The “Kansas City” Sessions
Album The “Kansas City” Sessions by Lester Young
| Disc #-Track # | Song Composer Lyrics Arranger | Musicinas Additional Musicinas Group Name Soloists | Recording Date | Recording Location | Attribution |
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| 1-1 | Way Down Yonder In New Orleans [Take 2] Music:John Turner Layton, Jr. | Kansas City Six Lester Young(ts,cl),Buck Clayton(tp),Eddie Durham(tb,gt),Freddie Green(gt),Walter Page(b),Jo Jones(d) | 9/28 1938 |
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| 1-2 | Way Down Yonder In New Orleans Music:John Turner Layton, Jr. | Kansas City Six Lester Young(ts,cl),Buck Clayton(tp),Eddie Durham(tb,gt),Freddie Green(gt),Walter Page(b),Jo Jones(d) | 9/28 1938 |
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| 1-3 | Countless Blues Music:Milt Gabler | Kansas City Six Lester Young(ts,cl),Buck Clayton(tp),Eddie Durham(tb,gt),Freddie Green(gt),Walter Page(b),Jo Jones(d) | 9/28 1938 |
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| 1-4 | Countless Blues [Take 2] Music:Milt Gabler | Kansas City Six Lester Young(ts,cl),Buck Clayton(tp),Eddie Durham(tb,gt),Freddie Green(gt),Walter Page(b),Jo Jones(d) | 9/28 1938 |
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| 1-5 | Them There Eyes [Take 2] Music:Maceo Pinkard, Doris Tauber, William Tracey | Kansas City Six Lester Young(ts,cl),Buck Clayton(tp),Eddie Durham(tb,gt),Freddie Green(gt,vo),Walter Page(b),Jo Jones(d) | 9/28 1938 |
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| 1-6 | Them There Eyes Music:Maceo Pinkard, Doris Tauber, William Tracey | Kansas City Six Lester Young(ts,cl),Buck Clayton(tp),Eddie Durham(tb,gt),Freddie Green(gt,vo),Walter Page(b),Jo Jones(d) | 9/28 1938 |
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| 1-7 | I Want A Little Girl Music:Murray Mencher , Lyrics:Billy Moll | Kansas City Six Lester Young(ts,cl),Buck Clayton(tp),Eddie Durham(tb,gt),Freddie Green(gt),Walter Page(b),Jo Jones(d) | 9/28 1938 |
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| 1-8 | I Want A Little Girl [Take 2] Music:Murray Mencher , Lyrics:Billy Moll | Kansas City Six Lester Young(ts,cl),Buck Clayton(tp),Eddie Durham(tb,gt),Freddie Green(gt),Walter Page(b),Jo Jones(d) | 9/28 1938 |
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| 1-9 | Pagin’ The Devil Music:Walter Page | Kansas City Six Lester Young(ts,cl),Buck Clayton(tp),Eddie Durham(tb,gt),Freddie Green(gt),Walter Page(b),Jo Jones(d) | 9/28 1938 |
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| 1-10 | Pagin’ The Devil [Take 2] Music:Walter Page | Kansas City Six Lester Young(ts,cl),Buck Clayton(tp),Eddie Durham(tb,gt),Freddie Green(gt),Walter Page(b),Jo Jones(d) | 9/28 1938 |
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| 1-11 | Three Little Words [Take 2] Music:Harry Ruby , Lyrics:Bert Kalmar | Kansas City Six Lester Young(ts),Bill Coleman(tp),Dicky Wells(tb),Eddie Durham(gt,tb),Joe Bushkin(p),John Simmons(b),Jo Jones(d) | 3/27 1944 |
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| 1-12 | Three Little Words Music:Harry Ruby , Lyrics:Bert Kalmar | Kansas City Six Lester Young(ts),Bill Coleman(tp),Dicky Wells(tb),Eddie Durham(gt,tb),Joe Bushkin(p),John Simmons(b),Jo Jones(d) | 3/27 1944 |
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| 1-13 | Jo Jo Music:Joseph Bushkin | Kansas City Six Lester Young(ts),Bill Coleman(tp),Dicky Wells(tb),Eddie Durham(gt,tb),Joe Bushkin(p),John Simmons(b),Jo Jones(d) | 3/27 1944 |
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| 1-14 | I Got Rhythm [Take 3] Music:George Gershwin , Lyrics:Ira Gershwin | Kansas City Six Lester Young(ts),Bill Coleman(tp),Dicky Wells(tb),Eddie Durham(gt,tb),Joe Bushkin(p),John Simmons(b),Jo Jones(d) | 3/27 1944 |
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| 1-15 | I Got Rhythm [Take 2] Music:George Gershwin , Lyrics:Ira Gershwin | Kansas City Six Lester Young(ts),Bill Coleman(tp),Dicky Wells(tb),Eddie Durham(gt,tb),Joe Bushkin(p),John Simmons(b),Jo Jones(d) | 3/27 1944 |
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| 1-16 | I Got Rhythm Music:George Gershwin , Lyrics:Ira Gershwin | Kansas City Six Lester Young(ts),Bill Coleman(tp),Dicky Wells(tb),Eddie Durham(gt,tb),Joe Bushkin(p),John Simmons(b),Jo Jones(d) | 3/27 1944 |
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| 1-17 | Four O’Clock Drag Music:Milt Gabler | Kansas City Six Lester Young(ts),Bill Coleman(tp),Dicky Wells(tb),Eddie Durham(gt,tb),Joe Bushkin(p),John Simmons(b),Jo Jones(d) | 3/27 1944 |
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| 1-18 | Four O’Clock Drag [Take 3] Music:Milt Gabler | Kansas City Six Lester Young(ts),Bill Coleman(tp),Dicky Wells(tb),Eddie Durham(gt,tb),Joe Bushkin(p),John Simmons(b),Jo Jones(d) | 3/27 1944 |
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| 1-19 | Laughing At Life Music:Bobo Todd, Nick Kenny, Charles F. Kenny, Cornell Todd | Kansas City Five Buck Clayton(tp),Eddie Durham(tb),Freddie Green(gt),Walter Page(b),Jo Jones(d) | 3/16 1938 |
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| 1-20 | Good Morning Blues Music:Count Basie, Ed Durham, Jimmy Rushing | Kansas City Five Buck Clayton(tp),Eddie Durham(tb),Freddie Green(gt),Walter Page(b),Jo Jones(d) | 3/16 1938 |
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| 1-21 | I Know That You Know Music:Vincent Youmans , Lyrics:Anne Caldwell | Kansas City Five Buck Clayton(tp),Eddie Durham(tb),Freddie Green(gt),Walter Page(b),Jo Jones(d) | 3/16 1938 |
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| 1-22 | Love Me Or Leave Me Music:Walter Donaldson , Lyrics:Gus Kahn | Kansas City Five Buck Clayton(tp),Eddie Durham(tb),Freddie Green(gt),Walter Page(b),Jo Jones(d) | 3/16 1938 |
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