Lester Leaps In

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