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THE BEST OF LESTER YOUNG

SMITH-JONES incorporated
Lester Young (ts), Carl Smith (tp), Count Basie (p), Walter Page (bass), Jo Jones (dm) Chicago, Oct. 6, 1936
1 Shoe Shine Boy (rare take -2) (Cahn - Chaplin) 00:00

TEDDY WILSON and His Orchestra
Lester Young (ts), Buck Clayton (tp), Buster Bailey (cl), Teddy Wilson (p), Freddie Greene (g), Walter Page (b), Jo Jones (dm) New York, June 1, 1937
2 I've Found a New Baby (rare take -3) (Williams) 02:47

BILLIE HOLIDAY and Her Orchestra
Bille Holiday (vc) acc. by: Lester Young (ts), Buck Clayton (tp), Benny Morton (tb), Teddy Wilson (p), Freddie Greene (g), Walter Page (b), Jo Jones (dm) New York, jan. 1938
3 Back in Your Own Backyard (rare take -2) (rose - Dreyer - Jolson) 05:25

THE KANSAS CITY SIX
Lester Young (ts & cl), Buck Clayton (tp), Eddy Durham (el.g), Freddie Greene (g), Walter Page (b), Jo Jones (dm) New York, sept. 8, 1938
4 Way Down Yonder in New Orleans (Creamer - Layton) 08:36
5 Pagin' the Devil (Page) 11:33
6 Them There Eyes (Pinkard - Tracy - Tauber) 14:28
7 I Want a Little Girl (Moll - Mencher) 17:25
8 Countless Blues (Gabler) 20:17

COUNT BASIE’S KANSAS CITY SEVEN
Lester Young (ts), Buck Clayton (tp), Dickie Wells (tb). Count Basie (p), Freddie Greene (g), Walter Page (b), Jo Jones (dm) New York, sept. 5, 1939
9 Lester Leaps In (rare take -2) (Basie - Young) 23:16
10 Dickie's Dream (rare take -3) (Basie - Young) 26:28

DICKIE WELLS and His Orchestra
Lester Young (ts), Bill Coleman (tp), Dickie Wells (tb), Ellis Larkins (p), Freddie Greene (g), Al Hall (b), Jo Jones (dm) New York, dec, 21, 1943
11 I Got Rhythm (Gershwin) 29:11
12 I'm Fer It Too (Wells) 32:26
13 Linger Awhile (Rose - Owens) 36:36
14 Hello Babe (Wells) 39:40

LESTER YOUNG Quartet
Lester Young (ts), Johnny Guarnieri (p), Slam Stewart (b), Sidney Catlett (dm) New York, dec. 28, 1943
15 Just You Just Me (Klages - Greer) 42:45
16 I Never Knew (Kahn - Fiorito) 45:55
17 Sometimes I'm Happy (Youmans - Caesar) 49:03
18 Afternoon of a Basie-ite (Young) 52:08

THE KANSAS CITY SIX
Lester Young (ts ), Bill Coleman (tp), Dickie Wells (tb), Joe Bushkin (p), John Simmons (b), Jo Jones (dm) New York, march 28, 1944
19 Three Little Words (Kalmar - Ruby) 55:16
20 Four O'Clock Drag (Gabler) 58:08
21 I Got Rhythm (#2) (Gershwin) 1:00:57
22 Jo-Jo (Bushkin) 1:05:08

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