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Lester Young - Volume 2 1939-1942 The Complementary Works

Track listing:
  1. Pagin' The Devil 3:48
  2. Good Morning Blues 3:47
  3. 'way Down Yonder In New Orleans 2:30
  4. Tickle-Toe 6:17
  5. Taxi War Dance 6:12
  6. Blitzkrieg Baby (You Can't Bomb Me) 3:20
  7. Beautiful Eyes 3:02
  8. There'll Be Some Changes Made 2:44
  9. It's Sad But True 3:30
  10. The Goon Drag 3:14
  11. Things About Coming My Way 3:01
  12. Just Jivin' Around 2:54
  13. Bennie's Buggle - Sign Off 3:54
  14. Just A Little Bit South Of North Carolina 3:03
  15. Indiana 4:52
  16. I Can't Get Started 4:53
  17. Tea For Two 4:46
  18. Body And Soul 5:06

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Lester Young
The Complementary Works Volume 2
1939 - 1942
Masters of Jazz - MJCD 47
released 1993
Made In France

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Kansas City Six
December 24, 1939; New York City; "Spirituals to Swing" concert, Carnegie Hall.
Buck Clayton (tp); Lester Young (ts); Charlie Christian (elg); Freddie Green (g); Walter Page (b); Jo Jones (d)

01 Pagin' the Devil
02 Good Morning Blues
03 Way Down Yonder in New Orleans

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Lester Young Band
February 15 1941; New York City
WNYC Broadcast, Manhattan Centre.
Shad Collins (tp); Lester Young (ts); John Collins (g); Nick Fenton (b); Harold "Doc" West (d).

04 Tickle Toe
05 Willow Weep for Me (Taxi War Dance)

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Una Mae Carlisle with Orchestra
March 10, 1941; New York City; Bluebird.
Shad collins (tp), Lester Young (ts); Clyde Hart (p), John Collins (g), Nick Fenton (b), Harold "Doc" West (d), Una Mae Carlisle (voc).

06 Blitzkrieg Baby
07 Beautiful Eyes
08 There'll Be Some Changes Made
09 It's Sad But True

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Sam Price and His Texas Bluesicians
April 3, 1941; New York City; Decca.
Shad Collins, Buddy Johnson (tp); Don Stovall (as); Lester Young (ts); Sammy Price (p); Doug Jones (b); Harold "Doc" West (d).

10 The Goon Drag (Gone Wid De Goon)
11 Things About Coming My Way
12 Just Jivin' Around

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Lee and Lester Young's Band
Paul Campbell (tp); Bumps Meyers, Lester Young (ts); Jimmy Rowles (p); Louis Gonzales (g); Red Callender (b); Lee Young (d)

December 2, 1941; Hollywood; Broadcast, Capri Club
13 Benny's Bugle (incomplete)/ Sign Off (incomplete)

Same, except Red "Mack" Morris (tp) replaces Campbell;
probably Lester Young (voc)
14 Just A Little Bit South Of North Carolina

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Lester Young-Nat King Cole Trio
July 15, 1942; Los Angeles; Philo/Aladdin.
Lester Young (ts); Nat King Cole (p), Red Callender (b).

15 Indiana
16 I Can't Get Started
17 Tea for Two
18 Body and Soul