In June 1954, “Norgran” label released “Lester Young with the Oscar Peterson Trio #1” and “Lester Young with the Oscar Peterson Trio #2”, the debut Lester Young albums. They were recorded in November 1952, in New York City, and were produced by Norman Granz.

Personnel:

• Lester Young – vocal, tenor saxophone
• Oscar Peterson – piano
• Barney Kessel – guitar
• Ray Brown – double bass
• J. C. Heard – drums
• Nat Hentoff – liner notes

Track listing

1. Ad Lib Blues – Oscar Peterson, Lester Young
2. I Can’t Get Started – Vernon Duke, Ira Gershwin
3. Just You, Just Me – Jesse Greer, Raymond Klages
4. Almost Like Being in Love – Alan Jay Lerner, Frederick Loewe
5. Tea for Two – Irving Caesar, Vincent Youmans
6. There Will Never Be Another You – Mack Gordon, Harry Warren
7. (Back Home Again In) Indiana – James F. Hanley, Ballard MacDonald
8. On the Sunny Side of the Street – Dorothy Fields, Jimmy McHugh
9. Stardust – Hoagy Carmichael, Mitchell Parish
10. (I’m) Confessin’ (That I Love You) – Doc Daugherty, Al J. Neiburg, Ellis Reynolds
11. I Can’t Give You Anything But Love – Dorothy Fields, Jimmy McHugh
12. These Foolish Things – Harry Link, Holt Marvell, Jack Strachey