghost of a Chance / I Cover the Waterfront5:52
    Love Is Here to Stay5:53
    Sunday (rejected version)5:39
    Perdido (incomplete take)6:37
    Waldorf Blues (alternate take)6:53
    Waldorf Blues (master take)8:36
    Sunday (master take)7:02
    You're Getting to Be a Habit With Me (alternate take)7:39
    Disc 7
    You're Getting to Be a Habit With Me5:28
    Romping11:41
    Gypsy in My Soul4:13
    Please Don't Talk About Me When I'm Gone6:01
    They Can't Take That Away From Me6:00
    Salute to Benny8:32
    Ballad Medley: The Very Thought of You / I Want a Little Girl6:36
    Mean to Me7:00
    I Didn't Know What Time It Was4:19
    Oh, Lady, Be Good!3:35
    Almost Like Being in Love3:59
    Three Little Words4:17
    I Cover the Waterfront3:47
    I Can't Get Started3:09
    Disc 8
    (Back Home Again In) Indiana2:46
    Pennies From Heaven3:19
    New D.B. Blues3:13
    Lullaby of Birdland3:40
    There Will Never Be Another You3:37
    Tea for Two3:38
    [interview: Early Life / Birthplace / Music in New Orleans / Young's Father]3:47
    [interview: After New Orleans]1:54
    [interview: Pres's Instruments / Drums / Tenor Saxophone]5:54
    [interview: Count Basie]1:41
    [interview: Racial Tension]2:16
    [interview: Influences]2:33
    [interview: Composing and Reading Music / The Family Band / With Orchestra]5:16
    [interview: Recordings: Clarinet Dates]2:55
    [interview: Lady Day and Nobody's Business]2:44
    [interview: Philosophy on Music I]1:18
    [interview: Younger Saxophone]1:50
    [interview: Basie Then and Now]2:07
    [interview: Debunking]1:37
    [interview: Philosophy on Music II]1:44
    [interview: Pres's Sound: Sitting in With Fletcher Henderson]2:28
    [interview: Joining Henderson]3:29
    [interview: Early Pres: Oliver, Bronson, Basie]1:13
    [interview: Coleman Hawkins and Henderson]1:25
    [interview: Billie Holiday]1:38
    [interview: Recording Techniques]2:00
    [interview: Pres's Favorite Singers]1:39
    [interview: Philosophy on Music Vis-A-Vis Other Tenor Players]2:59
    [interview: Records New and Old]2:12
    [interview: Mahalia Jackson]0:54

    The Complete Aladdin Sessions

    2000
    TitleListen
    Disc 1
    D.B. Blues3:01
    Lester Blows Again2:32
    These Foolish Things3:10
    Jumpin' at Mesner's2:45
    It's Only a Paper Moon3:05
    After You've Gone2:42
    Lover Come Back to Me2:37
    Jammin' With Lester3:03
    You're Driving Me Crazy3:06
    New Lester Leaps In2:57
    Lester's Be Bop Boogie3:14
    She's Funny That Way3:20
    Sunday2:24
    S.M. Blues3:04
    Jumpin' With Symphony Sid3:11
    No Eyes Blues3:00
    Sax-O-Be-Bop2:53
    On the Sunny Side of the Street3:00
    Easy Does It2:32
    Movin' With Lester3:11
    One O'Clock Jump2:37
    Disc 2
    Jumpin' at the Woodside (Every Tub)3:01
    Confessin'2:31
    Lester Smooths It Out2:55
    Just Coolin'2:59
    Tea for Two3:08
    East of the Sun3:08
    The Sheik of Araby2:31
    Something to Remember You By2:45
    Indiana4:53
    I Can't Get Started4:55
    Tea for Two4:47
    Body and Soul5:09
    [untitled (Ad Lib)]3:12
    Please Let Me Forget3:09
    (I Love Him Though) He Don't Love Me Any More2:51
    Pleasin' Man Blues (Stop Jivin' Around)3:06
    See See Rider2:47
    It's Better to Give Than to Receive2:55

    The Best of Lester Young

    2000
    TitleListen
    A Foggy Day5:28
    I Can't Get Started (With You)3:36
    Lester Leaps In5:38
    I'm Confessin' (That I Love You)5:47
    Almost Like Being in Love7:45
    D.B. Blues6:34
    These Foolish Things (Remind Me of You)3:30
    Lullaby of Birdland5:46