In June 1954, “Norgran Records” 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
- Ad Lib Blues – Oscar Peterson, Lester Young
- I Can’t Get Started – Vernon Duke, Ira Gershwin
- Just You, Just Me – Jesse Greer, Raymond Klages
- Almost Like Being in Love – Alan Jay Lerner, Frederick Loewe
- Tea for Two – Irving Caesar, Vincent Youmans
- There Will Never Be Another You – Mack Gordon, Harry Warren
- (Back Home Again In) Indiana – James F. Hanley, Ballard MacDonald
- On the Sunny Side of the Street – Dorothy Fields, Jimmy McHugh
- Stardust – Hoagy Carmichael, Mitchell Parish
- (I’m) Confessin’ (That I Love You) – Doc Daugherty, Al J. Neiburg, Ellis Reynolds
- I Can’t Give You Anything But Love – Dorothy Fields, Jimmy McHugh
- These Foolish Things – Harry Link, Holt Marvell, Jack Strachey