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It Takes Two To Tango

Lester Young

The Complete Lester Young Studio Sessions On Verve

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28.11.1952, New York City

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Interpreten

Lester Young (Solist:in) (Stimme, Tenorsaxophon)

27.8.1909Woodville, Mississippi (MS), USA

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

Oscar Peterson Trio (Orchester / Ensemble)
Oscar Peterson (Klavier)

15.8.1925Montréal, Québec, Kanada

† 23.12.2007Mississauga, Ontario, Kanada

Barney Kessel (Elektrische Gitarre)

17.10.1923Muskogee, Oklahoma (OK), USA

† 6.5.2004San Diego, California (CA), USA

Ray Brown (Kontrabass)

13.10.1926Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania (PA), USA

† 2.7.2002Indianapolis, Indiana (IN), USA

J. C. Heard (Gast) (Schlagzeug)

8.10.1917Dayton, Ohio (OH), USA

† 27.9.1988Royal Oak, Missouri (MO), USA

Urheber

Al Hoffman

25.9.1902Minsk, Belarus

† 21.7.1960New York City, New York (NY), USA

Dick Manning

12.7.1912Gomel, Russische Föderation

† 11.4.1991Marietta, Georgia (GA), 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