Recorded in New York City on June 24 (#2,3,6-8,10) & 25 (#1,4,5,9,11,12), 1955.
Digital remastering from original master tapes using 20-bit analog to digital converter at La Source Mastering, Paris

?1956 BMG Music
©1997 BMG France
Made in the E.U.

Tracks 1 to 9 recorded in New York, February 1956
Tracks 10 to 15 recorded in New York January 29 & February 2, 1959

Recorded between 1993 and 1995.

Recorded: August 19 (#1,2,6,8) & 22 (#3,4,5,7), 1955

Digitally recorded at WDR studios, Cologne, in May 1991
Digitally mixed in August 1991
A recording by WDR Cologne

Track 1: Original LP issue: Lester Young: [r=3321603].
Tracks 2 & 9: Original LP issue: Jazz at the Philharmonic All-Stars: [r=3879453].
Track 3: Original LP issue: Jazz at the Philharmonic: [m=674556].
Track 4: Original LP issue: [m=701122].
Track 5: Original LP issue of this reconstructed version: [r=2645562]; original 78-rpm issue in [m=982253].
Track 6: Original LP issue: The Gene Krupa Trio [r=4227013].
Track 7: Original 10" LP: [r=7756540]; original 78-rpm issue in [r=2800663].
Track 8: Original 10" LP issue: Billie Holiday [r=4234840].

Recorded live at Stampen jazz club in Stockholm, Sweden, December 6–7 1976.
Digitally Remastered in April 1996.



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