Lester Young Story Volume 2 - A Musical Romance, Billie Holiday 2 x Vinyl PROMO

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(Visually Graded) Vinyl looks Near Mint and sleeve looks VG. See pics and info for details.

The Lester Young Story Volume 2 - A Musical Romance

Label:
 Columbia ?– JG 34837
Series:
 John Hammond Collection – , Contemporary Masters Series –
Format:
 2 × Vinyl, LP, Mono, Compilation, Gatefold, Promo, 12", 33 RPM
Country:
 US
Released:
 1977
Genre:
 Jazz
Style:
 Swing

Tracklist

A1     –Billie Holiday And Her Orchestra     Getting Some Fun Out Of Life     3:00
A2     –Billie Holiday And Her Orchestra     Who Wants Love?     2:31
A3     –Billie Holiday And Her Orchestra     Travelin' All Alone     2:12
A4     –Billie Holiday And Her Orchestra     He's Funny That Way     2:41
A5     –Teddy Wilson And His Orchestra     My First Impression Of You     2:43
A6     –Teddy Wilson And His Orchestra     My First Impression Of You     2:46

B1     –Teddy Wilson And His Orchestra     When You're Smiling     2:49
B2     –Teddy Wilson And His Orchestra     When You're Smiling     2:58
B3     –Teddy Wilson And His Orchestra     I Can't Believe That You're In Love With Me     2:48
B4     –Teddy Wilson And His Orchestra     I Can't Believe That You're In Love With Me     2:44
B5     –Teddy Wilson And His Orchestra     If Dreams Come True     3:01
B6     –Teddy Wilson And His Orchestra     If Dreams Come True     3:01

C1     –Benny Goodman     Honeysuckle Rose (Edited Version)     4:05
C2     –Billie Holiday And Her Orchestra     Now They Call It Swing     3:02
C3     –Billie Holiday And Her Orchestra     Now They Call It Swing     2:57
C4     –Billie Holiday And Her Orchestra     Back In Your Own Backyard     2:48
C5     –Billie Holiday And Her Orchestra     Back In Your Own Backyard     3:06
C6     –Billie Holiday And Her Orchestra     When A Woman Loves A Man     2:22

D1     –Billie Holiday And Her Orchestra     The Very Thought Of You     2:42
D2     –Billie Holiday And Her Orchestra     I Can't Get Started     2:45
D3     –Billie Holiday And Her Orchestra     I Can't Get Started     2:44
D4     –Billie Holiday And Her Orchestra     I've Got A Date With A Dream     2:45
D5     –Billie Holiday And Her Orchestra     I've Got A Date With A Dream     2:40
D6     –Billie Holiday And Her Orchestra     You Can't Be Mine (And Someone Elses Too)     2:20

Credits

    Alto Saxophone – Johnny Hodges (tracks: C1)
    Artwork – Thomas B. Allen
    Bass – Walter Page
    Clarinet – Benny Goodman (tracks: C1), Buster Bailey (tracks: A1 to A4), Lester Young (tracks: D1 to D6)
    Design [Cover] – John Berg
    Drums – Gene Krupa (tracks: C1), Jo Jones (tracks: A1 to B6, C2 to D6)
    Engineer – Doug Pomeroy
    Executive-Producer – John Hammond
    Guitar – Freddy Greene* (tracks: A1 to C1, D1 to D6)
    Piano – Claude Thornhill (tracks: A1 to A4), Count Basie (tracks: C1), Countess Margaret "Queenie" Johnson* (tracks: D1 to D6), Teddy Wilson (tracks: A5 to B6, C2 to C6)
    Producer, Liner Notes – Michael Brooks (2)
    Tenor Saxophone – Lester Young
    Trombone – Benny Morton (tracks: A5 to B6, C2 to C6), Dickie Wells (tracks: D1 to D6), Vernon Brown (tracks: C1)
    Trumpet – Buck Clayton, Harry James (2) (tracks: C1)
    Vocals – Billie Holiday

Notes

Recording dates:
Tracks A1 to A4: New York, 13th September 1937;
tracks A5 to B6: New York, 6th January 1938;
track C1: New York, 16th January 1938 (Carnegie Hall jam session);
tracks C2 to C6: New York, 27th January 1938;
tracks D1 to D6: New York, 15th September 1938.

Re-recording studios: Columbia Records, New York City.

This album contains previously released material with the exception of tracks B5, C5, D3 and D4.

? © 1977 CBS Inc.

- BIO - Lester Young
Real Name:
Lester Willis Young
Profile:
American jazz tenor saxophonist

Lester Young (born August 27, 1909, Woodville, Mississippi, USA - died March 15, 1959, New York City, New York, USA). He ranks together with Coleman Hawkins and Ben Webster as one of the three "great tenors" of the the swing era. Occasionally, he was known to also play the clarinet. -wikipedia

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