Classic 1936-1947 Count Basie and Lester Young Studio Sessions

~ Release by Lester Young & Count Basie (see all versions of this release, 1 available)

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1Jive at Five
alto saxophone:
Earle Warren (on 1939-02-04)
drums (drum set):
Jo Jones (US jazz drummer) (on 1939-02-04)
piano:
Count Basie (pianist) (on 1939-02-04)
tenor saxophone:
Lester Young (saxophonist) (on 1939-02-04)
recording of:
Jive at Five (on 1939-02-04)
composer:
Count Basie (pianist) and Harry “Sweets” Edison
Count Basie & His Orchestra2:49
2Thursday
alto saxophone:
Earle Warren (on 1939-02-04)
drums (drum set):
Jo Jones (US jazz drummer) (on 1939-02-04)
piano:
Count Basie (pianist) (on 1939-02-04)
tenor saxophone:
Lester Young (saxophonist) (on 1939-02-04)
vocals:
Helen Humes (on 1939-02-04)
recording of:
Thursday (on 1939-02-04)
writer:
Irvin Graham, Louis Haber and Dorothy Sachs
Count Basie & His Orchestra3:05
3Evil Blues
alto saxophone:
Earle Warren (on 1939-02-04)
drums (drum set):
Jo Jones (US jazz drummer) (on 1939-02-04)
piano:
Count Basie (pianist) (on 1939-02-04)
tenor saxophone:
Lester Young (saxophonist) (on 1939-02-04)
vocals:
Jimmy Rushing (on 1939-02-04)
recording of:
Evil Blues (on 1939-02-04)
writer:
Count Basie (pianist), Harry “Sweets” Edison and Jimmy Rushing
Count Basie & His Orchestra3:13
4Oh Lady Be Good
alto saxophone:
Earle Warren (on 1939-02-04)
drums (drum set):
Jo Jones (US jazz drummer) (on 1939-02-04)
piano:
Count Basie (pianist) (on 1939-02-04)
tenor saxophone:
Lester Young (saxophonist) (on 1939-02-04)
recording of:
Oh, Lady Be Good! (on 1939-02-04)
lyricist:
Ira Gershwin (in 1924)
composer:
George Gershwin (composer) (in 1924)
publisher:
Chappell Music Ltd., George Gershwin Music, Ira Gershwin Music and WB Music Corp. (1929–2019) (until 2019-05-28)
part of:
American Splendor
part of:
Lady, Be Good (full musical)
Count Basie & His Orchestra3:09
5The Goon Drag (Gone with the Goon)
alto saxophone:
Don Stovall (on 1941-04-03)
double bass:
Duke Jones (bass, 1930s-1940s) (on 1941-04-03)
drums (drum set):
‘Doc’ West (on 1941-04-03)
piano:
Sammy Price (jazz/blues/boogie pianist) (on 1941-04-03)
tenor saxophone:
Lester Young (saxophonist) (on 1941-04-03)
trombone:
Bill Johnson (US jazz trombonist in Count Basie and His Orchestra) (on 1941-04-03)
vocals:
Yack Taylor (on 1941-04-03)
Sam Price and His Texas Bluesicians3:13
6Things 'Bout Coming My Way
alto saxophone:
Don Stovall (on 1941-04-03)
double bass:
Duke Jones (bass, 1930s-1940s) (on 1941-04-03)
drums (drum set):
Harold West (on 1941-04-03)
piano:
Sammy Price (jazz/blues/boogie pianist) (on 1941-04-03)
tenor saxophone:
Lester Young (saxophonist) (on 1941-04-03)
trombone:
Bill Johnson (US jazz trombonist in Count Basie and His Orchestra) (on 1941-04-03)
trumpet:
Shad Collins (on 1941-04-03)
vocals:
Yack Taylor (on 1941-04-03)
recording of:
Things About Comin' My Way (on 1941-04-03)
composer:
Walter Jacobs (performance name for Walter Vinson)
Sam Price and His Texas Bluesicians2:56
7Just Jivin' Around
