Lester Young with the Oscar Peterson Trio

Lester Young with the Oscar Peterson Trio
Compilation album by Lester Young
Released	June 1954 (MGN 5-6)[1] April 1956 (MGN 1054)[2]
Recorded	November 28, 1952 New York City
Genre	Jazz
Length	63:37
Label	Norgran Records MGN 5/6/1054 Verve (reissue)
Producer	Norman Granz
Lester Young chronology
Pres and Teddy and Oscar (1952) Lester Young with the Oscar Peterson Trio (1952) Pres and Sweets (1955)
Oscar Peterson chronology
Oscar Peterson Plays Richard Rodgers (1952) Lester Young with the Oscar Peterson Trio (1952) Oscar Peterson Plays Duke Ellington (1952)

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Lester Young with the Oscar Peterson Trio is a 1954 studio album by Lester Young, accompanied by the Oscar Peterson Quartet, although the title incorrectly states the band is a trio. The music on this album was originally released as three separate albums: Lester Young with the Oscar Peterson Trio #1 and Lester Young with the Oscar Peterson Trio #2, both released in June 1954 (MGN 5-6), and The President Plays with Oscar Peterson (April 1956, MGN 1054). It was collated for this 1997 reissue by Verve Records. ^[4]

Track listing

1. "Ad Lib Blues" (Oscar Peterson, Lester Young) – 5:54
2. "I Can't Get Started" (Vernon Duke, Ira Gershwin) – 3:41
3. "Just You, Just Me" (Jesse Greer, Raymond Klages) – 7:40
4. "Almost Like Being in Love" (Alan Jay Lerner, Frederick Loewe) – 3:34
5. "Tea for Two" (Irving Caesar, Vincent Youmans) – 7:45
6. "There Will Never Be Another You" (Mack Gordon, Harry Warren) – 3:28
7. "(Back Home Again In) Indiana" (James F. Hanley, Ballard MacDonald) – 7:04
8. "On the Sunny Side of the Street" (Dorothy Fields, Jimmy McHugh) – 3:27
9. "Stardust" (Hoagy Carmichael, Mitchell Parish) – 3:35
10. "(I'm) Confessin' (That I Love You)" (Doc Daugherty, Al J. Neiburg, Ellis Reynolds) – 3:41
11. "I Can't Give You Anything But Love" (Fields, McHugh) – 3:22
12. "These Foolish Things" (Harry Link, Holt Marvell, Jack Strachey) – 3:27
13. "(It Takes) Two to Tango": Rehearsal, False Start and Chatter (Al Hoffman, Dick Manning) – 6:06 Bonus track on CD reissue
14. "I Can't Get Started" – 0:53 Bonus track on CD reissue

Personnel

Performance

• Lester Young – tenor saxophone, vocals on Two To Tango
• Oscar Peterson – piano
• Barney Kessel – guitar
• Ray Brown – double bass
• J. C. Heard - drums

Production

• Nat Hentoff - liner notes
• Norman Granz - producer

References