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(Back Home Again In) Indiana |
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[interview: Basie Then and Now] |
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[interview: Billie Holiday] |
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[interview: Coleman Hawkins and Henderson] |
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[interview: Composing and Reading Music / The Family Band / With Orchestra] |
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[interview: Count Basie] |
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[interview: Debunking] |
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[interview: Early Life / Birthplace / Music in New Orleans / Young's Father] |
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[interview: Early Pres: Oliver, Bronson, Basie] |
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[interview: Influences] |
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[interview: Joining Henderson] |
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[interview: Lady Day and Nobody's Business] |
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[interview: Mahalia Jackson] |
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[interview: Philosophy on Music I] |
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[interview: Philosophy on Music II] |
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[interview: Philosophy on Music Vis-A-Vis Other Tenor Players] |
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[interview: Pres's Favorite Singers] |
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[interview: Pres's Instruments / Drums / Tenor Saxophone] |
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[interview: Pres's Sound: Sitting in With Fletcher Henderson] |
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[interview: Racial Tension] |
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[interview: Recording Techniques] |
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[interview: Recordings: Clarinet Dates] |
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[interview: Records New and Old] |
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[interview: Younger Saxophone] |
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A Foggy Day |
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A Ghost of a Chance |
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A Sailboat in the Moonlight |
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Ad Lib Blues |
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Ad Lib Blues (feat. The Oscar Peterson Trio) |
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Ad-Lib Blues |
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After Theater Jump (D Wells) |
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After Theatre Jump |
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After You've Gone |
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Afternoon of a Basie-Ite |
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Afternoon of a Basie-Ite (L Young) |
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All of Me |
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Almost Like Being in Love |
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Another Mambo |
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Back to the Land |
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Ballad Medley: A Ghost of a Chance / I Cover the Waterfront |
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Ballad Medley: The Very Thought of You / I Want a Little Girl |
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Beautiful Eyes |
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Beautiful Eyes (T Snyder, G Whitting, C Dehaven) |
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Big Top Blues |
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Blitzkrieg Baby (F & D Fisher) |
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Blitzkrieg Baby (You Can't Bomb Me) |
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Blowed and Gone |
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Blue E Sentimental |
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Blue Lester |
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Blues 'n' Bells |
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Body and Soul |
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Boogie Woogie |
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Broadway |
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Can't We Be Friends? |
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Cherokee, Parts 1 & 2 |
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China Boy |
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Chris 'N' Diz |
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Clap Hands! Here Comes Charlie |
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Clap Hands, Here Comes Charlie |
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Come Rain or Come Shine |
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Confessin' |
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Count Every Star |
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Count Every Star (Master take) |
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Countless Blues |
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Countless Blues (M Gabler) |
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Crazy Over J.Z. |
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D.B. Blues |
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'Deed I Do |
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Destination K.C. |
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Dickie's Dream |
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Dickie's Dream (C Basie, L Young) |
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Ding Dong |
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Doggin' Arround |
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Down 'n' Adam |
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East of the Sun |
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East of the Sun (and West of the Moon) |
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Easy Does It |
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Easy Does It (alternate take) |
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Easy Living |
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Embraceable You |
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Encore |
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Every Tub |
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Exactly Like You |
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Exercise in Swing |
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Exercise in Swing (J Guarnieri) |
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Fat Hat Blues |
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Five O'Clock Whistle |
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Flic |
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Frenesi |
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Getting Some Fun Out of Life |
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Ghost of a Chance |
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Ghost of a Chance (V Young, B Crosby, n Washington) |
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Gigantic Blues |
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Good Morning Blues (C Basie, E Durham, J Rushing) |
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Gypsy in My Soul |
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Ham 'N' Eggs |
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He Ain't Got Rhythm |
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He Don't Love Me Anymore |
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Hello Babe |
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He's Funny That Way |
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Honeysuckle Rose |
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Honeysuckle Rose (excerpt) |
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Honeysuckle Rose (F Waller, a Razaf) |
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How High the Moon |
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I Can't Believe That You're in Love With Me |
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I Can't Get Started |
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I Can't Get Started (With You) |
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I Can't Give You Anything but Love |
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I Cover the Water Front |
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I Cover the Waterfront |
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I Cover the Waterfront (12" LP take) |
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I Cover the Waterfront (Master take) |
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I Cover the Waterfront (take one) |
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I Cover the Waterfront (take two) |
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I Didn't Know What Time It Was |
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I Don't Stand a Ghost of a Chance With You |
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I Got Rhythm |
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I Got Thythm (G & I Gershwin) |
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I Guess I'll Have to Change My Plan |
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I Must Have That Man! |
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I Never Knew |
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I Want a Little Girl |
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I Want to Be Happy |
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If Dreams Come True |
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I'm confessin |
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I'm Confessin' |
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I'm Confessin' (That I Love You) |
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I'm in the Mood for Love |
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In a Little Spanish Town |
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Indiana |
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It All Depends on You |
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It Don't Mean a Thing (If It Ain't Got That Swing) |
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It Takes Two to Tango |
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It's Better to Give Than Receive |
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It's Only a Paper Moon |
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It's the Talk of the Town |
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I've Found a New Baby |
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Jammin' With Lester |
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Jeepers Creepers |
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Jive at Five |
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Jump Lester Jump |
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Jump, Lester, Jump |
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Jump, Lester, Jump (L Young) |
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Jumpin' at Mesner's |
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Jumpin' at the Woodside |
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Jumpin' With Symphony Sid |
