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Lester Leaps In by Count Basie and The Kansas City Seven

First released: 1956, Length: 3:15

Creators (10)

Conductor

  1. Count Basie (05 Sep 1939)

Orchestra

  1. Count Basie and His Orchestra (05 Sep 1939)

Instruments

  1. Buck Clayton (05 Sep 1939) trumpet
  2. Count Basie (05 Sep 1939) piano accordion, piano
  3. Dicky Wells (05 Sep 1939) trombone
  4. Freddie Green (05 Sep 1939) guitar
  5. Jo Jones (05 Sep 1939) drums (drum set)
  6. Lester Young (05 Sep 1939) tenor saxophone, tenor saxophone, clarinet, clarinet
  7. Walter Page (05 Sep 1939) double bass, double bass

Producer

  1. John Hammond

Works (1)

Recording Of

  1. Lester Leaps In (05 Sep 1939)

    Composer

    1. Lester Young (1939)

Releases containing this recording (16)

Official

Album - Compilation

  1. Lester Leaps In 1956 Count Basie And His Orchestra Featuring Lester Young
  2. The Smithsonian Collection of Classic Jazz, Volume 2 1987 Various Artists
  3. The Chronological Classics: Count Basie and His Orchestra 1939, Volume 2 1990 Count Basie and His Orchestra
  4. Count Basie 1937-1943 1990 Count Basie
  5. The Unbeatable Basie Beat 20 Sep 1996 Count Basie
  6. Jazz Greats, Volume 8: Count Basie: Jive at Five 1996 Count Basie
  7. The Real Kansas City of the ’20s, ’30s & ’40s 1996 Various Artists
  8. The Smithsonian Collection of Classic Jazz 1997 Various Artists
  9. Ken Burns Jazz: Definitive Lester Young 07 Nov 2000 Lester Young
  10. Ken Burns Jazz: Definitive Lester Young 2000 Lester Young
  11. The Chronological Classics: Count Basie, Volume 1: 1936-1941 2000 Count Basie
  12. Complete 1936-1941 Columbia Recordings 02 Jul 2002 Count Basie
  13. Jazz Styles: 8th Edition 2003 Various Artists
  14. Classic Columbia, Okeh and Vocalion Lester Young With Count Basie (1936-1940) 2008 Lester Young with Count Basie
  15. Jazz, Vol. 10: Boogie Woogie, Jump and Kansas City Various Artists