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Lester Leaps In is a jazz album by tenor saxophonist Lester Young. It is a compilation of performances of Lester Young, as leader and in performance on other artists' recording dates (e.g, Count Basie). Track listing #"Them There Eyes (Pinkard - Tracey - Tauber)" - 2:58 #"I Want a Little Girl (Moll - Mencher)" - 2:52 #"Pagin' the Devil (Page - Gabler)" - 2:55 #"I Can't Believe That You're in Love With Me (Gaskill - McHugh)" - 2:44 #"Back in Your Own Backyard (Jolson - Rose)" - 2:40 #"You Can't Be Mine (Johnson - Webb)" - 2:20 #"Say it With a Kiss (Mercer - Warren)" - 2:33 #"I Ain't Got Nobody (Williams - Graham)" - 2:56 #"Goin' to Chicago (Basie - Rushing)" - 3:06 #"(Let Me) Live and Love Tonight (Johnston - Coslow)" - 2:59 #"Love Me or Leave Me (Donaldson - Kahn)" - 2:31 #"China Boy (Winfree Boutelje)" - 2:49 #"Exactly Like You (Fields - McHugh)"  - 2:40 #"On the Sunny Side of the Street (Fields - McHugh)" - 2:54 #"Upright Organ Blues (Hardmann)" - 2:57 #"Who? (Harbach - Hammerstein - Kern)" - 2:35 #"Jazz Me Blues (Delaney)" - 2:45 #"Dickie's Dream (Basie - Young)" - 3:06 #"Lester Leaps In (Young)" - 3:12 Personnel ;Tracks 1-3: *Lester Young - tenor saxophone, clarinet *Buck Clayton - trumpet *Eddie Durham - electric guitar *Greddie Green - guitar, vocals *Walter Page - contrabass *Jo Jones - drums ;Tracks 4-5: *Lester Young - tenor saxophone *Buck Clayton - trumpet *Bennie Morton - trombone *Billie Holiday - vocals *Walter Page - contrabass *Freddie Green - guitar *Teddy Wilson - piano *Jo Jones - drums ;Track 6 *Lester Young - tenor saxophone *Buck Clayton - trumpet *Dickie Wells - trombone *Billie Holiday - vocals *Walter Page - contrabass *Freddie Green - guitar *Margaret Johnson - piano *Jo Jones - drums ;Track 7: *Lester Young - tenor saxophone *Herschel Evans - tenor saxophone *Edgar Sampson - alto saxophone *Benny Carter - alto saxophone *Harry James - trumpet *Bennie Morton - trombone *Billie Holiday - vocals *Walter Page - contrabass *Al Casey - guitar *Teddy Wilson - piano *Jo Jones - drums ;Tracks 8-11: *Lester Young - tenor saxophone, clarinet *Buck Clayton - trumpet *Shad Collins - trumpet *Dickie Wells - trombone *Jimmy Rushing - vocals *Walter Page - contrabass *Freddie Green - guitar *Count Basie - piano, organ *Jo Jones - drums ;Tracks 12-17: *Lester Young - tenor saxophone, clarinet *Lee Castle - trumpet *Freddie Green - guitar *Glenn Hardmann - organ *Jo Jones - drums ;Tracks 18-19 *Lester Young - tenor saxophone *Buck Clayton - trumpet *Dickie Wells - trombone *Walter Page - contrabass *Count Basie - piano *Freddie Green - guitar *Jo Jones - drums
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