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1	–Lester Young Quartet	Just You, Just Me Written-By – Jesse Greer, Raymond Klages	3:08
2	–Lester Young Quartet	Just You, Just Me Written-By – Jesse Greer, Raymond Klages	3:14
3	–Lester Young Quartet	I Never Knew Written-By – Gus Kahn, Ted Friorito	3:08
4	–Lester Young Quartet	I Never Knew Written-By – Gus Kahn, Ted Friorito	3:12
5	–Lester Young Quartet	Afternoon Of A Basie-Ite Written-By – Lester Young	3:10
6	–Lester Young Quartet	Afternoon Of A Basie-Ite Written-By – Lester Young	3:12
7	–Lester Young Quartet	Sometimes I'm Happy Written-By – Irving Caesar, Vincent Youmans	3:44
8	–Lester Young Quartet	Sometimes I'm Happy Written-By – Irving Caesar, Vincent Youmans	3:09
9	–Kansas City Seven*	After Theatre Jump Written-By – Dickie Wells	4:50
10	–Kansas City Seven*	After Theatre Jump Written-By – Dickie Wells	4:46
11	–Kansas City Seven*	Six Cats And A Prince Written-By – Buck Clayton	5:18
12	–Kansas City Seven*	Six Cats And A Prince Written-By – Buck Clayton	4:11
13	–Kansas City Seven*	Six Cats And A Prince Written-By – Buck Clayton	4:12
14	–Kansas City Seven*	Lester Leaps Again Written-By – Buck Clayton	4:28
15	–Kansas City Seven*	Destination K.C. Written-By – Buck Clayton	3:53
16	–Kansas City Seven*	Destination K.C. Written-By – Buck Clayton	4:51

Companies, etc.

• Manufactured By – Nippon Phonogram Co., Ltd.
• Distributed By – Nippon Phonogram Co., Ltd.

Credits

• Bass – Rodney Richardson (tracks: 9 to 16), Slam Stewart (tracks: 1 to 8)
• Drums – Jo Jones (tracks: 9 to 16), Sid Catlett* (tracks: 1 to 8)
• Executive-Producer – Richard Seidel
• Guitar – Freddie Green (tracks: 9 to 16)
• Liner Notes – Dan Morgenstern
• Piano – Count Basie (tracks: 9 to 16), Johnny Guarnieri (tracks: 1 to 8)
• Producer – Harry Lim
• Reissue Producer – Kiyoshi Koyama
• Tenor Saxophone – Lester Young
• Trombone – Dicky Wells* (tracks: 9 to 16)
• Trumpet – Buck Clayton (tracks: 9 to 16)

Notes

Tracks 1 to 8 recorded on December 28, 1943 in NYC; tracks 9 to 16 recorded on March 22, 1944 in NYC.
Tracks 7, 9 and 11 are previously unissued masters/alternate takes.

Volume 1 of The Essential Keynote Collection.

Other versions

Category	Artist	Title (Format)	Label	Category	Country	Year
UCCU-6254	Lester Young	The Complete Lester Young ‎(CD, Album, Mono, Ltd, RE, SHM)	Mercury	UCCU-6254	Japan	2012
UCCU-9276	Lester Young	The Complete Lester Young ‎(CD, Comp, RM)	Mercury	UCCU-9276	Japan	2008

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