Lester Young: The Complete 1936-1951 Small Group Sessions · Vol. 2 1942-1944 (Blue Moon).

Blue Moon BMCD 1002 (1993). 

Lester Young - Nat "King" Cole Trio

Lester Young (saxophone ténor), Nat "King" Cole (piano), Red Callender (contrebasse). Los Angeles, 15 juillet 1942. 

1. Body and Soul (Green, Sour, Heyman) 5:02

Dickie Wells and his Orchestra

Bill Coleman (trompette), Dickie Wells (trombone), Lester Young (saxophone ténor), Ellis Larkins (piano), Freddie Green (guitare), Al Hall (contrebasse), Jo Jones (batterie). New York City, 21 décembre 1943. 

2. I Got Rhythm (G & I Gershwin) 4:08

3. I'm Fer It Too (D. Wells) 4:07

4. Hello Babe (D. Wells) 3:06

5. Linger Awhile (Rose, Owens) 3:03

Lester Young Quartet

Lester Young (saxophone ténor), Johnny Guarnieri (piano), Slam Stewart (contrebasse), Sidney Catlett (batterie). New York City, 28 décembre 1943. 

6. Just You Just Me (Greer, Klages) 3:09

7. I Never Knew (Fiorito, Kahn) 3:07

8. Afternoon of a Basie-ite (L. Young) 3:07

9. Sometimes I'm Happy (Youmans, Caesar) 3:05

Kansas City Seven

Buck Clayton (trompette, absent sur 12), Dickie Wells (trombone, absent sur 12), Lester Young (saxophone ténor), Prince Charming [Count Basie] (piano), Freddie Green (guitare), Rodney Richardson (contrebasse), Jo Jones (batterie). New York City, 22 mars 1944. 

10. After Theatre Jump (D. Wells) 4:42

11. Six Cats and a Prince (B. Clayton) 4:07

12. Lester Leaps Again (B. Clayton) 4:23

13. Destination K.C. (B. Clayton) 3:49

Kansas City Six

Bill Coleman (trompette), Dickie Wells (trombone), Lester Young (saxophone ténor), Joe Bushkin (piano), John Simmons (contrebasse), Jo Jones (batterie). New York City, 28 mars 1944. 

14. Three Little Words (Kalmar, Rubin) 2:52

15. Jo-Jo (J. Bushkin) 3:18

16. I Got Rhythm (G & I Gershwin) 3:15

17. Four O'Clock Drag (M. Gabler) 2:49

Johnny Guarnieri Swing Men

Billy Butterfield (trompette), Hank D'Amico (clarinette), Lester Young (saxophone ténor), Johnny Guarnieri (piano), Dexter Hall (guitare), Billy Taylor (contrebasse), Cozy Cole (batterie). New York City, 18 avril 1944. 

18. These Foolish Things (Link, Strachey, Maschwitz) 2:56

19. Exercise in Swing (J. Guarnieri) 2:59

20. Salute to Fats (J. Guarnieri) 2:58

21. Basie English (J. Guarnieri) 2:58

Compilé et annoté par J.G. Calvados. 

Traduction: Mike Baillie.