Lester Young The Complete Lester Young Studio Sessions on Verve [#1] (8-CD Box Set)
JazzTimes: "...Music whose beauty and individuality transcends most jazz played during his career and most played since..."
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CD Details
- Number of Discs: 8
- Released: October 11, 1999
- Originally Released: 1999
- Label: Polygram Records
Entertainment Reviews:
Entertainment Weekly - 1/14/00, p.79
"...[Young] mostly doled out spry, bittersweet wisdom, with timeless, inventive phrasing....a dramatic jazz saga told compellingly on this accessible package." - Rating: A-JazzTimes - 4/00, pp.88-92
"...Music whose beauty and individuality transcends most jazz played during his career and most played since..."Tracks on Disc 1:
- 1.Back to the Land
- 2.I Cover the Waterfront - (12" LP take)
- 3.I Cover the Waterfront - (master take)
- 4.Somebody Loves Me
- 5.I've Found a New Baby
- 6.The Man I Love
- 7.Peg O' My Heart
- 8.I Want to Be Happy
- 9.Mean to Me
- 10.Too Marvelous For Words - (78-rpm take)
- 11.Too Marvelous For Words - (LP take)
- 12.'Deed I Do
- 13.Encore
- 14.Polka Dots and Moonbeams
- 15.Up 'N' Adam
- 16.Three Little Words
- 17.Count Every Star - (master take)
- 18.Count Every Star
- 19.It All Depends on You
- 20.Neenah - (alternate take)
- 21.Neenah - (alternate take)
- 22.Neenah - (master take)
Tracks on Disc 2:
- 1.Jeepers Creepers
- 2.Thou Swell - (USA 78-rpm take)
- 3.Thou Swell - (Canada 78-rpm take)
- 4.September in the Rain
- 5.Undercover Girl Blues
- 6.Frenesi
- 7.Pete's Cafe
- 8.Little Pee Blues
- 9.A Foggy Day
- 10.In a Little Spanish Town
- 11.Let's Fall in Love
- 12.Down 'N' Adam
- 13.Lester Swings
- 14.Slow Motion Blues
- 15.Ad Lib Blues
- 16.Just You, Just Me
- 17.Tea For Two
- 18.Indiana
- 19.These Foolish Things
- 20.I Can't Get Started
Tracks on Disc 3:
- 1.Star Dust
- 2.It Takes Two to Tango
- 3.On the Sunny Side of the Street
- 4.Almost Like Being in Love
- 5.I Can't Give You Anything But Love
- 6.There Will Never Be Another You
- 7.I'm Confessin'
- 8.Willow Weep For Me
- 9.This Can't Be Love
- 10.Can't We Be Friends
- 11.Tenderly
- 12.New D.B. Blues
- 13.Jumpin' at the Woodside
- 14.I Can't Believe That You're in Love With Me
- 15.Oh, Lady Be Good!
- 16.Another Mambo
- 17.Come Rain or Come Shine
- 18.Rose Room
- 19.Somebody Loves Me
- 20.Touch Me Again
- 21.It Don't Mean a Thing (If It Ain't Got That Swing)
Tracks on Disc 4:
- 1.I'm in the Mood For Love
- 2.Big Top Blues
- 3.Mean to Me
- 4.That's All - (alternate take)
- 5.That's All - (master take)
- 6.Red Boy Blues
- 7.Pennies From Heaven
- 8.She's Funny That Way - (breakdown)
- 9.She's Funny That Way - (master take)
- 10.One O'Clock Jump
- 11.It's the Talk of the Town
- 12.I've Found a New Baby
- 13.I Guess I'll Have to Change My Plan
Tracks on Disc 5:
- 1.I Didn't Know What Time It Was
- 2.Gigantic Blues
- 3.This Year's Kisses
- 4.You Can Depend on Me
- 5.Pres Returns
- 6.Prisoner of Love
- 7.Taking a Chance on Love
- 8.All of Me
- 9.Louise
- 10.Love Is Here to Stay
- 11.Love Me or Leave Me
Tracks on Disc 6:
- 1.St. Tropez - (alternate take)
- 2.St. Tropez - (master take)
- 3.Flic
- 4.Ballad Medley: A Ghost Of A Chance / I Cover The Waterfront
- 5.Love Is Here to Stay
- 6.Sunday - (rejected version)
- 7.Perdido - (incomplete take)
- 8.Waldorf Blues - (alternate take)
- 9.Waldorf Blues - (master take)
- 10.Sunday - (master take)
- 11.You're Getting to Be a Habit With Me - (alternate take)
Tracks on Disc 7:
- 1.You're Getting to Be a Habit With Me - (master take)
- 2.Romping
- 3.Gypsy in My Soul
- 4.Please Don't Talk About Me When I'm Gone
- 5.They Can't Take That Away From Me
- 6.Salute to Benny
- 7.Ballad Medley: The Very Thought Of You / I Want A Little Girl / Blue And Sentimental
- 8.Mean to Me
- 9.I Didn't Know What Time It Was
- 10.Oh, Lady Be Good!
- 11.Almost Like Being in Love
- 12.Three Little Words
- 13.I Cover the Waterfront
- 14.I Can't Get Started
Tracks on Disc 8:
- 1.Indiana
- 2.Pennies From Heaven
- 3.New D.B. Blues
- 4.Lullaby of Birdland
- 5.There Will Never Be Another You
- 6.Tea For Two
- 7.Interview With Lester Young by Francois Postif
- 8.Interview With Lester Young by Francois Postif
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- 22.Interview With Lester Young by Chris Albertson
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