Lester Young
Lester Willis Young (August 27, 1909 – March 15, 1959), nicknamed "Pres" or "Prez", was an American jazz tenor saxophonist and occasional clarinetist.
Coming to prominence while a member of Count Basie's orchestra, Young was one of the most influential players on his instrument. In contrast to many of his hard-driving peers, Young played with a relaxed, cool tone and used sophisticated harmonies, using "a free-floating style, wheeling and diving like a gull, banking with low, funky riffs that pleased dancers and listeners alike".
Known for his hip, introverted style, he invented or popularized much of the hipster jargon which came to be associated with the music.
Early life and career
Lester Young was born in Woodville, Mississippi, and grew up in a musical family. His father, Willis Handy Young, was a respected teacher, his brother Lee Young was a drummer, and several other relatives performed music professionally. His family moved to New Orleans, Louisiana, when Lester was an infant and later to Minneapolis, Minnesota. Although at a very young age Young did not initially know his father, he learned that his father was a musician. Later Willis taught his son to play the trumpet, violin, and drums in addition to the saxophone.
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Lester Young
ALBUMS
- The Savoy Recordings released: 2010
- Supreme Jazz: Lester Young released: 2008
- Classic Columbia, Okeh and Vocalion Lester Young With Count Basie (1936-1940) released: 2008
- Just Jazz: Lester Leaps In released: 2006
- Jazz Ballads 3: Lester Young released: 2004
- 1943-1947 released: 2004
- Timeless Lester Young released: 2003
- The Chronological Classics: Lester Young 1951-1952 released: 2003
- Just You, Just Me released: 2003
- The Complete Savoy Recordings released: 2002
- The Chronological Classics: Lester Young 1947-1951 released: 2002
- Jazz in Paris: Le dernier message de Lester Young released: 2002
- Lester Leaps In released: 2001
- Live at the Birdland released: 2001
- The Basie Years released: 2001
- Lester Swings released: 2001
- Little Pee's Blues released: 2001
- Movin' With Lester released: 2001
- Jammin' With Lester released: 2001
- Lester Leaps Again released: 2001
- I Never Knew released: 2001
- The Quintessence, Volume 2: New York - Los Angeles 1938-1947 released: 2000
- Midnite Jazz & Blues: One O'Clock Jump released: 2000
- The Lester Young Story released: 2000
- The Best of Lester Young released: 2000
- Ken Burns Jazz: Definitive Lester Young released: 2000
- Midnite Jazz & Blues: Sax-A-Plenty released: 2000
- Laughin' to Keep From Cryin' released: 2000
- Complete Savoy Masters released: 1999
- Lester Young: Exercise in Swing released: 1999
- The Complete Lester Young Studio Sessions on Verve released: 1999
- Lester Swings released: 1999
- Essential: Masters of Jazz released: 1998
- The Chronological Classics: Lester Young 1946-1947 released: 1998
- Complete Billie Holiday Lester Young 1937-1946 released: 1998
- In Washington, D.C., 1956, Volume 4 released: 1998
- Ultimate Lester Young released: 1998
- The Chronological Classics: Lester Young 1943-1946 released: 1997
- Jazz Gallery: Lester Young, Volume I released: 1997
- Jazz Gallery: Lester Young, Volume II released: 1997
- One Night Stand: The Town Hall Concert 1947 released: 1997
- The "Kansas City" Sessions released: 1997
- Jazz Greats, Volume 18: Lester Young: Linger Awhile released: 1996
- The Quintessence, Volume 1: Chicago - New York - Los Angeles 1936-1944 released: 1995
- The Complete Aladdin Recordings released: 1995
- The Man I Love: 1937-1939 released: 1994
