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Down 'n' Adam

Lester Young

The Complete Lester Young Studio Sessions On Verve

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8.3.1951, New York City

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Interpreten

Lester Young (Solist) (Tenorsaxophon)

27.8.1909Woodville, Mississippi (MS), USA

† 15.3.1959New York City, New York (NY), USA

John Lewis (Solist) (Klavier)

3.5.1920La Grange, Illinois (IL), USA

† 29.3.2001New York City, New York (NY), USA

Gene Ramey (Solist) (Kontrabass)

4.4.1913Austin, Texas (TX), USA

† 8.12.1984Austin, Texas (TX), USA

Jo Jones (Solist) (Schlagzeug)

7.10.1911Chicago, Illinois (IL), USA

† 3.9.1985New York City, New York (NY), USA

Urheber

Lester Young (Komponist)

27.8.1909Woodville, Mississippi (MS), USA

† 15.3.1959New York City, New York (NY), USA

Informationen zum Album

The Complete Lester Young Studio Sessions On Verve

Lester Young

The Complete Lester Young Studio Sessions On Verve

Produktionsjahr

1999

Label

Verve

Tracks - CD 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. 1. Count every star (false start / 0.12). - 2. (alternate take / 2.50)
  • 19. It all depends on you
  • 20. Neenah (alternate take)
  • 21. Neenah (alternate take)
  • 22. Neenah (master take)

Tracks - CD 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 (false start / 0.53). - (master take / 3.37)

Tracks - CD 3

  • 1. Star dust
  • 2. 1. It takes two to tango (impromptu take / 2.29). - 2. (false start / 0.21). - 3. (complete take / 3.12)
  • 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' (that I love you)
  • 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 [aka:] Kiss me again
  • 21. It don't mean a thing (if it ain't got that swing)

Tracks - CD 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 (false start / 0.25). - 1. (master take / 5.18)
  • 11. It's the talk of the town (false start / 0.14). - 1. (master take / 5.42)
  • 12. I've found a new baby (falses starts / 0.45). - 1. (master take / 5.56)
  • 13. I guess I'll have to change my plan

Tracks - CD 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 - CD 6

  • 1. Studio chat (0.15). - St. Tropez (alternate take / 6.52)
  • 2. St. Tropez (master take)
  • 3. Flic
  • 4. Ballad Medley: 1. A ghost of a chance (Young, Washington). - 2. I cover the waterfront (Green, Heyman)
  • 5. Love is here to stay
  • 6. Sunday (rejected version)
  • 7. Perdido (incomplete take)
  • 8. 1. Waldorf Blues (alternate take / 6.16). - 2. (falses starts / 0.32)
  • 9. Waldorf Blues (master take)
  • 10. Sunday (master take)
  • 11. You're getting to be a habit with me (alternate take)

Tracks - CD 7

  • 1. Studio chat (0.07). - 1. You're getting to be a habit with me (master take / 5.16)
  • 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: 1. The very thought of you (Noble / 2.08). - 2. I want a little girl (Mencher, Moll / 1.55). - 3. Blue and sentimental (Basie, Livingston / 2.30)
  • 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 - CD 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. Early life: 1. Birthplace. - 2. Music in New Orleans. - 3. Young's father
  • 8. After New Orleans
  • 9. Pres's instruments: 1. Drums. - 2. Tenor saxophone
  • 10. Count Basie
  • 11. Racial tension
  • 12. Influences
  • 13. Composing and reading music: 1. The family band. - 2. With Orchestra
  • 14. Recordings: Clarinet dates
  • 15. Lady Day and nobody's business
  • 16. Philosophy on music I
  • 17. Younger saxophonists
  • 18. Basie then and now
  • 19. Debunking
  • 20. Philosophy on music II
  • 21. Pres's sound: Sitting in with Fletcher Henderson
  • 22. Joining Henderson
  • 23. Early Pres: Oliver, Bronson, Basie
  • 24. Coleman Hawkins and Henderson
  • 25. Billie Holiday
  • 26. Recording techniques
  • 27. Pres's favorite singers
  • 28. Philosophy on music vis-à-vis other tenor players
  • 29. Records new and old
  • 30. Mahalia Jackson