Lester Leaps In

~ Recording by Count Basie’s Kansas City Seven

Appears on releases

#TitleLengthTrack artistRelease titleRelease artistRelease group typeCountry/DateLabelCatalog#
Official
1.7Lester Leaps In?:??Count Basie And His Orchestra Featuring Lester YoungLester Leaps InCount Basie And His Orchestra Featuring Lester YoungAlbum + Compilation
Epic (US label founded by CBS in 1953, now owned by Sony)LN 3107
3.9Lester Leaps In3:14Count Basie’s Kansas City SevenThe Smithsonian Collection of Classic JazzVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
The Smithsonian Collection of RecordingsP6 11891
1.22Lester Leaps In3:17Count Basie and the Kansas City 7The Smithsonian Collection of Classic Jazz, Volume 2Various ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
The Smithsonian Collection of RecordingsRD 033-2
1.21Lester Leaps In3:10Count BasieCount Basie 1937-1943Count BasieAlbum + Compilation
  • -1990
Giants of Jazz (Italian)CD 53072
1.19Lester Leaps In3:14Count Basie’s Kansas City SevenThe Chronological Classics: Count Basie and His Orchestra 1939, Volume 2Count Basie and His OrchestraAlbum + Compilation
Classics (French jazz reissue label)533
1.17Lester Leaps In3:13Count BasieThe Unbeatable Basie BeatCount BasieAlbum + Compilation
Avid Jazz (UK budget re-issue label)AVC 524
1.15Lester Leaps In3:16Kansas City SevenJazz Greats, Volume 8: Count Basie: Jive at FiveCount BasieAlbum + Compilation
Marshall Cavendish Partworks Limited (Publishing company)JAZZCD 008
1.15Lester Leaps In3:16Count Basie’s Kansas City SevenThe Real Kansas City of the ’20s, ’30s & ’40sVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
Columbia (owned by Sony Music Entertainment, worldwide except JP; formerly owned by CBS between 1938–1990 within US/CA/MX), Legacy (reissue division of Sony Music Entertainment)CK 64855
2.22Lester Leaps In3:15Count Basie and the Kansas City 7The Smithsonian Collection of Classic JazzVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
The Smithsonian Collection of RecordingsRD 033
1.12Lester Leaps In3:16Count Basie’s Kansas City SevenKen Burns Jazz: Definitive Lester YoungLester YoungAlbum + Compilation
  • US2000-11-07
Verve (jazz label, aka “Verve Records”, use this for release labels)314 549 082-2
1.12Lester Leaps In3:16Count Basie’s Kansas City SevenKen Burns Jazz: Definitive Lester YoungLester YoungAlbum + Compilation
Verve (jazz label, aka “Verve Records”, use this for release labels)549 082-2
3.19Lester Leaps In3:14Count Basie’s Kansas City SevenThe Chronological Classics: Count Basie, Volume 1: 1936-1941Count BasieAlbum + Compilation
Classics (French jazz reissue label)64
2.9Lester Leaps In3:13Count Basie and the Kansas City 7Complete 1936-1941 Columbia RecordingsCount BasieAlbum + Compilation
  • GB2002-07-02
Definitive Records (jazz reissues)DRCD-11208
1.22Lester Leaps In3:17Count Basie & His OrchestraJazz Styles: 8th EditionVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
2.8Lester Leaps In3:15Lester Young with Count BasieClassic Columbia, Okeh and Vocalion Lester Young With Count Basie (1936-1940)Lester Young with Count BasieAlbum + Compilation
Mosaic Records (US jazz reissues)MD4-239
1.13Lester Leaps In3:20Count Basie’s Kansas City SevenJazz, Vol. 10: Boogie Woogie, Jump and Kansas CityVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
Smithsonian Folkways (imprint of Smithsonian Folkways Recordings)F-2810

Relationships

recorded in:New York, New York, United States (on 1939-09-05)
producer:John Hammond (producer)
clarinet, clarinet and tenor saxophone and tenor saxophone:Lester Young (saxophonist) (on 1939-09-05)
double bass and double bass [string bass]:Walter Page (on 1939-09-05)
drums (drum set):Jo Jones (US jazz drummer) (on 1939-09-05)
guitar:Freddie Green (on 1939-09-05)
piano and piano accordion:Count Basie (pianist) (on 1939-09-05)
trombone:Dicky Wells (on 1939-09-05)
trumpet:Buck Clayton (on 1939-09-05)
orchestra:Count Basie and His Orchestra (on 1939-09-05)
conductor:Count Basie (pianist) (on 1939-09-05)
recording of:Lester Leaps In (on 1939-09-05)

Related works

Lester Leaps In

composer:Lester Young (saxophonist) (in 1939)
later versions:I've Got the Blues