- Storyville Masters of Jazz, Volume 7: Lester Young released: 1994
- Billie Holliday With Lester Young: Lady Day & Prez 1937-1941 released: 1994
- The Complete Aladdin Sessions released: 1994
- Verve Jazz Masters 30 released: 1994
- The Complete 1936-1951 Small Group Sessions, Volume 4: 1946-1949 released: 1993
- The Complete 1936-1951 Small Group Sessions, Volume 3: 1944-1946 released: 1993
- The Complete 1936-1951 Small Group Sessions, Volume 2: 1942-1944 released: 1993
- Lady Day & Pres 1937-1941 released: 1992
- Compact Jazz: Lester Young & the Piano Giants released: 1992
- Giants of the Tenor Sax released: 1988
- The Savoy Recordings released: 1980
- In Washington, DC released: 1980
- Classic Tenors released: 1964
- Blue Lester released: 1956
- Pres and Sweets released: 1955
- The President, Volume 2 released: 1951
- Billie Holiday Jazz Portraits released:
- The Complete JATP Performances released:
- Complete Recordings released:
- Lester Young released:
- 1950-1958 released:
- Jammin' With Lester released:
- This Is Jazz, Volume 26 released:
- The Complete JATP Performances, Volume 2 released:
- A Lester Young Story released:
- The Complete Lester Young released:
- The Jazz Giants released:
- Lester Young Trio released:
Classic Columbia, Okeh and Vocalion Lester Young With Count Basie (1936-1940)
Released 2008- Shoe Shine Boy
- Evenin'
- Boogie Woogie
- Oh, Lady Be Good
- I Ain't Got Nobody
- Goin' to Chicago
- Live and Love Tonight
- Love Me or Leave Me
- What Goes Up Must Come Down
- Taxi War Dance
- Don't Worry 'Bout Me
- And the Angels Sing
- If I Didn't Care
- Twelfth Street Rag
- Miss Thing, Part 1
- Miss Thing, Part 2
- Shoe Shine Boy (alternate take)
- What Goes Up Must Come Down (alternate take)
- Taxi War Dance (alternate take)
- Don't Worry 'Bout Me (alternate take)
1943-1947
Released 2004- New Lester Leaps In
- Lester Blows Again
- Jammin' With Lester
- She's Funny That Way
- You're Driving Me Crazy
- D.B. Blues
- These Foolish Things (Remind Me of You)
- After You've Gone
- Jumpin' at Mesner's
- Somebody Loves Me
- I Want to Be Happy
- Lester's Be Bop Boogie
- Lover, Come Back to Me
- I Got Rhythm
- Lester Smooths It Out
- I'm Confessin' (That I Love You)
- Jumpin' With Symphony Sid
- Just You, Just Me
- I Never Knew
- Blue Lester
- Indiana
- Ghost of a Chance
- Jump Lester Jump
The Chronological Classics: Lester Young 1951-1952
Released 2003- Frenesi
- Pete's Cafe
- Little Pee's Blues
- A Foggy Day
- In a Little Spanish Town
- Let's Fall in Love
- Down 'n' Adam
- Lester Swings
- Slow Motion Blues
- Ad Lib Blues
- Just You, Just Me
- Tea for Two
- Indiana
- These Foolish Things
- I Can't Get Started
- Stardust
- It Takes Two to Tango
- On the Sunny Side of the Street
- Almost Like Being in Love
Just You, Just Me
Released 2003- Almost Like Being in Love
- On the Sunny Side of the Street
- Ad Lib Blues
- Slow Motion Blues
- In a Little Spanish Town
- Stardust
- A Foggy Day
- There Will Never Be Another You
- Just You, Just Me
- I Can't Get Started
- Mean to Me
- I've Found a New Baby
- Sometimes I'm Happy
- Udercover Girl Blue
- Lester Swings
- September in the Rain
The Complete Savoy Recordings
Released 2002- These Foolish Things (Remind Me of You)
- Exercise in Swing (take 1 Master)
- Exercise in Swing (take 2)
- Exercise in Swing (take 3)
- Exercise in Swing (take 4)
- Salute to Fats (take 1)
- Salute to Fats (take 2)
- Salute to Fats (take 3)
- Salute to Fats (take 4)
- Salute to Fats (take 5 Master)
- Basie English (take 1)
- Basie English (take 2 Master)
- Empty Hearted (take 1 Master)
- Circus in Rhythm (take 1 Master)
