The Alternative Lester

こんばんは、JazzyIsshiです。今夜は珍しいLester Youngの別テイク集です。

The Alternative Lester 

TAX m-8000

A

1  Shoe Shine Boy

2  I've Found A New Baby

3  Way Down Yonder In New Orleans

4  Countless blues

5  Them Their Eyes

6  I want A Little Girl

7  Pagin' The Devil

B

1  I Ain't Got Nobody

2  Goin' To Chicago

3  Bolero At The Savoy

4  Dickie's Dream

5  Dickie's Dream

6  Dickie's Dream

7  Lester Leaps In

A1  1936 October 9, Chicago

Jones-Smith Incorporated

Carl Smith (tp), Lester Young (ts), Count Basie (p), Walter Page (b), Jo Jones (ds)

A2  1937 June 1, NYC

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 (ds)

A3,4,5,6,7  1938 September 8, NYC

Kansas City Six

Buck Clayton (tp), Eddie Durham (tb,g), Lester Young (ts), Freddie Green (g), Walter Page (b), Jo Jones (ds)

B1,2  1939 April 26, NYC

Count Basie and his Orchestra

Buck Clayton, Shad Collins (tp), Dan Minor (tb), Lester Young (ts), Count Basie (p,org), Freddie Green (g), Walter Page (b), Jo Jones (ds), Jimmy Rushing (vo)

B3  1939 May 19, Chicago

Count Basie and his Orchestra

Ed Lewis, Shad Collins, Buck Clayton, Harry Edison (tp), Dickie Wells, Benny Morton, Dan Minor (tb), Earl Warren (as), Lester Young, Buddy Tate (ts), Jack Washington (as,bs), Count Basie (p),  Freddie Green (g), Walter Page (b), Jo Jones (ds), Helen Humes (vo)

B4,5,6,7 1939 September 5, NYC

Count Basie Kansas City Seven

Buck Clayton (tp), Dickie Wells (tb), Lester Young (ts), Count Basie (p), Freddie Green (g), Walter Page (b), Jo Jones (ds)

SweedenのTAX 社が出したLester Youngの珍しい別テイク集です。A1は1936年のLesterの最初のレコーディングです。CBS盤のLester Young Memorialには本テイクが収録されており聞き比べると面白いです。この会社がどのようにしてこれらの音源を集めたのか不明ですが、1970年代のコレクターに珍重された１枚です。