"Lester Leaps In" is a jazz standard originally recorded by Count Basie's Kansas City Seven in 1939.[1] The composition, credited to the group's tenor saxophone player Lester Young, is a contrafact based on the chord progression of "I Got Rhythm", and serves as a vehicle for interweaving solos by Young and Basie. Featuring musicians Count Basie, Lester Young, Buck Clayton, Dicky Wells, Freddie Green, Walter Page & Jo Jones.
- A1 Saxy Blues
- A2 I Cover The Waterfront
- A3 These Foolish Things Remind Me Of You
- A4 Lester Leaps In
- B1 Younger Than The Sax Time
- B2 The Prophet
- B3 Lovers Leap
- B4 Leap Frog