Blue Moon, in its Alternates Series, issued in chronological order the unissued recordings of an important period in the musical career of certain outstanding artists. This CD contains only the alternate takes in order to offer the collector those that were considered to be the definitive edition.
Tracklist
01. Shoe Shine Boy (Cahn-Chaplin) 2:47
02. I've Found A New Baby (Palmer-Williams) 2:37
03. Way Down Yonder In New Orleans (Creamer-Layton) 2:57
04. Countless Blues (Milt Gabler) 2:56
05. Them There Eyes (Pinkard-Tauber-Tracey) 2:55
06. I Want A Litlle Girl (Moll-Mencher) 2:53
07. Pagin' The Devil (Page-Gabler) 2:53
08. Exactly Like You (Fields-Mchugh) 2:45
09. Dickie's Dream (Basie-Young) 3:18
10. Dickie's Dream (Basie-Young) 2:44
11. Dickie's Dream (Basie-Young) 3:09
12. Lester Leaps Again (Lester Young) 3:11
13. I'm Fer It Too (Dickie Wells) 4:06
14. Hello Babe (Dickie Wells) 3:05
15. Just You, Just Me (Greer-Klages) 3:03
16. I Never Knew (Fiorito-Kahn) 3:03
17. Afternoon Of A Basie-Ite (Lester Young) 3:06
18. Sometimes I'm Happy (Youmans-Caesar) 3:40
19. After Theatre Jump (Dickie Wells) 4:46
20. Six Cats And A Prince (Buck Clayton) 5:14
21. Six Cats And A Prince (Buck Clayton) 4:07
22. Destination K.C. (Buck Clayton) 4:48
Album details
Total time: 74:55 min.
Personnel:
Track #1: Jones-Smith Inc.
Carl Smith (tp), Lester Young (ts), Count Basie (p), Walter Page (b), Jo Jones (d).
Recorded in Chicago, November 9, 1936
Track #2: Teddy Wilson And His Orchestra
Buck Clayton (tp), Buster Bailey (cl), Lester Young (ts), Teddy Wilson (p), Freddie Green (g), Walter Page (b), Jo Jones (d).
Recorded in New York City, June 1, 1937
Tracks #3-7: Kansas City Six
Buck Clayton (tp), Lester Young (cl, ts), Eddie Durham (g), Freddie Green (g, vcl), Freddie Green (g), Walter Page (b), Jo Jones (d).
Recorded in New York City, September 27, 1938
Track #8: Glenn Hardman And his Hammond Five
Lee Castle (tp), Lester Young (ts), Glenn Hardman (org), Freddie Green (g), Jo Jones (d).
Recorded in Chicago, June 26, 1939
Tracks #9-12: Count Basie's Kansas City Seven
Buck Clayton (tp), Dickie Wells (tb), Lester Young (ts), Count Basie (p), Freddie Green (g), Walter Page (b), Jo Jones (d).
Recorded in New York City, September 5, 1939
Tracks #13-14: Dickie Wells And his Orchestra
Bill Coleman (tp), Dickie Wells (tb), Lester Young (ts), Ellis Larkins (p), Freddie Green (g), Al Hall (b), Jo Jones (d).
Recorded in New York City, December 21, 1943
Tracks #15-18: Lester Young Quartet
Lester Young (ts), Johnny Guarnieri (p), Slam Stewart (b), Sid Catlett (d).
Recorded in New York City, December 28, 1943
Tracks #19-22: Kansas City Seven
Buck Clayton (tp), Dickie Wells (tb), Lester Young (ts), Count Basie (p), Freddie Green (g), Rodney Richardson (b), Jo Jones (d).
Recorded in New York City, March 22, 1944
This compilation produced for CD release by Jordi Pujol & J.G. Calvados
Liner notes translation: Mike Baillie
© 1995 by Blue Moon
Mono · Digitally Remastered
Blue Moon Producciones Discograficas, S.L.
