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Lester Young
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- Other Title
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- Title on container: Definitive Lester Young
- Format
- Sound Recordings
- Language
- English
- Contributors
- Publication
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- Universal City, CA : Verve, [2000]
- ℗2000
- Series
- Physical Details
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- 1 audio disc : digital ; 4 3/4 in
- OCLC
- ocm48609029
- Credits
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- Lester Young, tenor saxophone ; with additional musicians
- Music from the 10-part television documentary Jazz, by filmmaker Ken Burns.
- All songs previously released.
- Compact disc.
- Program notes by Francis Davis ([10] p. : ill.) inserted in container.
- Recorded 1936-1957.
- Oh, lady, be good! (Jones-Smith Incorporated) -- Every tub ; Honeysuckle rose (Count Basie and his orchestra) -- Pagin' the devil (The Kansas City Six) -- A sailboat in the moonlight (Billie Holiday and her orchestra) -- He's funny that way -- Getting some fun out of life (Billie Holiday and her orchestra) -- If dreams come true (Teddy Wilson and his orchestra) -- Taxi war dance ; Twelfth Street rag ; Clap hands, here comes Charlie (Count Basie and his orchestra) -- Lester leaps in (Count Basie's Kansas City Seven) -- Tickle toe (Count Basie and his orchestra) -- Sometimes I'm happy (Lester Young Quartet) -- I've found a new baby (Lester Young Trio) -- D.B. blues -- Jumpin' with Symphony Sid -- This year's kisses -- Polka dots and moonbeams (Count Basie and his orchestra)