Lester Willis Young (August 27, 1909 – March 15, 1959), nicknamed "Pres" or "Prez", was an American jazz tenor saxophonist and occasional clarinetist...
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"Theme for Lester Young" and 1977's Three or Four Shades of Blues. Composed in E-flat minor, Mingus wrote it as an elegy for saxophonist Lester Young, who had...
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The Lester Young Trio and The Lester Young Trio No. 2 are jazz trio albums by Lester Young with Nat King Cole and Buddy Rich, recorded in Hollywood, California...
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Lester Young with the Oscar Peterson Trio is a 1954 studio album by Lester Young, accompanied by Oscar Peterson's working trio of the time (featuring Ray...
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Lester is an ancient Anglo-Saxon surname and given name. Lester Bangs (1948–1982), American music critic Lester Oliver Bankhead (1912–1997), American...
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Press, 2008. "Lester Leaps In (1940)", JazzStandards.com. "Lester Leaps In (1939)", at Three Perfect Minutes, retrieved 2013-10-23. Lester Leaps In (1939)...
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to prominence under his direction, including the tenor saxophonists Lester Young and Herschel Evans, the guitarist Freddie Green, trumpeters Buck Clayton...
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music singer. Nicknamed "Lady Day" by her friend and music partner, Lester Young, Holiday made a significant contribution to jazz music and pop singing...
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Wilbur Ware Dickie Wells George Wettling Ernie Wilkins Mary Lou Williams Lester Young Count Basie, having grown tired of standing, sat down on the curb, and...
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and Trumbauer became important influences on tenor saxophonist Lester Young. Lester Young's approach on tenor saxophone differed from Hawkins', emphasizing...
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