Lester Young with the Oscar Peterson Trio
Lester Young - tenor saxophone, vocals on Two To Tango
Oscar Peterson - piano
Barney Kessel - guitar
Ray Brown - double bass
J. C. Heard - drums
Defying what has become conventional wisdom, tenor saxophonist Lester Young cut some of his greatest recordings in the 1950s -- that is, when he was reasonably healthy. On this wonderful effort with pianist Oscar Peterson, guitarist Barney Kessel, bassist Ray Brown, and drummer J.C. Heard, Prez performs definitive versions of "Just You, Just Me" and "Tea for Two," and plays a string of concise but memorable ballad renditions: "On the Sunny Side of the Street," "Almost Like Being in Love," "I Can't Give You Anything But Love," "There Will Never Be Another You," and "I'm Confessin'." This is essential music from a jazz legend. [Some reissues augment the original dozen songs with a version of the good-humored "It Takes Two to Tango," which features Young's only recorded vocals, plus a rather unnecessary false start (on "I Can't Get Started," ironically), along with some studio chatter.]
1.Ad Lib Blues
Oscar Peterson / Lester Young
Oscar Peterson / Oscar Peterson Trio / Lester Young
2.I Can't Get Started
Vernon Duke / Ira Gershwin
Oscar Peterson / Oscar Peterson Trio / Lester Young
3.Just You, Just Me
Jesse Greer / Raymond Klages
Oscar Peterson / Oscar Peterson Trio / Lester Young
4.Almost Like Being in Love
Alan Jay Lerner / Frederick Loewe
Oscar Peterson / Oscar Peterson Trio / Lester Young
5.Tea for Two
Irving Caesar / Vincent Youmans
Oscar Peterson / Oscar Peterson Trio / Lester Young
6.There Will Never Be Another You
Mack Gordon / Harry Warren
Oscar Peterson / Oscar Peterson Trio / Lester Young
7.(Back Home Again In) Indiana
James F. Hanley / Ballard MacDonald
Oscar Peterson / Oscar Peterson Trio / Lester Young
8.On the Sunny Side of the Street
Dorothy Fields / Jimmy McHugh
Oscar Peterson / Oscar Peterson Trio / Lester Young
9.Stardust
Hoagy Carmichael / Mitchell Parish
Oscar Peterson / Oscar Peterson Trio / Lester Young
10.I'm Confessin' (That I Love You)
Doc Daugherty / Al J. Neiburg / Ellis Reynolds
Oscar Peterson / Oscar Peterson Trio / Lester Young
11.I Can't Give You Anything But Love
Dorothy Fields / Jimmy McHugh
Oscar Peterson / Oscar Peterson Trio / Lester Young
12.These Foolish Things
Harry Link / Holt Marvell / Jack Strachey
Oscar Peterson / Oscar Peterson Trio / Lester Young
13.(It Takes) Two to Tango: Rehearsal, False Start and Chatter, ...
Al Hoffman / Dick Manning
Oscar Peterson / Oscar Peterson Trio / Lester Young
14.I Can't Get Started
Vernon Duke / Ira Gershwin
Oscar Peterson / Oscar Peterson Trio / Lester Young
Release Date August 4, 1952
Genre
Jazz
Styles
Cool
Mainstream Jazz
Jazz Instrument
Piano Jazz
Saxophone Jazz
Recording DateAugust 4, 1952