- Circus in Rhythm (take 2)
- Circus in Rhythm (take 3)
- Poor Little Plaything (take 1 Master)
- Poor Little Plaything (take 2)
- Tush (take 1)
- Tush (take 2 Master)
- Blue Lester
- Ghost of a Chance (take 1)
- Ghost of a Chance (take 2 Master)
- Indiana (take 1)
- Indiana (take 2 Master)
- Jump, Lester, Jump
The Chronological Classics: Lester Young 1947-1951
Released 2002- Confessin'
- Lester Smooths It Out
- Just Coolin'
- Tea for Two
- East of the Sun - West of the Moon
- The Sheik of Araby
- Something to Remember You By
- Crazy Over J Z
- Ding Dong
- Blues 'n Bells
- June Bug (Lester Digs)
- Too Marvelous for Words
- 'Deed I Do
- Encore
- Polka Dots and Moonbeams
- Up 'n Adam
- Three Little Words
- Count Every Star
- It All Depends on You
- Neenah
- Jeepers Creepers
- Thou Swell
- September in the Rain
- Undercover Girl Blues
Lester Leaps In
Released 2001- Them There Eyes
- I Want A Little Girl
- Pagin' The Devil
- I Can't Believe That Your In Love With Me
- Back In Your Own Backyard
- You Can't Be Mine
- Say It With A Kiss
- I Ain't Got Nobody
- Goin' To Chicago
- (Let Me) Live And Love Tonight
- Love Me Or Leave Me
- China Boy
- Exactly Like You
- On The Sunny Side Of The Street
- Upright Organ Blues
- Who?
- Jazz Me Blues
- Dickie's Dream
- Lester Leaps In
The Basie Years
Released 2001- One O'Clock Jump
- Swingin' The Blues
- Every Tub
- Jumpin' At The Woodside
- Texas Shuffle
- Jive At Five
- Oh! Lady Be Good
- Twelfth Street Rag
- Miss Thing Part I + II
- Clap Hands, Here Comes Charlie
- Dickie's Dream
- Lester Leaps In
- Ham 'N' Eggs
- Hollywood Jump
- I Never Knew
- Tickle-Toe
- Easy Does It
- Five O'Clock Whistle
- Love Jumped Out
- Broadway
Lester Swings
Released 2001- In A Little Spanish Town
- Let's Fall In Love
- Down 'N'At'Em
- Lester Swings
- Slow Motion Blues
- Ad Lib Blues
- I Can't Get Started
- Just You, Just Me
- Almost Like Being In Love
- Tea For Two
- There Will Never Be Another You
- Indiana
- On The Sunny Side Of The Street
- Star Dust
- I'm Confessin' (That I Love You)
- I Can't Give You Anything But Love
- (It Takes) Two To Tango
Movin' With Lester
Released 2001- Jumpin' With Symphony Sid
- No Eyes Blues
- Sax-O-Be-Bop
- On The Sunny Side Of The Street
- Easy Does It
- Movin' With Lester
- One O'Clock Jump
- Jumpin' At The Woodside
- Confessin'
- Lester Smooths It Out
- Just Coolin'
- Tea For Two
- East Of The Sun West Of The Moon
- The Sheik Of Araby
- Something To Remember You By
- Crazy Over J. Z.
- Ding Dong
- Blues 'N' Bells
Jammin' With Lester
Released 2001- Jumpin' At Mesner's
- It's Only A Papermoon
- After You've Gone
- Lover Come Back To Me
- Jammin' With Lester
- Back To The Land
- I Cover The Waterfront
- Somebody Loves Me
- I've Found A New Baby
- The Man I Love
- Peg O' My Heart
- I Want To Be Happy
- You're Driving Me Crazy
- New Lester Leaps In
- Lester's Be Bop Boogie
- She's Funny That Way
- Sunday
- S.M. Blues
Lester Leaps Again
Released 2001- After Theatre Jump
- Six Cats And A Prince
- Lester Leaps Again
- Destination K.C.
- Three Little Words
- Jo-Jo
- I Got Rhythm
- Four O'Clock Drag
- These Foolish Things
- Excercise In Swing
- Salute To Fats
- Basie English
- Blue Lester
- Ghost Of A Chance
- Indiana
- Jump Lester Jump
- D.B. Blues
- Lester Blows Again
- These Foolish Things
The Quintessence, Volume 2: New York - Los Angeles 1938-1947
Released 2000- Them There Eyes
- Cherokee, Parts I & II
- I Ain't Got Nobody
- (Let Me) Live and Love Tonight
- Love Me or Leave Me
- Twelfth Street Rag
- Miss Thing, Part I: + II
- Song of the Islands
- I Never Knew
- Sometimes I'm Happy
- Six Cats and a Prince
- Destination K.C.
