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Lester Young [sound recording] : Ken Burns jazz
- Author
- Young, Lester, 1909-1959
- Additional Titles
- Ken Burns jazz and Definitive Lester Young
- Published
- Universal City, CA : Verve, [2000]
- Copyright Date
- ℗2000
- Physical Description
- 1 audio disc (62 min.) : digital ; 4 3/4 in.
- Additional Creators
- Basie, Count, 1904-1984, Holiday, Billie, 1915-1959, Wilson, Teddy, 1912-1986, Jones-Smith Incorporated (Musical group), Kansas City Six, Kansas City Seven (Count Basie), Lester Young Quartet, and Lester Young Trio
- Contents
- Oh, lady, be good! / Jones-Smith Incorporated -- Every tub ; Honeysuckle rose / Count Basie and his orchestra -- Pagin' the devil / Kansas City Six -- A sailboat in the moonlight ; 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 ; Tickle toe / Count Basie's Kansas City Seven -- 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.
- Subject(s)
- Related Titles
- Jazz (Television program)
- Duration
- ["01:02:13"]
- Note
- Compact disc.
Issued in conjunction with the PBS series ; all songs previously released.
Notes by Francis Davis in booklet. - Participant/Performer Note
- Lester Young, tenor saxophone ; with additional musicians.
- Data/Place of Event
- Recorded 1936-1957.
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