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Title information

D.B. Blues

Lester Young

The Complete Aladdin Recordings

Date of recording

20.12.1945, Los Angeles

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Performers

Lester Young (Soloist) (tenor sax)

* 27.8.1909, Woodville, Mississippi (MS), United States

† 15.3.1959, New York City, New York (NY), United States

Dodo Marmarosa (Soloist) (piano)

* 12.12.1925, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania (PA), United States

† 17.12.2002, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania (PA), United States

Red Callender (Soloist) (Double Bass)

* 6.3.1918, Richmond, Virginia (VA), United States

† 8.3.1992, Saugus, California (CA), United States

Henry Tucker (Soloist) (drums)

Authors

Lester Young (Composer)

* 27.8.1909, Woodville, Mississippi (MS), United States

† 15.3.1959, New York City, New York (NY), United States

King Pleasure

* 24.3.1922, Oakdale, Tennessee (TN), United States

† 21.3.1981, Los Angeles, California (CA), United States

Album information

The Complete Aladdin Recordings

Lester Young

The Complete Aladdin Recordings

Year of production

2008

Record Label

Definitive Records

Tracks - CD 1

  • 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
  • 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
  • 17. Sunday
  • 18. S. M. blues
  • 19. Jumpin' with symphony Sid
  • 20. No eyes blues
  • 21. Sax-o-be-bop
  • 22. On the sunny side of the street
  • 23. One o'clock jump
  • 24. Jumpin' at the Woodside

Tracks - CD 2

  • 1. Movin' with Lester
  • 2. Easy does it
  • 3. Easy does it (alternate take)
  • 4. I'm confessin'
  • 5. Lester Smooths is out
  • 6. Just cooling
  • 7. Tea for two
  • 8. East for the sun
  • 9. The sheik of Araby
  • 10. Something to remember you by
  • 11. Untitled instrumental
  • 12. Please let me forget
  • 13. He don't love me anymore
  • 14. Pleasing man blues
  • 15. See see rider
  • 16. It's better to give than receive
  • 17. Back to the land
  • 18. I cover the waterfront
  • 19. Somebody loves me
  • 20. I've found a new baby
  • 21. The man I love
  • 22. Peg o'my heart
  • 23. I want to be happy
  • 24. Mean to me