- Jojo
- Four O'Clock Drag
- Poor Little Plaything
- Kansas City Stride
- Basie Strides Again
- The Midnight Symphony
Midnite Jazz & Blues: One O'Clock Jump
Released 2000- D.B. Blues
- Pennies From Heaven
- I Got Rhythm
- Indiana
- These Foolish Things
- Sweet Georgia Brown
- Chris 'N' Diz
- Prez's Mood
- Lester Leaps In (version 1)
- Polka Dots and Moonbeams
- Lady Be Good
- Lester Leaps In (version 2)
- Jumpin' at the Woodside
- I Want a Little Girl
- Just Jivin' Around
- One O'Clock Jump
- Jumping With Symphony Sid
- Three Little Words
The Lester Young Story
Released 2000- Shoe Shine Boy
- Oh, Lady Be Good
- This Year's Kisses
- Easy Living
- Me, Myself and I
- A Sailboat in the Moonlight
- One O'Clock Jump
- When You're Smiling
- Every Tub
- Swinging the Blues
- Doggin' Arround
- Jumpin' at the Woodside
- I Can't Get Started
- Way Down Yonder in New Orleans
- Countless Blues
- I Want a Little Girl
- Shorty George
- Pannassie Stomp
- You Can Depend on Me
- Cherokee, Parts 1 & 2
- Jive at Five
- Taxi War Dance
- Pound Cake
- Clap Hands, Here Comes Charlie
Ken Burns Jazz: Definitive Lester Young
Released 2000- Oh, Lady Be Good!
- Every Tub
- Honeysuckle Rose
- Pagin' the Devil
- A Sailboat in the Moonlight
- He's Funny That Way
- Getting Some Fun Out of Life
- If Dreams Come True
- Taxi War Dance
- Twelfth Street Rag
- Clap Hands, Here Comes Charlie
- Lester Leaps In
- Tickle Toe
- Sometimes I'm Happy
- I've Found a New Baby
- D.B. Blues
- Jumpin' With Symphony Sid
- This Year's Kisses
- Polka Dots and Moonbeams
The Complete Lester Young Studio Sessions on Verve
Released 1999- Back to the Land
- I Cover the Waterfront (12" LP take)
- I Cover the Waterfront (Master take)
- Somebody Loves Me
- I've Found a New Baby
- The Man I Love
- Peg O' My Heart
- I Want to Be Happy
- Mean to Me
- Too Marvelous for Words (78rpm take)
- Too Marvelous for Words (LP take)
- 'Deed I Do
- Encore
- Polka Dots and Moonbeams
- Up 'n' Adam
- Three Little Words
- Count Every Star (Master take)
- Count Every Star
- It All Depends on You
- Neenah (alternate take)
- Neenah (alternate take)
- Neenah (Master take)
Essential: Masters of Jazz
Released 1998- Lester Leaps In
- Taxi War Dance
- Blue Lester
- Shoe Shine Swing
- I'll Never Be the Same
- Texas Shuffle
- You Can Depend on Me
- Body and Soul
- I Got Rhythm
- Jive at Five
- Ghost of a Chance
- Lester Leaps Again
- Dark Rapture
- Countless Blues
- Sometimes I'm Happy
- Destination K.C.
- These Foolish Things
- Oh, Lady Be Good
- D.B. Blues
- Back to the Land
The Chronological Classics: Lester Young 1946-1947
Released 1998- Back to the Land
- I Cover the Waterfront
- Somebody Loves Me
- I Found a New Baby
- The Man I Love
- Peg O' My Heart
- I Want to Be Happy
- Mean to Me
- You're Driving Me Crazy
- New Lester Leaps In
- She's Funny That Way
- Lester's Be-Bop Boogie
- Sunday
- S.M. Blues
- Jumping With Symphony Sid
- No Eyes Blues
- Saz-O-Be-Bop
- On the Sunny Side of the Street
- Easy Does It
- Movin' With Lester
- One O'Clock Jump
- Jumpin' at the Woodside
Complete Billie Holiday Lester Young 1937-1946
Released 1998- He Ain't Got Rhythm
- This Year's Kisses
- Why Was I Born?
