Lester Young Songtexte
I Can't Get Started (With You)

1. Back to the Land (von Lester Young-Buddy Rich Trio)
2. I Cover the Waterfront (12" LP take)
3. I Cover the Waterfront (Master Take)
4. Somebody Loves Me (von Lester Young-Buddy Rich Trio)
5. I've Found a New Baby (von Lester Young-Buddy Rich Trio)
6. The Man I Love
7. Peg O' My Heart (von Lester Young-Buddy Rich Trio)
8. I Want to Be Happy (von Lester Young-Buddy Rich Trio)
9. Mean to Me (von Lester Young-Buddy Rich Trio)
10. Too Marvelous for Words (78rpm take)
11. Too Marvelous for Words (LP take)
12. 'Deed I Do
13. Encore
14. Polka Dots and Moonbeams (von Lester Young Quartet)
15. Up 'N' Adam
16. Three Little Words
17. Count Every Star (Master take)
18. Count Every Star
19. It All Depends on You
20. Neenah (alternate take)
21. Neenah (alternate take)
22. Neenah (Master take)

1. Jeepers Creepers (von Lester Young Quartet)
2. Thou Swell (USA 78Rpm take)
3. Thou Swell (Canada 78Rpm take)
4. September in the Rain (von Lester Young Quartet)
5. Undercover Girl Blues
6. Frenesi (von Lester Young Quartet)
7. Pete's Cafe (von Lester Young Quartet)
8. Little Pee Blues
9. A Foggy Day (von Lester Young Quartet)
10. In a Little Spanish Town (von Lester Young Quartet)
11. Let's Fall in Love (von Lester Young Quartet)
12. Down 'n' Adam (von Lester Young Quartet)
13. Lester Swings (von Lester Young Quartet)
14. Slow Motion Blues (von Lester Young Quartet)
15. Ad Lib Blues (von Lester Young with The Oscar Peterson Trio)
16. Just You, Just Me (von Lester Young with The Oscar Peterson Trio)
17. Tea for Two (von Lester Young with The Oscar Peterson Trio)
18. (Back Home Again In) Indiana
19. These Foolish Things (von Lester Young with The Oscar Peterson Trio)
20. I Can't Get Started

1. Star Dust (von Lester Young with The Oscar Peterson Trio)
2. It Takes Two to Tango
3. On the Sunny Side of the Street (von Lester Young with The Oscar Peterson Trio)
4. Almost Like Being in Love (von Lester Young with The Oscar Peterson Trio)
5. I Can't Give You Anything but Love
6. There Will Never Be Another You
7. I'm Confessin' (von Lester Young with The Oscar Peterson Trio)
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
21. It Don't Mean a Thing (If It Ain't Got That Swing)

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
11. It's the Talk of the Town
12. I've Found a New Baby
13. I Guess I'll Have to Change My Plan

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 (von The Lester Young — Teddy Wilson Quartet)
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

1. St. Tropez (alternate take)
2. St. Tropez (master take)
3. Flic
4. Ballad Medley: A Ghost of a Chance / I Cover the Waterfront
5. Love Is Here to Stay
6. Sunday (rejected version)
7. Perdido (incomplete take)
8. Waldorf Blues (alternate take)
9. Waldorf Blues (master take)
10. Sunday (master take)
11. You're Getting to Be a Habit With Me (alternate take)

1. You're Getting to Be a Habit With Me
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: The Very Thought of You / I Want a Little Girl
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

1. (Back Home Again In) 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. [interview: Early Life / Birthplace / Music in New Orleans / Young's Father]
8. [interview: After New Orleans]
9. [interview: Pres's Instruments / Drums / Tenor Saxophone]
10. [interview: Count Basie]
11. [interview: Racial Tension]
12. [interview: Influences]
13. [interview: Composing and Reading Music / The Family Band / With Orchestra]
14. [interview: Recordings: Clarinet Dates]
15. [interview: Lady Day and Nobody's Business]
16. [interview: Philosophy on Music I]
17. [interview: Younger Saxophone]
18. [interview: Basie Then and Now]
19. [interview: Debunking]
20. [interview: Philosophy on Music II]
21. [interview: Pres's Sound: Sitting in With Fletcher Henderson]
22. [interview: Joining Henderson]
23. [interview: Early Pres: Oliver, Bronson, Basie]
24. [interview: Coleman Hawkins and Henderson]
25. [interview: Billie Holiday]
26. [interview: Recording Techniques]
27. [interview: Pres's Favorite Singers]
28. [interview: Philosophy on Music Vis-A-Vis Other Tenor Players]
29. [interview: Records New and Old]
30. [interview: Mahalia Jackson]