alto saxophone:
Don Stovall (on 1941-04-03)
double bass:
Duke Jones (bass, 1930s-1940s) (on 1941-04-03)
drums (drum set):
Harold West (on 1941-04-03)
piano:
Sammy Price (jazz/blues/boogie pianist) (on 1941-04-03)
tenor saxophone:
Lester Young (saxophonist) (on 1941-04-03)
trombone:
Bill Johnson (US jazz trombonist in Count Basie and His Orchestra) (on 1941-04-03)
trumpet:
Shad Collins (on 1941-04-03)
vocals:
Yack Taylor (on 1941-04-03)
Sam Price and His Texas Bluesicians42:54
8Indiana
double bass:
Red Callender (on 1942-07-15)
piano:
Nat King Cole (on 1942-07-15)
tenor saxophone:
Lester Young (saxophonist) (on 1942-07-15)
vocals:
Nat King Cole (on 1942-07-15)
instrumental recording of:
Indiana (Back Home Again in Indiana) (on 1942-07-15)
lyricist:
Ballard MacDonald (in 1917)
composer:
James F. Hanley (in 1917)
publisher:
B. Feldman & Co. Ltd. (publisher est. 1946)
recording of:
Indiana (Back Home Again in Indiana) (on 1942-07-15)
lyricist:
Ballard MacDonald (in 1917)
composer:
James F. Hanley (in 1917)
publisher:
B. Feldman & Co. Ltd. (publisher est. 1946)
Lester Young Trio4:50
9I Can't Get Started
tenor saxophone:
Lester Young (saxophonist) (on 1942-07-15)
instrumental recording of:
I Can’t Get Started (on 1942-07-15)
lyricist:
Ira Gershwin
composer:
Vernon Duke
publisher:
Chappell & Co., Chappell & Co., Inc. (USA), Chappell’s • Sydney, Music Sales Corporation (American copyright holder in both popular and classical music) and Universal Music Corp. (USA, affiliated with ASCAP)
sub-publisher:
ヤマハミュージックエンタテインメントホールディングス (Yamaha Music Entertainment Holdings, Inc., holding company – do not use as release label) and ワーナー・チャペル音楽出版 Synch事業部 (Warner/Chappell Music Japan K.K., Synch Division)
Lester Young Trio4:52
10Tea for Two
tenor saxophone:
Lester Young (saxophonist) (on 1942-07-15)
instrumental recording of:
Tea for Two (No, No, Nanette) (on 1942-07-15)
lyricist:
Irving Caesar
composer:
Vincent Youmans
publisher:
Chappell Music Ltd., Irving Caesar Music Corp., Warner Bros., Inc. (not for release label use!), Warner Chappell Music Ltd. (no slash; used 1988–1996), WB Music Corp. (1929–2019) (until 2019-05-28) and Harms, Inc. (on 1924-06-10)
sub-publisher:
ワーナー・チャペル音楽出版 Synch事業部 (Warner/Chappell Music Japan K.K., Synch Division), ヤマハミュージックパブリッシング (Yamaha Music Publishing) (until 2017-03-31) and ヤマハミュージックエンタテインメントホールディングス (Yamaha Music Entertainment Holdings, Inc., holding company – do not use as release label) (from 2017-04-01 to present)
part of:
No, No, Nanette
Lester Young Trio4:45
11Body and Soul
tenor saxophone:
Lester Young (saxophonist) (on 1942-07-15)
instrumental recording of:
Body and Soul (on 1942-07-15)
lyricist:
Frank Eyton (in 1930), Edward Heyman (in 1930) and Robert Sour (in 1930)
composer:
Edward Heyman, Robert Sour and John Green (composer and conductor, often credited as John Green) (in 1930)
publisher:
Bug Music, Inc., Chappell & Co Ltd., Druropetal Music, Quartet Music Inc., Range Road Music Inc., Warner Bros., Inc. (not for release label use!), WB Music Corp. (1929–2019) (until 2019-05-28) and WC Music Corp. (from 2019-05-28 to present)