- I Must Have That Man
- Sun Showers
- Yours and Mine
- Mean to Me (Price Master)
- Mean to Me
- Foolin' Myself
- Easy Living
- I'll Never Be the Same
- Me, Myself and I
- Me, Myself and I (Price Master)
- A Sailboat in the Moonlight
- Born to Love
- Without Your Love (Price Master)
- Without Your Love
- Getting Some Fun Out of Life
- Who Wants Love?
- Trav'lin' All Alone
- He's Funny That Way
- I Can't Get Started
The Chronological Classics: Lester Young 1943-1946
Released 1997- Just You, Just Me
- I Never Knew
- Afternoon of a Basie-Ite
- Sometimes I'm Happy
- Empty Hearted
- Circus in Rhythm
- Poor Little Plaything
- Tush
- Lester's Blues (Blue Lester)
- I Don't Stand a Ghost of a Chance With You
- Back Home Again in Indiana
- Lester's Savoy Jump (Jump Lester Jump)
- D.B. Blues
- Lester Blows Again
- These Foolish Things
- Jumpin' at Mesner's
- Untitled Instrumental
- It's Only a Paper Moon
- After You've Gone
- Lover Come Back to Me
- Jammin' With Lester
Jazz Gallery: Lester Young, Volume I
Released 1997- Shoe Shine Boy
- Oh, Lady Be Good
- Roseland Shuffle
- This Year's Kisses
- Foolin' Myself
- I'll Never Be the Same
- One O'Clock Jump
- When You're Smiling
- Honeysuckle Rose (excerpt)
- Every Tub
- Blue and Sentimental
- Lady Be Good
- Texas Shuffle
- Jumpin' at the Woodside
- Way Down Yonder in New Orleans
- I Want a Little Girl
- Cherokee, Part 1
- Cherokee, Part 2
- Taxi War Dance
- On the Sunny Side of the Street
- Jazz Me Blues
- Swingin' the Blues
- Clap Hands, Here Comes Charlie
- Dickie's Dream
Jazz Gallery: Lester Young, Volume II
Released 1997- I Can't Get Started
- It's Only a Paper Moon
- Oh, Lady Be Good
- New Lester Leaps In
- Jumpin' With Symphony Sid
- I'm Confessin'
- Lester Smooths It Out
- Just You, Just Me
- Something to Remember You By
- Tea for Two
- Blue 'n' Bells
- Up 'n' Adam
- Body and Soul
- Neenah
- I Cover the Waterfront
- Undercover Girl Blues
- Ghost of a Chance
- Indiana
The "Kansas City" Sessions
Released 1997- Way Down Yonder in New Orleans #2
- Way Down Yonder in New Orleans
- Countless Blues
- Countless Blues #2
- Them There Eyes #2
- Them There Eyes
- I Want a Little Girl
- I Want a Little Girl #2
- Pagin' the Devil
- Pagin' the Devil #2
- Three Little Words #2
- Three Little Words
- Jo Jo
- I Got Rhythm #3
- I Got Rhythm #2
- I Got Rhythm
- Four O'Clock Drag
- Four O'Clock Drag #3
- Laughing at Life
- Good Mornin' Blues
- I Know That You Know
- Love Me or Leave Me
Jazz Greats, Volume 18: Lester Young: Linger Awhile
Released 1996- Shoe Shine Boy
- Taxi War Dance
- Clap Hands, Here Comes Charlie
- Me, Myself and I
- This Year's Kisses
- When You're Smiling
- Dickie's Dream
- I Want a Little Girl
- Three Little Words
- I Can't Get Started
- Indiana
- Ghost of a Chance
- Just You, Just Me
- Sometimes I'm Happy
- After Theatre Jump
- Linger Awhile
- DB Blues
- These Foolish Things
- Wringin' and Twistin'
- Dorsey Dervish
The Quintessence, Volume 1: Chicago - New York - Los Angeles 1936-1944
Released 1995- Blue Lester (L Young)
- Lester Leaps In (L. Young)
- Lester Leaps in Again (B Clayton)
- Lester's Dream (C. Basie-L. Young)
- Jump, Lester, Jump (L Young)
- Dark Rapture (B Goodman, E Sampson, M Kurtz)
- Way Down Yonder in New Orleans (JT Layton, H Creamer)
- Three Little Words (H Ruby, B Kalmar)
