Lester Young: The Complete 1936-1951 Small Group Sessions · Vol. 4 1946-1949 (Blue Moon).

Blue Moon BMCD 1004 (1993). 

Lester Young and his Band

Lester Young (saxophone ténor), Joe Albany (piano), Irving Ashby (guitare), Red Callender (contrebasse), Chico Hamilton (batterie). Los Angeles, août 1946. 

1. You're Driving Me Crazy (W. Donaldson) 3:04

2. New Lester Leaps In (L. Young) 2:55

3. Lester's Be Bop Boogie (L. Young) 3:12

4. She's Funny That Way (Daniels, Whiting) 3:18

Shorty McConnell (trompette, absent sur 7, 8 et 10), Lester Young (saxophone ténor), Argonne Thornton (piano), Fred Lacey (guitare), Rodney Richardson (contrebasse), Lyndell Marshall (batterie). Chicago, octobre 1946. 

5. Sunday (Miller, Cohn, Stein, Krueger) 2:22

6. S.M. Blues (L. Young) 3:01

7. Jumpin' with Symphony Sid (L. Young) 3:09

8. No Eyes Blues (L. Young) 2:58

9. Sax-O-Be-Bop (L. Young) 2:51

10. On the Sunny Side of the Street (McHugh, Fields) 2:58

Lester Young and his Sextet

Shorty McConnell (trompette, absent sur 11 et 14), Lester Young (saxophone ténor), Argonne Thornton (piano), Fred Lacey (guitare), Rodney Richardson (contrebasse), Lyndell Marshall (batterie). Chicago, 18 février 1947. 

11. Easy Does It (L. Young) 2:31

12. Movin' with Lester (L. Young) 2:09

13. One O'Clock Jump (Durham, Page, Smith) 2:37

14. Jumpin' at the Woodside (W. Basie) 2:58

Shorty McConnell (trompette, absent sur 15), Lester Young (saxophone ténor), Argonne Thornton (piano), Fred Lacey (guitare), Rodney Richardson (contrebasse), Lyndell Marshall (batterie). New York City, 2 avril 1947. 

15. Confessin' (Neiburg, Daugherty, Reynolds) 2:29

16. Lester Smooths It Out (L. Young) 2:52

17. Just Coolin' (L. Young) 2:57

Lester Young Quintet

Lester Young (saxophone ténor), Gene Di Novi (piano), Chuck Wayne (guitare), Curley Russell (contrebasse), Tiny Kahn (batterie). New York City, 29 décembre 1947. 

18. Tea for Two (Youmans, Caesar, Harbach) 3:06

19. East of the Sun - West of the Moon (B. Bowman) 3:08

20. The Sheik of Araby (Snyder, Wheeler, Smith) 2:30

21. Something to Remember You By (Schwartz, Dietz) 2:43

Lester Young and his Band

Jesse Drakes (trompette), Jerry Elliott (trombone), Lester Young (saxophone ténor), Junior Mance (piano), Leroy Jackson (contrebasse), Roy Haynes (batterie). New York City, 28 juin 1949. 

22. Crazy Over J.Z. (L. Young) 2:41

23. Ding Dong (L. Young) 2:24

24. Blues 'n' Bells (L. Young) 2:21

25. June Bug (L. Young) 2:35

Compilé et annoté par J.G. Calvados. 

Traduction: Mike Baillie.