| Other author/creator | Basie, Count, 1904-1984 performer. |
| Other author/creator | Goodman, Benny, 1909-1986 performer. |
| Other author/creator | Hardman, Glenn, performer. |
| Other author/creator | Count Basie Orchestra performer. |
| Other author/creator | Hammond Five (Musical group), performer. |
| Other author/creator | Jones-Smith Incorporated (Musical group) performer. |
| Other author/creator | Basie's Bad Boys, performer. |
| Other author/creator | Kansas City Seven (Count Basie), performer. |
| Other author/creator | Benny Goodman Septet, performer. |
| Other author/creator | Columbia Records, Inc. |
| Other author/creator | OKeh Records (Firm) |
| Other author/creator | Vocalion (Sound recording label : New York, N.Y.) |
| Variant title |
Title on container spine: Classic Lester Young with Count Basie (1936-1940) |
| Contents |
Disc I Shoe shine boy -- Evenin' -- Boogie woogie -- Oh, lady be good -- I ain't got nobody -- Goin' to Chicago -- Live and love tonight -- Love me or leave me -- What goes up must come down -- Taxi war dance -- Don't worry 'bout me -- And the angels sing -- If I didn't care -- Twelfth Street rag -- Miss Thing (pt.1) -- Miss Thing (pt.2) -- Shoe shine boy (alt. take) -- What goes up must come down (alt. take) -- Taxi war dance (alt. take) -- Don't worry 'bout me (alt. take) -- |
| Contents |
Disc II. Lonesome Miss Pretty -- Bolero at the Savoy -- Pound cake -- You can count on me -- Song of the islands -- Clap hands, here comes Charlie -- Dickie's dream -- Lester leaps in -- The apple jump -- I left my baby -- Riff interlude -- You can count on me (alt. take) -- Dickie's dream (alt. take) -- Dickie's dream (alt. take) -- Lester leaps in (alt. take) -- I left my baby (alt. take) -- Riff interlude (4 takes) -- |
| Contents |
Disc III. Between the devil and the deep blue sea -- Ham 'n' eggs -- Hollywood jump -- I never knew -- Tickle-toe -- Let's make hay while the moon shines -- Louisiana -- Easy does it -- Let me see -- Blow top -- Between the devil and the deep blue sea (3 takes) -- Ham 'n' eggs (2 takes) -- Hollywood jump (alt. take) -- Let's make hay while the moon shines (alt. take) -- Louisiana (alt. take) -- Let me see (alt. take) -- Blow top (alt. take) -- |
| Contents |
Disc IV. Evenin' -- The world is mad (pt.1) -- The world is mad (pt.2) -- Ad lib blues -- Wholly cats -- Charlie's dream -- I never knew -- Lester's dream -- What's your number?-- Five o'clock whistle -- Broadway -- China boy -- Exactly like you -- On the sunny side of the street -- Upright organ blues -- Who?-- Jazz me blues -- Exactly like you (alt. take) -- What's your number (2 takes) -- Five o'clock whistle (2 takes) -- Broadway (alt. take). |
| General note | Mosaic: MD4-239 (additional nos. on label: 88697151512 and A 717776--A 717780). |
| General note | "The focus of this set was to present all of Lester Young's solo efforts under Count Basie's leadership for the Columbia family of labels. In addition, we have included the Glenn Hardman and his Hammond Five date plus a Benny Goodman small group session that went unreleased until 1973"--producer's note. |
| General note | Compact discs. |
| General note | Booklet (32 p. : ill., ports. ; 28 cm) includes notes by Loren Schoenberg and discography. |
| Performer |
Lester Young, saxophone, vocals ; principally with Count Basie's orchestra, and including Jones-Smith Incorporated, Basie's Bad Boys, Glenn Hardman and his Hammond Five, Count Basie Kansas City Seven, and the Benny Goodman Septet. |
| Date/time/place of a event note | Recorded in various locations between 1936 and 1940. |
| Language | Vocal works sung in English. |
| Publisher number | MD4-239 Mosaic |
| Publisher number | 88697151512 Mosaic |
| Publisher number | A 717776--A 717780 Mosaic |
