The Recorded Sound Archives (RSA) is a unit of FAU Libraries Special Collections department. We are located in the Wimberly Library on FAU's Boca Raton campus.

Originally established in 2002 as a small project dedicated to the preservation of recorded Jewish music, it has matured into a robust digitization operation for all types of sound recordings.

Lester Young (Master Takes/Savoy Recordings)


Additional information (PDF) is only available
through the Research Station

Recordings restricted by copyright will only play 45 seconds to give you a sense of what that recording originally sounded like. These recordings can be identified by the words (Research Station) in the music player.

If a song listed below has not been digitized yet, it will NOT show up within the player. If you need us to digitize this song/album, you can make a formal request here.
1 - Circus in Rhythm
Composer(s) : E. Warren
2 - Poor Little Plaything
Composer(s) : E. Warren
3 - Tush
Composer(s) : D. Wells
4 - These Foolish Things
Composer(s) : Strachey; Link; Marvell
5 - Exercise In Swing
Composer(s) : J. Guarnieri
6 - Salute To Fats
Composer(s) : J. Guarnieri
7 - Basie English
Composer(s) : J. Guarnieri
8 - Blue Lester
Composer(s) : L. Young
9 - I Don't Stand A Ghost Of A Chance
Composer(s) : Victor Young; Ned Washington; Bing Crosby
10 - Indiana
Composer(s) : Ballard; McDonald; Hanley
11 - Jump Lester Jump
Composer(s) : L. Young
12 - Crazy Over J-Z
Composer(s) : L. Young
13 - Ding Dong
Composer(s) : L. Young
14 - Blues 'N' Bells
Composer(s) : L. Young
15 - June Bug
Composer(s) : L. Young