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Live at Birdland (Lester Young album)

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Released
  
2007

Length
  
71:53

Release date
  
2007

Recorded
  
1953 and 1956

Artist
  
Lester Young

Genre
  
Jazz

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Label
  
Sony BMG Music Entertainment

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Live at Birdland is a collection of live recordings made in 1953 and 1956 at New York's Birdland.

Contents

Track listing

  1. "Oh, Lady Be Good!" (7:47)
  2. "A Foggy Day" (8:10)
  3. "In a Little Spanish Town" 7:39
  4. "Lester Leaps In" (6:08))
  5. Theme: "Lullaby of Birdland" (0:55)
  6. Announcement (0:07)
  7. "Lester Leaps In" (6:07)
  8. Announcement 0:24
  9. "Polkadots and Moonbeams" (4:14)
  10. "Up ‘n Adam" (6:08)
  11. "In a Little Spanish Town" (3:20)
  12. Theme: "Lullaby of Birdland" (0:47)
  13. Announcement (0:10)
  14. "Three Little Words" (6:46)
  15. Lester and Announcer Speak (0:35)
  16. "These Foolish Things" (4:23)
  17. Announcement (0:10)
  18. "Blues in G" (5:45)
  19. "Tea for Two" (2:18)

Personnel

  • Lester Young: tenor saxophone
  • Jesse Drakes: trumpet
  • Earl Knight: piano
  • Aaron Bell: bass
  • Lee Abrahams: percussion
  • Count Basie Orchestra

    • Songs

    Shoe Shine Boy3:01
    Oh - Lady Be Good3:08
    Roseland Shuffle2:35

    References

    Live at Birdland (Lester Young album) Wikipedia
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