Lester Leaps In

1. Shoe Shine Boy
2. Oh, Lady Be Good
3. This Year's Kiss es
4. Easy Living
5. Me, Myself and I
6. A Sailboat in the Moonlight
7. One O'Clock Jump
8. When You're Smiling
9. Every Tub
10. Swinging the Blues
11. Doggin' Arround
12. Jumpin' at the Woodside
13. I Can't Get Started
14. Way Down Yonder in New Orleans
15. Countless Blues
16. I Want a Little Girl
17. Shorty George
18. Pannassie Stomp
19. You Can Depend on Me
20. Cherokee, Parts 1 & 2
21. Jive at Five
22. Taxi War Dance
23. Pound cake
24. Clap Hands, Here Comes Charlie

Afternoon of a Basie-Ite

1. Dickie's Dream (von Count Basie and The Kansas City Seven)
2. Lester Leaps In
3. Tickle Toe
4. Ad-Lib Blues
5. I Never Knew
6. Lester's Dream
7. Broadway
8. Tickle Toe
9. Taxi War Dance
10. Blitzkrieg Baby (You Can't Bomb Me) (von Una Mae Carlisle)
11. Beautiful Eyes
12. Things About Coming My Way
13. Just Jivin' Around
14. All of Me
15. I Can't Get Started
16. Tea for Two
17. Body and Soul
18. Hello Babe
19. Just You, Just Me
20. Afternoon of a Basie-ite

Lester Leaps Again

1. Sometimes I'm Happy (von Lester Young Quartet)
2. After Theatre Jump
3. Six Cats and a Prince
4. Lester Leaps Again
5. Destination K.C.
6. I Got Rhythm
7. Poor Little Plaything
8. Exercise in Swing
9. Salute to Fats
10. Blue Lester
11. I Don't Stand a Ghost of a Chance with You
12. Jump, Lester, Jump
13. Midnight Symphony
14. D.B. Blues
15. Lester Blows Again
16. These Foolish Things
17. Jumpin' at Mesner's
18. Back to the Land
19. I Cover the Waterfront
20. I've Found a New Baby
21. I Want to be Happy

Ding Dong

1. It's Only a Paper Moon
2. Lover, Come Back to Me
3. You're Driving Me Crazy
4. Lester's Be-bop Boogie
5. She's Funny That Way
6. Sunday
7. S.M. Blues
8. Jumpin' with Symphony Sid
9. On the Sunny Side of the Street
10. Sax-O-Be-Bop
11. Just Cooling
12. I'm Confessin' (That I Love You)
13. East of the Sun (and West of the Moon)
14. The Sheik of Araby
15. Something to Remember You By
16. Ding Dong
17. Blues 'N' Bells
18. Lester Leaps In
19. Embraceable You

1. The Man I Love
2. These Foolish Things
3. Jump Lester Jump
4. Polka Dots and Moonbeams (von Lester Young Quartet)
5. Too Marvelous for Words
6. She's Funny That Way
7. Just You, Just Me (von Lester Young Quartet)
8. A Ghost of a Chance
9. I Never Know (von Lester Young Quartet)
10. Blue Lester
11. Lester Leaps Again
12. Peg o' My Heart (von Lester Young-Buddy Rich Trio)
13. I Got Rhythm
14. Back to the Land
15. I Want to Be Happy (von Lester Young-Buddy Rich Trio)
16. I'm Confessin
17. Indiana
18. I Can't Get Started
19. Body and Soul

1. Indiana
2. I Can't Get Started
3. Tea for Two
4. Body and Soul
5. D.B. Blues
6. Lester Blows Again
7. These foolish things (von Lester Young and His Band)
8. Jumpin' at Mesner's
9. It's Only a Paper Moon
10. After You've Gone
11. Lover Come Back to Me
12. Jammin' with Lester
13. You're Driving Me Crazy
14. New Lester Leaps In
15. Lester's Be Bop Boogie
16. She's Funny That Way (von Lester Young and His Band)
17. Sunday
18. S.M. Blues

1. Jumpin' with Symphony Sid
2. No Eyes Blues
3. Sax-O-Be-Bop
4. On the Sunny Side of the Street (von Lester Young and His Band)
5. Easy Does It (von Lester Young and His Sextet)
6. Easy Does It (alternate take)
7. Movin' with Lester
8. One O'Clock Jump
9. Jumpin' at the Woodside
10. I'm Confessin'
11. Lester Smooths It Out
12. Just Cooling
13. Tea for Two
14. East of the Sun
15. The Sheik of Araby
16. Something to Remember You By (von Lester Young Quintet)
17. Riffin' Without Helen
18. Please Let Me Forget
19. He Don't Love Me Anymore
20. Pleasing Man Blues
21. See See Rider
22. It's Better to Give Than Receive