The President Plays with the Oscar Peterson Trio (album)

Lester Young with the Oscar Peterson Trio is a 1952 studio album by Lester Young, accompanied by the Oscar Peterson Quartet, although the title incorrectly states the band is a trio. The music on this album was originally released as three separate 1952 albums - Lester Young with the Oscar Peterson Trio, Vol. 1, Lester Young with the Oscar Peterson Trio, Vol. 2, and The Pres-Ident Plays with Oscar Peterson. It was collated for this 1997 reissue by Verve Records. The first eight tracks were released together for the first time in 1955, as Norgran MGN 1054.

Track listing

 * 1) "Ad Lib Blues" (Oscar Peterson, Lester Young) – 5:54
 * 2) "I Can't Get Started" (Vernon Duke, Ira Gershwin) – 3:41
 * 3) "Just You, Just Me" (Jesse Greer, Raymond Klages) – 7:40
 * 4) "Almost Like Being in Love" (Alan Jay Lerner, Frederick Loewe) – 3:34
 * 5) "Tea for Two" (Irving Caesar, Vincent Youmans) – 7:45
 * 6) "There Will Never Be Another You" (Mack Gordon, Harry Warren) – 3:28
 * 7) "(Back Home Again In) Indiana" (James F. Hanley, Ballard MacDonald) – 7:04
 * 8) "On the Sunny Side of the Street" (Dorothy Fields, Jimmy McHugh) – 3:27
 * 9) "Stardust" (Hoagy Carmichael, Mitchell Parish) – 3:35
 * 10) "(I'm) Confessin' (That I Love You)" (Doc Daugherty, Al J. Neiburg, Ellis Reynolds) – 3:41
 * 11) "I Can't Give You Anything But Love" (Fields, McHugh) – 3:22
 * 12) "These Foolish Things" (Harry Link, Holt Marvell, Jack Strachey) – 3:27
 * 13) "(It Takes) Two to Tango": Rehearsal, False Start and Chatter (Al Hoffman, Dick Manning) – 6:06 Bonus track on CD reissue
 * 14) "I Can't Get Started" – 0:53 Bonus track on CD reissue

Performance

 * Lester Young – tenor saxophone, vocals on Two To Tango
 * Oscar Peterson – piano
 * Barney Kessel – guitar
 * Ray Brown – double bass
 * J. C. Heard - drums

Production

 * Nat Hentoff - liner notes
 * Norman Granz - producer