- On the Sunny Side of the Street (J McHugh, D Fields)
- Just You, Just Me (J Greer, R Klages)
- Countless Blues (M Gabler)
- Tickle Toe (L. Young)
- You Can Depend on Me (E Himes, C Carpenter, L Dunlop)
- These Foolish Things (H Link, J Strachey, H Marvell)
- Linger Awhile (V Rose, H Owens)
- Blitzkrieg Baby (F & D Fisher)
- Good Morning Blues (C Basie, E Durham, J Rushing)
- Oh! Lady Be Good (G & I Gershwin)
The Complete Aladdin Recordings
Released 1995- Indiana
- I Can't Get Started
- Tea for Two
- Body and Soul
- D.B. Blues
- Lester Blows Again
- These Foolish Things
- Jumpin' at Mesner's
- It's Only a Paper Moon
- After You've Gone
- Lover, Come Back to Me
- Jammin' With Lester
- You're Driving Me Crazy
- New Lester Leaps In
- Lester's Be Bop Boogie
- She's Funny That Way
- Sunday
- S.M. Blues
The Man I Love: 1937-1939
Released 1994- This Year's Kisses
- I Must Have That Man!
- I'll Get By
- Mean to Me
- I'll Never Be the Same
- Easy Living
- Foolin' Myself
- Without Your Love
- Me, Myself and I (Are All in Love with You)
- A Sailboat in the Moonlight
- Trav'lin' All Alone
- She's Funny That Way
- Gettin Some Fun Out of Life
- I Can't Believe That You're in Love With Me
- Back in Your Own Backyard
- You Can't Be Mine (And Someone Else's Too)
- Say It With a Kiss
- The Man I Love
Billie Holliday With Lester Young: Lady Day & Prez 1937-1941
Released 1994- This Year's Kisses
- Without Your Love
- All of Me
- Me, Myself and I (Are All in Love With You)
- I'll Get By
- Mean to Me
- A Sailboat in the Moonlight
- I'll Never Be the Same
- Getting Some Fun Out of Life
- The Man I Love
- Trav'Lin' All Alone
- Time on My Hands
- Laughing at Life
- Back in Your Own Backyard
- Georgia on My Mind
- Let's Do It
- Foolin' Myself
- Easy Living
- Say It With a Kiss
- You Can't Be Mine (And Someone Else's Too)
- I Can't Believe That You're in Love With Me
- She's Funny That Way
- Romance in the Dark
- I Must Have That Man!
The Complete Aladdin Sessions
Released 1994- Indiana
- I Can't Get Started
- Tea For Two
- Body and Soul
- D.B. Blues
- Lester Blows Again
- These Foolish Things
- Jumpin' at Mesner's
- It's Only a Paper Moon
- After You've Gone
- Lover Come Back to Me
- Jammin' With Lester
- You're Driving Me Crazy
- New Lester Leaps In
- Lester's Be Bop Boogie
- She's Funny That Way
- Sunday
- S.M. Blues
Verve Jazz Masters 30
Released 1994- Love Me or Leave Me
- Sometimes I'm Happy
- I've Found a New Baby
- Polka Dots and Moonbeams
- On the Sunny Side of the Street
- (Back Home Again In) Indiana
- Prisoner of Love
- In a Little Spanish Town
- Just You, Just Me
- Peg O' My Heart
- Too Marvelous for Words
- All of Me
- I'm Confessin' (That I Love You)
- Mean to Me
- I Never Knew
The Complete 1936-1951 Small Group Sessions, Volume 4: 1946-1949
Released 1993- You're Driving Me Crazy
- New Lester Leaps In
- Lester's Be Bop Boogie
- She's Funny That Way
- Sunday
- S.M. Blues
- Jumpin' With Symphony Sid
- No Eyes Blues
- Sax-O-Be-Bop
- On the Sunny Side of the Street
- Easy Does It
- Movin' With Lester
- One O'Clock Jump
- Jumpin' at the Woodside
- Confessin'
- Lester Smooths It Out
- Just Coolin'
- Tea for Two
- East of the Sun, West of the Moon
- The Sheik of Araby
- Something to Remember You By
- Crazy Over J.Z.
