I Want a Little Girl

Lester Young · 1938 · Kansas City Five, 1938

Context

Standard recorded in 1938 by the Kansas City Five with Lester Young, Buck Clayton, and Eddie Durham. It is reissued on the 1961 Commodore compilation.

In the genealogy of jazz

This track belongs to Kansas City, Swing, big bands. Among the origins and influences of Kansas City: Blues, spirituals, work songs.

By the same artist

• Countless Blues (1938)
• Pagin' the Devil (1938)
• Way Down Yonder in New Orleans (1938)
• Them There Eyes (Lester Young) (1938)
• Oh, Lady Be Good! (1936)

Sources

• jazzmusicarchives.com

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