The Tenor Sax: Lester Young, Chu Berry & Ben Webster (The Commodore Years) (Atlantic, enr. 1938-1944; publ. 1973)

Atlantic SD 2-307 (1973)

Face A: 

Lester Young with the Kansas City Six

Bill Coleman (trompette), Dicky Wells (trombone), Lester Young (saxo ténor), Joe Bushkin (piano), John Simmons (contrebasse), Jo Jones (batterie). WOR Recording Studios, New York, N.Y., 28 mars 1944. 

1. Three Little Words (Bert Kalmar & Harry Ruby) 2:52
2. Jo-Jo (Joe Bushkin) 3:18
3. Four O'Clock Drag (Milt Gabler) 2:49
4. I Got Rhythm (George Gershwin & Ira Gershwin) 3:16
5. Four O'Clock Drag #2 (Milt Gabler) 4:10
6. Jo-Jo #2 (Joe Bushkin) 3:50

Face B: 

(suite de la session)

1. I Got Rhythm # 2 (George Gershwin & Ira Gershwin) 3:16
2. Three Little Words #2 (Bert Kalmar & Harry Ruby) 3:19

Buck Clayton (trompette), Lester Young (clarinette, saxo ténor), Eddie Durham (guitare électrique), Freddie Green (guitare, chant sur 7), Walter Page (contrebasse), Jo Jones (batterie). Brunswick Record Corp., New York, N.Y., 27 septembre 1938. 

3. Way Down Yonder in New Orleans (Turner Layton & Henry Creamer) 2:57
4. I Want a Little Girl (Billy Moll & Murray Mencher) 2:52
5. Countless Blues (Milt Gabler) 2:59
6. Pagin' the Devil (Walter Page) 2:55
7. Them There Eyes (Maceo Pinkard, Doris Tauber & William Tracey) 2:57

Face C: 

Chu Berry and his "Little Jazz" Ensemble

Roy Eldridge (trompette), Chu Berry (saxo ténor), Clyde Hart (piano), Danny Barker (guitare), Artie Shapiro (contrebasse), Sidney Catlett (batterie). Brunswick Record Corp., New York, N.Y., 10 novembre 1938. 

1. Stardust (Hoady Carmichael & Mitchell Parish) 4:00
2. Forty Six West Fifty Two (Chu Berry) 2:35

Chu Berry and his Jazz Ensemble

Hot Lips Page (trompette), Chu Berry (saxo ténor), Clyde Hart (piano), Al Casey (guitare), Al Morgan (contrebasse), Harry Jaeger (batterie). Reeves Sound Studio, New York, N.Y., 28 août 1941. 

3. On the Sunny Side of the Street (Jimmy McHugh & Dorothy Fields) 4:05
4. Blowing Up a Breeze (Chu Berry & Oran Page) 2:33
5. Gee Baby, Ain't I Good to You (Don Redman & Andy Razaf) 4:21
6. Monday at Minton's (Chu Berry & Oran Page) 2:58

Face D: 

(même session que C1 & C2)

1. Body and Soul (Johnny Green, Robert Sour, Eddie Heyman & Frank Eyton) 3:56
2. Sittin' In (Roy Eldridge) 2:13

Ben Webster with the Big Sid Catlett Quartet

Ben Webster (saxo ténor), Marlowe Morris (piano), John Simmons (contrebasse), Sidney Catlett (batterie). WOR Recording Studios, New York, N.Y., 18  mars 1944. 

3. Sleep (Earl Lebieg) 3:34
4. Memories of You (Eubie Blake & Andy Razaf) 3:46
5. Just a Riff (Sid Catlett) 3:58
6. Linger Awhile (Vincent Rose & Harry Owens) 3:10

Design de l'album: Loring Eutemey
Produit par Milt Gabler pour Commodore Records
Notes de pochette: Leonard Feather

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