sub-publisher:
ヤマハミュージックエンタテインメントホールディングス (Yamaha Music Entertainment Holdings, Inc., holding company – do not use as release label) and ワーナー・チャペル音楽出版 Synch事業部 (Warner/Chappell Music Japan K.K., Synch Division)
Lester Young Trio5:08
12Just You, Just Me
tenor saxophone:
Lester Young (saxophonist) (on 1943-12-28)
instrumental recording of:
Just You, Just Me (on 1943-12-28)
lyricist:
Raymond Klages (in 1929)
composer:
Jesse Greer (in 1929)
publisher:
EMI United Partnership Ltd., Robbins Music (publishing company owned by EMI Music Publishing Ltd.) and Robbins Music Corporation
part of:
New York, New York (1977 musical film soundtrack)
Lester Young Quartet3:09
13I Never Knew
tenor saxophone:
Lester Young (saxophonist) (on 1943-12-28)
instrumental recording of:
I Never Knew (on 1943-12-28)
lyricist:
Gus Kahn
composer:
Ted Fio Rito
publisher:
Bourne Co. (not for release label use, this is a music publisher) and Gilbert Keyes Music Company
Lester Young Quartet3:08
14Afternoon of a Basie-Ite
tenor saxophone:
Lester Young (saxophonist) (on 1943-12-28)
recording of:
Afternoon of a Basie-Ite (on 1943-12-28)
writer:
Lester Young (saxophonist)
Lester Young Quartet3:09
15Sometimes I'm Happy
double bass:
Slam Stewart (on 1943-12-28)
drums (drum set):
Sid Catlett (on 1943-12-28)
piano:
Johnny Guarnieri (on 1943-12-28)
tenor saxophone:
Lester Young (saxophonist) (on 1943-12-28)
instrumental recording of:
Sometimes I’m Happy (on 1943-12-28)
lyricist:
Vincent Youmans
composer:
Irving Caesar
publisher:
Harms, Inc.
part of:
Hit the Deck (1927 musical)
part of:
Hit the Deck (1955 movie)
Lester Young Quartet3:07
16Just You, Just Me (alt. take)
tenor saxophone:
Lester Young (saxophonist) (on 1943-12-28)
instrumental recording of:
Just You, Just Me (on 1943-12-28)
lyricist:
Raymond Klages (in 1929)
composer:
Jesse Greer (in 1929)
publisher:
EMI United Partnership Ltd., Robbins Music (publishing company owned by EMI Music Publishing Ltd.) and Robbins Music Corporation
part of:
New York, New York (1977 musical film soundtrack)
Lester Young Quartet3:04
17I Never Knew (alt. take)
tenor saxophone:
Lester Young (saxophonist) (on 1943-12-28)
instrumental recording of:
I Never Knew (on 1943-12-28)
lyricist:
Gus Kahn
composer:
Ted Fio Rito
publisher:
Bourne Co. (not for release label use, this is a music publisher) and Gilbert Keyes Music Company
Lester Young Quartet3:04
18Afternoon of a Basie-Ite (alt. take)
tenor saxophone:
Lester Young (saxophonist) (on 1943-12-28)
recording of:
Afternoon of a Basie-Ite (on 1943-12-28)
writer:
Lester Young (saxophonist)
Lester Young Quartet3:09
19Sometimes I'm Happy (BD)
tenor saxophone:
Lester Young (saxophonist) (on 1943-12-28)
instrumental recording of:
Sometimes I’m Happy (on 1943-12-28)
lyricist:
Vincent Youmans
composer:
Irving Caesar
publisher:
Harms, Inc.
part of:
Hit the Deck (1927 musical)
part of:
Hit the Deck (1955 movie)
Lester Young Quartet3:44
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