One Night Stand – The Town Hall Concert 1947 Explained

One Night Stand: Town Hall Concert 1947
Type:live
Artist:Sarah Vaughan and Lester Young
Cover:One Night Stand - The Town Hall Concert 1947.jpg
Released:1997
Recorded:November 8, 1947
Venue:The Town Hall, New York City
Label:Blue Note

One Night Stand is a compilation of a concert given on November 8, 1947, at The Town Hall in New York City. The concert featured Sarah Vaughan and Lester Young. The album was released in 1997.[1] Lester Young is a tenor saxophonist who played with the Count Basie Band in the 1930s and 1940s. It is with this group that he first recorded the first copy of "Lester Leaps In" (the first track on One Night Stand) in 1939.[2]

Track listing[3]

  1. "Lester Leaps In" – 3:11 Lester Young
  2. "Just You, Just Me" – 5:22 Lester Young
  3. "Jumpin' With Symphony Sid" – 3:50 Lester Young
  4. "Sunday" – 6:20 Lester Young
  5. "Don't Blame Me" – 3:47 Sarah Vaughan
  6. "My Kinda Love" – 1:47 Sarah Vaughan
  7. "I Cover the Waterfront" – 3:36 Sarah Vaughan
  8. "I Don't Stand a Ghost of a Chance With You" – 3:54 Sarah Vaughan
  9. "Lester's Be Bop Boogie" – 4:53 Sarah Vaughan
  10. "These Foolish Things" – 4:56 Lester Young
  11. "Movin' With Lester" – 5:51 Lester Young
  12. "The Man I Love" – 3:33 Sarah Vaughan
  13. "Time After Time" – 2:52 Sarah Vaughan
  14. "Mean To Me" – 2:40 Sarah Vaughan
  15. "Body and Soul" – 4:06 Sarah Vaughan
  16. "I Cried For You" – 3:45 Sarah Vaughan & Lester Young

Personnel

Sources

Gridley, Mark C. Jazz Styles: History & Analysis. 9th edn. N.J.: Prentice Hall, 2006. Print.

Notes and References

  1. http://www.cduniverse.com/search/xx/music/pid/1230386/a/One+Night+Stand:+The+Town+Hall+Concert+1947.htm Sarah Vaughan
  2. Book: Gridley, Mark . Jazz Styles: History and Analysis . Pearson Prentice Hall . 2006 . 129 . 0-13-193115-6.
  3. https://www.amazon.com/dp/B000005GZT Amazon.com