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Lester Young (27 Aug 1909 - 15 Mar 1959)

Male Person - United States saxophonist

 Also known as (4)

Releases (125)

Official

Album - Compilation

  1. The President, Volume 2 1951
  2. Lester Young With The Kansas City Five 1961
  3. 'Pres' At His Very Best 1965
  4. The Definite Lester Young Vol. 1 1966
  5. The Aladdin Sessions 1975
  6. Pres And Teddy And Oscar 1976
  7. The Lester Young Story Volume 1 1976
  8. Pres/The Complete Savoy Recordings 1976
  9. The Lester Young Story Volume 2 - A Musical Romance 1977
  10. The Lester Young Story / Volume 3 Enter The Count 1977
  11. The Lester Young Story Vol 4 "Lester Leaps In" 1979
  12. The Lester Young Story Volume 5: Evening Of A Basie-ite 1980
  13. Mean To Me 1980
  14. Giants of Jazz: Lester Young 1980
  15. Masters of Jazz 1988
  16. Giants of the Tenor Sax 1988
  17. Lester Young 1991
  18. A Lester Young Story 1991
  19. Compact Jazz: Lester Young & the Piano Giants 21 Dec 1992
  20. Blue Lester: The Immortal Lester Young 1992
  21. Volume 2 - 1939-1942 - The Complementary Works 1993
  22. The Complete 1936-1951 Small Group Sessions, Volume 6: Rare Items 1993
  23. The Complete 1936-1951 Small Group Sessions, Volume 2: 1942-1944 1993
  24. The Complete 1936-1951 Small Group Sessions, Volume 3: 1944-1946 1993
  25. The Complete 1936-1951 Small Group Sessions, Volume 4: 1946-1949 1993
  26. Verve Jazz Masters 30 18 Oct 1994
  27. 1950-1958 1994
  28. Master Takes / Savoy Recordings 1994
  29. The Complete Aladdin Recordings of Lester Young 26 Sep 1995
  30. The Quintessence, Vol. 1: Chicago – New York – Los Angeles 1936–1944 1995
  31. Jazz Greats, Volume 18: Lester Young: Linger Awhile 1996
  32. Le Président Du Saxophone Ténor ! 1996
  33. Pres 1997
  34. Jazz Gallery: Lester Young, Volume II 1997
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Album

  1. Le Dernier Message de Lester Young 1959
  2. The Savoy Recordings 1984
  3. The Complete Lester Young 1987
  4. The Savoy Recordings, Vol 1 1989
  5. Prez Conferences 1989
  6. The Jazz Giants 14 May 1992
  7. Jazz Immortal Series - Volume 2 - The Pres 1992
  8. Lester Young Trio 1994
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Album - Live

  1. In Washington, D.C. 1956, Volume One 1980
  2. Jumpin' At The Savoy Ballroom 10 Feb 1984
  3. In Washington, D.C. 1956 Volume Two 1996
  4. In Washington D.C., 1956 Volume Three 1996
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Relationships (9)

Member Of

  1. Lester Young Quartet eponymous
  2. Jones‐Smith, Incorporated
  3. Lester Young and His Band
  4. Kansas City Six
  5. Lester Young Trio
  6. Lester Young-Buddy Rich Trio
  7. Metronome All Stars tenor saxophone
  8. Count Basie Band

Siblings

  1. Lee Young

Recordings by (746)