- Ding Dong
- Blues 'n' Bells
- June Bug
The Complete 1936-1951 Small Group Sessions, Volume 3: 1944-1946
Released 1993- Blue Lester
- Ghost of a Chance
- Indiana
- Jump Lester Jump
- D.B. Blues
- Lester Blows Again
- These Foolish Things
- Jumpin' at Mesner's
- It's Only a Paper Moon
- Afer You've Gone
- Lover Come Back to Me
- Jammin' With Lester
- Back to the Land
- I Cover the Waterfront
- Somebody Loves Me
- I've Found a New Baby
- The Man I Love
- Peg O'My Heart
- I Want to Be Happy
- Mean to Me
The Complete 1936-1951 Small Group Sessions, Volume 2: 1942-1944
Released 1993- Body and Soul
- I Got Rhythm
- I'm Fer It Too
- Hello, Babe
- Linger Awhile
- Just You, Just Me
- I Never Knew
- Afternoon of a Basie-Ite
- Sometimes I'm Happy
- After Theatre Jump
- Six Cats and a Prince
- Lester Leaps in Again
- Destination K.C.
- Three Little Words
- Jo-Jo
- I Got Rhythm
- Four O'Clock Drag
- These Foolish Things
- Exercise in Swing
- Salute to Fats
- Basie English
Lady Day & Pres 1937-1941
Released 1992- All Of Me
- The Man I Love
- I Can't Get Started
- The Very Thought Of You
- Back In You Own Backyard
- When You're Smiling
- Trav'lin' All Alone
- Getting Some Fun Out Of Life
- Without Your Love
- A Sailboat In The Moonlight
- Me, Myself And I
- I'll Never Be The Same
- Foolin' Myself
- Mean To Me
- Yours And Mine
- Sun Showers
- I Must Have That Man
- This Year's Kisses
Giants of the Tenor Sax
Released 1988- Way Down Yonder in New Orleans
- Countless Blues
- Pagin' the Devil
- I Want a Little Girl
- Them There Eyes
- Laughing at Life
- Good Morning Blues
- I Know That You Know
- Three Little Words
- Jo-Jo
- Four O'Clock Drag
- I Got Rhythm
- Three Little Words N°3 (slow version)
- Four O'Clock Drag N°2 (long Composite)
- Love Me or Leave Me
The Savoy Recordings
Released 1980- Circus in Rhythm, Take 2
- Poor Little Plaything
- Tush, Take 1
- These Foolish Things
- Exercise in Swing, Take 3
- Salute to Fats, Take 1
- Basie English, Take 1
- Blue Lester
- I Don't Stand a Ghost of a Chance, Take 1
- Indiana, Take 2
- Jumpe Lester Jump
- Crazy over J-Z, Take 2
- Ding Dong, Take 2
- Blues'n'Bells, Take 1
- June Bug
Blue Lester
Released 1956- The Man I Love
- These Foolish Things
- Jump Lester Jump
- Polka Dots and Moonbeams
- Too Marvelous for Words
- She's Funny That Way
- Just You, Just Me
- A Ghost of a Chance
- I Never Know
- Blue Lester
- Lester Leaps Again
- Peg o' My Heart
- I Got Rhythm
- Back to the Land
- I Want to Be Happy
- I'm Confessin
- Indiana
- I Can't Get Started
- Body and Soul
Billie Holiday Jazz Portraits
- This Year's Kisses
- I Must Have That Man
- I'll Get By
- Mean To Me
- I'll Never Be The Same
- Easy Living
- Foolin' Myself
- Without Your Love
- Me, Myself And I (Are All In Love With You)
- A Sailboat In The Moonlight
- Trav'lin' All Alone
- She's Funny That Way
- Getting Some Fun Out Of Life
- I Can't Believe That You're In Love With Me
- Back In Your Own Backyard
- You Can't Be Mine (And Someone Else's Too)
- Say It With A Kiss
- The Man I Love
Complete Recordings
- He Ain't Got Rhythm
- This Year's Kisses
- Why Was I Born?
