Contains 62 tracks for the first time on CD; 13 previously unissued tracks. CD 8 [tracks 119 to 142] = interviews. Tracks 1 to 9 recorded March or early April, 1946.
- Lester YOUNG Saxophone ténor
- Nat King COLE Piano
- Buddy RICH Drums
- as above but omit
- Buddy RICH
- Lester YOUNG
- Hank JONES Piano
- Ray BROWN Contrebasse
- Buddy RICH
- Lester YOUNG
- John LEWIS Piano
- Joe SHULMAN Contrebasse
- Bill CLARK Drums
- Lester YOUNG
- John LEWIS
- Gene RAMEY Contrebasse
- Jo JONES Drums
- Lester YOUNG
- Oscar PETERSON
- Barney KESSEL Guitare
- Ray BROWN
- J.C. HEARD Drums
- as above but
- Lester YOUNG Saxophone ténor, Voix
- Lester YOUNG
- Jesse DRAKES Trompette
- Gildo MAHONES Piano
- Gene RAMEY
- or
- John ORE Contrebasse
- Connie KAY Drums
- Lester YOUNG
- Harry Sweets EDISON Trompette
- Oscar PETERSON
- Herb ELLIS Guitare
- Ray BROWN
- Buddy RICH
- Lester YOUNG
- Roy ELDRIDGE Trompette
- Vic DICKENSON Trombone
- Teddy WILSON Piano
- Freddie GREEN Guitare
- Gene RAMEY
- Jo JONES
- as above but omit
- Roy ELDRIDGE
- Vic DICKENSON
- Freddie GREEN
- Lester YOUNG Saxophone ténor, Clarinette
- Harry Sweets EDISON
- Oscar PETERSON
- Herb ELLIS
- Ray BROWN
- Louie BELLSON Drums
- Lester YOUNG Saxophone ténor
- Harry Sweets EDISON
- Lou STEIN Piano
- Herb ELLIS
- Ray BROWN
- Mickey SHEEN Drums
- Lester YOUNG
- Harry Sweets EDISON
- Roy ELDRIDGE
- Hank JONES
- Herb ELLIS
- George DUVIVIER Contrebasse
- Mickey SHEEN
- Lester YOUNG
- René URTREGER Piano
- Jimmy GOURLEY Guitare
- Jamil NASSER Contrebasse
- Kenny CLARKE Drums
- 1 Back to the land
- 2 I cover the waterfront, 12"LP tk.
- 3 I cover the waterfront, master tk.
- 4 Somebody loves me
- 5 I've found a new baby
- 6 The man I love
- 7 Peg o' my heart
- 8 I want to be happy
- 9 Mean to me
- 10 Too marvelous for words, 78-rpm tk.
- 11 Too marvelous for words, LP tk.
- 12 'Deed I do
- 13 Encore
- 14 Polka dots and moonbeams
- 15 Up 'n' Adam
- 16 Three little words
- 17 Count every star, master tk.
- 18 Count every star, alt.tk.
- 19 It all depends on you
- 20 Neenah, alt.tk.
- 21 Neenah, alt.tk.
- 22 Neenah, master tk.
- 23 Jeepers, creepers
- 24 Thou swell, USA 78-rpm tk.
- 25 Thou swell, Canada 78-rpm tk.
- 26 September in the rain
- 27 Undercover girl blues
- 28 Frenesi
- 29 Pete's cafe
- 30 Little Pee blues
- 31 A foggy day
- 32 In a little spanish town
- 33 Let's fall in love
- 34 Down 'n' Adam
- 35 Lester swings
- 36 Slow motion blues
- 37 Ad lib blues
- 38 Just you, just me
- 39 Tea for two
- 40 Indiana
- 41 These foolish things
- 42 I can't get started
- 43 Stardust
- 44 It takes two to tango
- 45 On the sunny side of the street
- 46 Almost like being in love
- 47 I can't give you anything but love
- 48 There will never be another you
- 49 I'm confessin'
- 50 Willow weep for me
- 51 This can't be love
- 52 Can't we be friends?
- 53 Tenderly
- 54 New D.B. blues
- 55 Jumpin' at the woodside
- 56 I can't believe that you're in love with me
- 57 Oh, lady, be good!
- 58 Another mambo
- 59 Come rain or come shine
- 60 Rose room
- 61 Somebody loves me
- 62 Touch me again (aka Kiss ma again)
- 63 It don't mean a thing (if it ain't got that swing)
- 64 I'm in the mood for love
- 65 Big top blues
- 66 Mean to me
- 67 That's all, alt.tk.
- 68 That's all, master tk.
- 69 Red boy blues
- 70 Pennies from heaven
- 71 She's funny that way, breakdown
- 72 She's funny that way, master tk.
- 73 One o'clock junp, master tk.
- 74 It's the talk of the town
- 75 I've found a new baby
- 76 I guess I'll have to change my plan
- 77 I didn't know what time it was
- 78 Gigantic blues
- 79 This year's kisses
- 80 You can depend on me
- 81 Pres returns
- 82 Prisoner of love
- 83 Taking a chance on love
- 84 All of me
- 85 Louise
- 86 Love is here to stay
- 87 Love me or leave me
- 88 St Tropez, alt.tk.
- 89 St Tropez, master tk.
- 90 Flic
- 91 Ballad medley: A ghost of a chance * I cover the waterfront
- 92 Love is here to stay
- 93 Sunday
- 94 Perdido, incomplete tk.
- 95 Waldorf blues, alt.tk.
- 96 Waldorf blues, master tk.
- 97 Sunday
- 98 You're getting to be a habit with me, alt.tk.
- 99 You're getting to be a habit with me, master tk.
- 100 Romping
- 101 Gypsy in my soul
- 102 Please don't talk about me when I'm gone
- 103 They can't take that away from me
- 104 Salute to Benny
- 105 Ballad medley: The very thought of you * I want a little girl * Blue and sentimental
- 106 Mean to me
- 107 I didn't know what time it was
- 108 Oh, lady, be good!
- 109 Almost like being in love
- 110 Three little words
- 111 I cover the waterfront
- 112 I can't get started
- 113 Indiana
- 114 Pennies from heaven
- 115 New D.B. blues
- 116 Lullaby of Birdland
- 117 There will never be another you
- 118 Tea for two
- 119 Early life: Birthplace * Music in New Orleans * Young's father
- 120 After New Orleans
- 121 Pres's instruments: Drums * Tenor saxophone
- 122 Count Basie
- 123 Racial tension
- 124 Influences
- 125 Composing and reading music: The family band * With orchestra
- 126 Recordings: Clarinet dates
- 127 Lady Day and nobody's business
- 128 Philosophy on music I
- 129 Younger saxophonists
- 130 Basie then and now
- 131 Debunking
- 132 Philosophy on music II
- 133 Pres' sound: Sitting in with Fletcher Henderson
- 134 Joining Henderson
- 135 Early Pres: Oliver, Bronson, Basie
- 136 Coleman Hawkins and Henderson
- 137 Billie Holiday
- 138 Recording techniques
- 139 Pres's favorite singers
- 140 Philosophy on music vi-à-vis other tenor players
- 141 Records new and old
- 142 Mahalia Jackson
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