Lester Leaps In

"Lester Leaps In"
Single by Count Basie's Kansas City Seven
Released1939
RecordedSeptember 5, 1939, New York City, NY
GenreJazz
Length3:12
LabelVocalion
5118
SongwriterLester Young

"Lester Leaps In" is a jazz standard originally recorded by Count Basie's Kansas City Seven in 1939. 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.

Eddie Jefferson, pioneer of vocalese, wrote lyrics for the composition, calling his version "I Got the Blues".

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