  1. Crazy Over J-Z (Take 3) 2:43 (1944)
  2. Ghost of a Chance (Take 2) 3:21 (1944)
  3. Ding Dong (Take 3) 2:27 (1944)
  4. Blues 'N' Bell's (Take 3) 2:23 (1944)
  5. Indiana (take 2) 2:56 (1944)
  6. Basie English (Take 2) 3:03 (1944)
  7. Salute To Fats (Take 5) 3:00 (1944)
  8. Exercise in Swing (take 1) 3:03 (1944)
  9. Circus In Rhythm (Take 1) 2:56 (1944)
  10. Tush (Take 2) 2:52 (1944)
  11. Crazy Over J-Z (Take 1 / Take 2) 5:34 (1944)
  12. Ghost of a Chance (take 1) 3:28 (1944)
  13. Ding Dong (Take 1 / Take 2) 4:53 (1944)
  14. Blues 'N' Bell's (Take 1 / Take 2) 4:34 (1944)
  15. Indiana (Take 1) 2:54 (1944)
  16. Salute To Fats (Take 1 / Take 2) 4:41 (1944)
  17. Exercise In Swing (Take 3 / Take 4) 6:12 (1944)
  18. Circus in Rhythm (take 2) 3:12 (1944)
  19. Lester Leaps In 4:27 (May 1947) mx. JB 347
  20. Lester Leaps In 4:54 (1951)
  21. Up and at 'em 4:24 (1951)
  22. Indiana 6:57 (1951)
  23. Ghost Of A Chance 3:47 (1951)
  24. How High the Moon 6:14 (1951)
  25. D.B. Blues 3:01 (1951)
  26. Up and at 'em (Alt. version) 4:58 (1951)
  27. Blue E Sentimental 3:05 (1951)
  28. Neenah 4:49 (1951)
  29. Lester Leaps In (Alt. version) 5:51 (1951)
  30. Just You, Just Me ?:?? (1954)
  31. Afternoon of a Basie-Ite 3:08 (1954)
  32. Sometimes I'm Happy ?:?? (1954)
  33. Tea for Two 4:47 (1958)
  34. I Didn’t Know What Time It Was 4:19 (1959)
  35. Lady Be Good 3:35 (1959)
  36. Almost Like Being In Love 3:59 (1959)
  37. Three Little Words 4:17 (1959)
  38. I Cover the Water Front 3:48 (1959)
  39. I Can’t Get Started With You 3:12 (1959)
  40. Back Home Again in Indiana 2:46 (1959)
  41. Pennies From Heaven 3:19 (1959)
  42. A. B. Blues 3:13 (1959)
  43. Lullaby Of Birdland 3:42 (1959)
  44. There’ll Never Be Another You 3:37 (1959)
  45. Way Down Yonder In New Orleans ?:?? (1961)
  46. I Want a Little Girl ?:?? (1961)
  47. Countless Blues ?:?? (1961)
  48. Pagin' the Devil ?:?? (1961)
  49. I Know That You Know ?:?? (1961)
  50. Laughing At Life ?:?? (1961)
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On Recordings (50)