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Jumping With Symphony Sid |
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Just Cooling |
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Just Jivin' Around |
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Just You, Just Me |
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Just You, Just Me (J Greer, R Klages) |
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Lady Be Good |
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Lester Blows Again |
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Lester Leaps Again |
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Lester Leaps In |
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Lester Leaps In (Alt. version) |
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Lester Leaps In (L. Young) |
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Lester Leaps In (version 1) |
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Lester Leaps In (version 2) |
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Lester Leaps in Again (B Clayton) |
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Lester Smooths It Out |
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Lester Swings |
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Lester's Be Bop Boogie |
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Lester's Be-Bop Boogie |
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Lester's Blues |
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Lester's Dream |
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Lester's Dream (C. Basie-L. Young) |
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Let's Fall in Love |
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Linger Awhile (V Rose, H Owens) |
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Little Pee Blues |
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Live and Love Tonight |
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Louise |
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Love Is Here to Stay |
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Love Me or Leave Me |
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Lover, Come Back to Me |
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Lullaby of Birdland |
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Me, Myself and I |
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Mean to Me |
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Midnight Symphony |
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Movin' With Lester |
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Neenah |
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Neenah (alternate take) |
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Neenah (Master take) |
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New D.B. Blues |
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New Lester Leaps In |
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No Eyes Blues |
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Oh Lady, Be Good! |
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Oh! Lady Be Good (G & I Gershwin) |
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Oh, Lady Be Good |
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Oh, Lady, Be Good! |
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On the Sunny Side of the Street |
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On the Sunny Side of the Street (2) |
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On the Sunny Side of the Street (J McHugh, D Fields) |
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One O'Clock Jump |
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Pagin the Devil |
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Pagin' the Devil |
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Pagin' the Devil Acoutisc (W Page, M Gabler) |
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Pagin' the Devil Live (W Page, M Gabler) |
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Pannassie Stomp |
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Peg o' My Heart |
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Peg O'My Heart |
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Pennies From Heaven |
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Perdido (incomplete take) |
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Pete's Cafe |
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Please Don't Talk About Me When I'm Gone |
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Please Let Me Forget |
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Pleasing Man Blues |
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Polka Dots and Moonbeams |
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Poor Little Plaything |
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Pound Cake |
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Pound Cake (feat. Count Basie and His Orchestra) |
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Pres Returns |
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Prez |
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Prez's Mood |
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Prisoner of Love |
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Red Boy Blues |
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Riffin' Without Helen |
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Romping |
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Rose Room |
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Rosetta |
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S.M. Blues |
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Sad Eyes |
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Salute to Benny |
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Salute to Fats |
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Salute to Fats (J Guarnieri) |
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Sax-A-Plenty |
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Sax-O-Be-Bop |
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See See Rider |
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September in the Rain |
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She's Funny That Way |
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She's Funny That Way (breakdown) |
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She's Funny That Way (master take) |
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Shoe Shine Boy |
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Shorty George |
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Six Cats and a Prince |
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Slow Motion Blues |
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Somebody Loves Me |
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Something to Remember You By |
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Sometimes I'm Happy |
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Sometimes I'm Happy (V. Youmans-I. Caesar) |
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St. Louis Blues, Part 2 |
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St. Tropez (alternate take) |
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St. Tropez (master take) |
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Star Dust |
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Stardust |
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Sunday |
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Sunday (master take) |
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Sunday (rejected version) |
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Sunny Side of the Street |
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Sweet Georgia Brown |
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Sweet Lorraine |
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Swinging the Blues |
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Taking a Chance on Love |
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Taxi War Dance |
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Taxi War Dance (C Basie, L Young) |
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Tea for Two |
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Tenderly |
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Tenor King |
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That's All |
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That's All (alternate take) |
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That's All (master take) |
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The Man I Love |
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The Sheik of Araby |
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Them There Eyes |
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There Will Never Be Another You |
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There'll Never Be Another You |
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These Foolish Things |
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They Can't Take That Away From Me |
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Things About Coming My Way |
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This Can't Be Love |
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This Year's Kisses |
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Thou Swell (Canada 78Rpm take) |
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Thou Swell (USA 78Rpm take) |
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Three Little Words |
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Tickle Toe |
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Tickle Toe (L. Young) |
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Too Marvelous for Words |
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Too Marvelous for Words (78rpm take) |
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Too Marvelous for Words (LP take) |
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Touch Me Again |
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Twelfth Street Rag |
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Undercover Girl Blues |
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Up and at 'em |
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Up and at 'em (Alt. version) |
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Up 'n' Adam |
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Upright Organ (G Hardman) |
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Waldorf Blues (alternate take) |
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Waldorf Blues (master take) |
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Way Down Yonder in New Orleans |
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Way Down Yonder in New Orleans (JT Layton, H Creamer) |
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When You're Smiling |
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When You're Smiling (I Shay, J Goodwin, M Fisher) |
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Willow Weep for Me |
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You Can Depend on Me |
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You Can Depend on Me (E Himes, C Carpenter, L Dunlop) |
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You're Driving Me Crazy |
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You're Getting to Be a Habit With Me |
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You're Getting to Be a Habit With Me (alternate take) |