- I Must Have That Man!
- Sun Showers
- Yours and Mine
- Mean to Me
- Foolin' Myself
- Easy Living
- I'll Never Be the Same
- Me, Myself and I
- Sailboat in the Moonlight
- Born to Love
- Without Your Love
- Getting Some Fun Out of Life
- Who Wants Love?
- Trav'lin' All Alone
- He's Funny That Way
- My First Impression of You
- When You're Smiling
- I Can't Get Started
Lester Young
- D.B. Blues
- Pennies From Heaven
- I Got Rhythm
- Indiana
- These Foolish Things
- Sweet Georgia Brown
- Chris 'N' Diz
- Prez's Mood
- Lester Leaps In (version 1)
- Polka Dots and Moonbeams
- Lady Be Good
- Lester Leaps In (version 2)
- Jumpin' at the Woodside
- I Want a Little Girl
- Just Jivin' Around
- One O'Clock Jump
- Jumping With Symphony Sid
- Three Little Words
1950-1958
- Mean to Me
- Red Boy Blues
- She's Funny That Way
- They Can't Take That Away From Me
- Gigantic Blues
- These Foolish Things
- Almost Like Beeing in Love
- I'm Confessin
- On the Sunny Side of the Street
- Let's Fall in Love
- Polka Dots and Moonbeams
- Thou Swell
- Too Marvellous for Words
- September in the Rain
- Neenah
- Jeepers Creepers
Jammin' With Lester
- Just You, Just Me
- I Never Knew
- (Back Home Again In) Indiana
- I Don't Stand a Ghost of a Chance With You
- Jump Lester Jump
- Lester Blows Again
- D.B. Blues
- These Foolish Things (Remind Me of You)
- Jumpin' at Mesners
- Somebody Loves Me
- I Want to Be Happy
- Jammin' With Lester
- After You've Gone
- Lover, Come Back to Me
- Lester Leaps In
- She's Funny That Way
- You're Driving Me Crazy
- Lester's Be-Bop
- Jumpin' With Symphony Sid
- Lester Smooths It Out
- I'm Confessin' (That I Love You)
A Lester Young Story
- Shoe Shine Boy
- Oh, Lady Be Good
- Honeysuckle Rose
- Roseland Shuffle
- Exactly Like You
- Time Out
- I've Found a New Baby
- Sailboat in Moonlight
- Me, Myself and I
- Way Down Yonder in New Orleans
- Countless Blues
- Swingin' the Blues
- Every Tub
- Jumpin' at the Woodside
- If Dreams Come True
- Taxi War Dance
- Twelfth Street Rag
- Dickie's Dream
- Lester Leaps In
- I Never Knew
- Tickle Toe
- The World Is Mad, Parts 1 & 2
The Complete Lester Young
- Just You, Just Me
- Just You, Just Me
- I Never Knew
- I Never Knew
- Afternoon of a Basie-Ite
- Afternoon of a Basie-Ite
- Sometimes I'm Happy (Alt)
- Sometimes I'm Happy
- After Theatre Jump (Alt)
- After Theatre Jump
- Six Cats and a Prince (Alt)
- Six Cats and a Prince
- Six Cats and a Prince
- Lester Leaps Again
- Destination K. C.
- Destination K. C.
Born: 1909-08-27
Died: 1959-03-15
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by Gutterball
Lester Young
by: Gutterballwipe the smile off your face, baby
this stuff just ain't enough
smashed all of the 78s, baby
made up a song for Lester Young
improvised on the waffle iron
tore up the back room in D-natural
wipe the smile off your face, baby
this stuff just ain't enough
emptied out the medicine chest
I drank a toast to your health
chased the diet pills with Nyquil, honey
felt pretty good myself
had a dream I was Lester Young
at the Savoy on a Saturday night
wipe the smile off your face, baby
it's gonna be alright
got the tape recorder running, honey
we'll send a copy to your mom
roll off the high end, baby
this ain't no cause for alarm
stompin' down at the Savoy
yeah, this one goes out to the Prez
raise up another high ball, babe
and lay it down to
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