"This two-disc set contains every item that Lester Young recorded for Aladdin including the rare 1942 trio session with Nat Cole and a 1946 Helen Humes date, from which comes a newly discovered instrumental"--Container. Compact disc. Program notes in English by Leonard Feather ([10] p. ; port.) in container. Lester Young, tenor saxophone ; with variously: Helen Humes, vocals ; Nat King Cole, Dodo Mamarosa, Wesley Jones, Joe Albany, Argonne Thornton (Sadik Hakim), Gene DiNovi, Jimmy Bunn, piano ; Red Callender, Curtis Counce, Ted Briscoe, Rodney Richardson, Curly Russell, Junior Rudd, bass ; Vic Dickenson, trombone ; Henry Tucker, Johnny Otis, Chico Hamilton, Roy Haynes, Lyndell Marshall, Tiny Kahn, drums ; Willie Smith, alto saxophone ; Howard McGhee, Shorty McConnell, trumpet ; Irving Ashby, Fred Lacey, Nasir Barakaat, Chuck Wayne, Dave Barbour, guitar ; Maxwell Davis, tenor saxophone. Recorded 1942-1947.
Contents:
CD 1: Indiana (4:50) -- I can't get started (4:53) -- Tea for two g (4:45) -- Body and soul (5:07) -- D.B. Blues (2:58) -- Lester blows again (2:29) -- These foolish things (3:08) -- Jumpin' at Mesner's (2:42) -- It's only a paper moon (3:03) -- After you've gone (2:40) -- Lover come back to me (2:35) -- Jammin' with Lester (3:01) -- You're driving me crazy (3:03) -- New Lester leaps in (2:55) -- Lester's be bop boogie (3:12) -- She's funny that way (3:17) -- Sunday (2:22) -- S.M. Blues (3:00) -- CD 2: Jumpin' with Symphony Sid (3:09) -- No eyes blue (2:57) -- Sax-O-Be-Bop (2:50) -- On the sunny side of the street (2:57) -- Easy does it (2:31) -- Easy does it (alternate take) (2:27) -- Movin' with Lester (2:43) -- One o'clock jump (2:36) -- Jumpin' at the woodside (2:57) -- I'm confessin' (2:29) -- Lester smooths it out (2:52) -- Just cooling (2:56) -- Tea for two (3:05) -- East of the sun (3:07) -- The Sheik of Araby (2:29) -- Something to remember you by (2:42) -- Riffin' without Helen (3:10) -- Please let me forget (3:07) -- He don't love me anymore (2:49) -- Pleasing man blues (3:03) -- See see rider (2:46) -- It's better to give than receive (2:55).
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