Instruments

  1. Without Your Love (take 1) 2:53 Billie Holiday and Her Orchestra (Jul 1937) tenor saxophone
  2. I've Found a New Baby 2:40 Teddy Wilson and His Orchestra (Jul 1937) tenor saxophone
  3. Me, Myself and I (take 2) 2:37 Billie Holiday and Her Orchestra (Jul 1937) tenor saxophone
  4. I’ll Never Be the Same 3:03 Teddy Wilson and His Orchestra with Billie Holiday (Jul 1937) tenor saxophone
  5. One O’Clock Jump 3:00 Count Basie and His Orchestra (Aug 1937) tenor saxophone, clarinet
  6. John’s Idea 2:57 Count Basie and His Orchestra (Aug 1937) tenor saxophone, clarinet, clarinet
  7. Trav’lin’ All Alone 2:14 Billie Holiday and Her Orchestra (Oct 1937) tenor saxophone
  8. He's Funny That Way 2:40 Billie Holiday and Her Orchestra (Oct 1937) tenor saxophone
  9. Swinging at the Daisy Chain 2:50 Count Basie and His Orchestra (1937) tenor saxophone, clarinet
  10. Listen My Children and You Shall Hear 3:08 Count Basie and His Orchestra (1937) tenor saxophone, clarinet
  11. Boogie Woogie (I May Be Wrong) 2:52 Count Basie and His Orchestra (1937) tenor saxophone, clarinet
  12. Exactly Like You 2:43 Count Basie and His Orchestra (1937) tenor saxophone, clarinet
  13. Honeysuckle Rose 3:00 Count Basie and His Orchestra (1937) tenor saxophone, clarinet
  14. Pennies from Heaven 3:02 Count Basie and His Orchestra (1937) tenor saxophone, clarinet
  15. Roseland Shuffle 2:35 Count Basie and His Orchestra (1937) tenor saxophone, clarinet
  16. Boo‐Hoo 2:28 Count Basie and His Orchestra (1937) tenor saxophone, clarinet
  17. The Glory of Love 2:31 Count Basie and His Orchestra (1937) tenor saxophone, clarinet
  18. (You Know It All) Smarty 2:45 Count Basie and His Orchestra (1937) tenor saxophone, clarinet
  19. When a Woman Loves a Man 2:25 Billie Holiday and Her Orchestra (12 Jan 1938) tenor saxophone
  20. Back in Your Own Backyard 2:41 Billie Holiday and Her Orchestra (12 Jan 1938) tenor saxophone
  21. Sent for You Yesterday and Here You Come Today 2:59 Count Basie and His Orchestra (Jun 1938) tenor saxophone, clarinet
  22. Swinging the Blues 2:47 Count Basie and His Orchestra (Jun 1938) tenor saxophone, clarinet
  23. Doggin’ Around 3:03 Count Basie and His Orchestra (Aug 1938) tenor saxophone, tenor saxophone, clarinet
  24. Blue and Sentimental 3:13 Count Basie and His Orchestra (Aug 1938) tenor saxophone, tenor saxophone, clarinet
  25. I Can’t Get Started (take 1) 2:48 Billie Holiday and Her Orchestra (Nov 1938) tenor saxophone
  26. The Very Thought of You 2:46 Billie Holiday and Her Orchestra (Nov 1938) tenor saxophone
  27. When You’re Smiling (The Whole World Smiles with You) 2:51 Billie Holiday with Teddy Wilson & His Orchestra (1938) tenor saxophone
  28. Now Will You Be Good 2:48 Count Basie and His Orchestra (1938) tenor saxophone, clarinet
  29. Every Tub 3:16 Count Basie and His Orchestra (1938) tenor saxophone, clarinet
  30. Night and Day 3:00 Billie Holiday (1940) tenor saxophone
  31. The Man I Love 3:06 Billie Holiday (1940) tenor saxophone
  32. I’m Pulling Through 3:11 Billie Holiday and Her Orchestra (1940) tenor saxophone
  33. Just You, Just Me 3:11 Lester Young Quartet (1944) tenor saxophone
  34. I Never Knew 3:09 Lester Young Quartet (1944) tenor saxophone
  35. Lester Leaps In 4:27 Lester Young (May 1947) tenor saxophone
  36. Honeysuckle Rose 13:53 Benny Goodman (1950) solo
  37. Lester Leaps Again ?:?? Count Basie and The Kansas City Seven (1950) tenor saxophone
  38. After Theatre Jump ?:?? Count Basie and The Kansas City Seven (1950) tenor saxophone
  39. Destination K. C. ?:?? Count Basie and The Kansas City Seven (1950) tenor saxophone
  40. Sometimes I'm Happy ?:?? Lester Young Quartet (1950) tenor saxophone
  41. I Want to Be Happy 3:58 Lester Young-Buddy Rich Trio (1950) tenor saxophone, tenor saxophone
  42. Afternoon of a Basie-Ite ?:?? Lester Young Quartet (1950) tenor saxophone
  43. Foolin' Myself 3:02 Teddy Wilson and His Orchestra (1954) tenor saxophone
  44. I Must Have That Man! 2:59 Billie Holiday (1954) tenor saxophone
  45. Gee, Baby, Ain’t I Good to You? 2:19 Billie Holiday (1954) tenor saxophone
  46. I Can't Get Started ?:?? Lester Young with The Oscar Peterson Trio (1954) tenor saxophone
  47. Almost Like Being in Love 3:34 Lester Young with The Oscar Peterson Trio (1954) tenor saxophone
  48. On the Sunny Side of the Street 3:26 Lester Young with The Oscar Peterson Trio (1954) tenor saxophone
  49. Easy Living 3:07 Billie Holiday (1954) tenor saxophone
  50. A Sailboat in the Moonlight 2:51 Billie Holiday and Her Orchestra (1954) tenor saxophone, tenor saxophone

Credited as (157)

  1. Lester Young
  2. Lester Young & The Kansas City Six
  3. Lester Young & The Kansas City Five
  4. Lester Young with Nat King Cole
  5. Sarah Vaughan & Lester Young
  6. Billie Holiday & Lester Young
  7. Lester Young with The Oscar Peterson Trio
  8. Lester Young, Bill Coleman & Dicky Wells
  9. Lester Young, Roy Eldridge & Harry Edison
  10. Lester Young & Buck Clayton
  11. Marie Bryant with Lester Young & Buck Clayton
  12. Lester Young with Count Basie
  13. Charlie Parker & Lester Young
  14. Coleman Hawkins & Lester Young
  15. Count Basie, Lester Young & Shad Collins
  16. Lester Young & Teddy Wilson and His Orchestra feat. Billie Holiday
  17. Lester Young & The Kansas City Five
  18. Count Basie feat. Lester Young, Buddy Tate, Jo Jones & Vic Dickenson
  19. Lester Young with the Kansas City Six
  20. Chico Hamilton (Lester Young)
  21. Roy Haynes (Lester Young)
  22. Billie Holiday and Her Orchestra & Lester Young
  23. Lester Young & Nat King Cole
  24. Lester Young & King Cole Trio
  25. King Cole Trio, Lester Young & Buddy Rich
  26. Bill Coleman, Dicky Wells, Lester Young, Joe Bushkin, John Simmons & Jo Jones
  27. Marie Bryant & Lester Young
  28. Count Basie, Lester Young, Buck Clayton & Walter Page
  29. Ida Cox, James P. Johnson, Buck Clayton, Dicky Wells, Lester Young, Jo Jones, Freddie Green & Walter Page
  30. Lester Young feat. Nat King Cole & Buddy Rich
  31. Lester Young feat. Nat King Cole
  32. Una Mae Carlisle feat. Lester Young
  33. Sammy Price feat. Lester Young
  34. Charlie Christian feat. Lester Young
  35. Count Basie & Lester Young
  36. Lester Young & Kansas City Six
  37. Nat King Cole & Lester Young
  38. Lester Young & Oscar Peterson
  39. L. Jangs
  40. Lester Young / Nat King Cole / Buddy Rich
  41. Lester Young & Harry “Sweets” Edison
  42. Chu Berry, Lester Young
  43. Lester Young with Teddy Wilson and His Orchestra feat. Billie Holiday
  44. Lester Young, Sid Catlett & Slam Stewart
  45. Earl Hines, Lester Young, Teddy Wilson, Benny Carter
  46. Count Basie & His Orchestra feat. Lester Young
  47. Count Basie and the Kansas City 7 feat. Lester Young
  48. Lester Young with The Kansas City Six
  49. Lester Young, Nat King Cole, Buddy Rich
  50. Lester Young & Kansas City Five
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Works (29)

Wrote

  1. Lester Blows Again
  2. Charlie's Dream
  3. Dickie’s Dream
  4. Undercover Girl Blues
  5. Lester Swings
  6. Down 'n' Adam
  7. Pete's Café
  8. Afternoon of a Basie-Ite
  9. Little Pee Blues
  10. Blue Lester
  11. Taxi War Dance
  12. The New Symphony Sid
  13. Pres Returns
  14. Come on Grandad

Composed

  1. Lester Leaps In (1939)
  2. Rock-A-Bye Basie (1939)
  3. Back to the Land
  4. I've Got the Blues
  5. Dickie’s Dream
  6. Ad Lib Blues
  7. Jumpin' at Mesner's
  8. Tickle Toe
  9. June Bug
  10. D.B. Blues
  11. Jumpin’ With Symphony Sid
  12. Tickle Toe

Dedicated Works

  1. Balm of Gilead
  2. For Lester
  3. Lester (For Lester Young)

Links (20)

Other Databases

  1. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n81023212
  2. https://www.worldcat.org/identities/lccn-n81023212
  3. http://snaccooperative.org/ark:/99166/w6gq76mm
  4. https://nla.gov.au/nla.party-1038762
  5. https://rateyourmusic.com/artist/lester_young
  6. https://www.musik-sammler.de/artist/lester-young/
  7. https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/names/211293
  8. https://d-nb.info/gnd/118771620
  9. https://catalogue.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/cb139013455

Discogs

  1. https://www.discogs.com/artist/258433

Allmusic

  1. https://www.allmusic.com/artist/mn0000259529

Imdb

  1. https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0949818/

VIAF ID

  1. http://viaf.org/viaf/46948203

Wikidata

  1. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q110714

Stream For Free

  1. https://open.spotify.com/artist/05E3NBxNMdnrPtxF9oraJm
  2. https://www.deezer.com/artist/55686

Streaming Page

  1. https://tidal.com/artist/3767

Biographies

  1. http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=4738

Picture

  1. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Lester_Young_(Gottlieb_09431).jpg

BBC Music

  1. https://www.bbc.co.uk/music/artists/d613e4ae-093a-49a1-b06a-579480f7f7e8